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ANZAC Day - Mesen - 25/04/2026
Please find below some pictures of ANZAC Day at Messines on 25 April 2026.

The programme was as follows

MC: Capt James Barnes (NZDF)
  • BELGIAN CATAFALQUE GUARD MOUNTS
  • Opening Prayer by Reverend Richard Clement
  • Speech by Ambassador Troup
  • Youth Readings Representative of the youth of Belgium and/or New Zealand
  • Wreath Laying:
    • HE Jennifer Troup, New Zealand Ambassador to Belgium
    • HE Angus Campbell, Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, NATO & EU
    • Mr Sandy Evrard MNZM, Mayor of Messines
    • Brigadier Pat Beath, New Zealand Defence Force
    • RADM Richard Caton, Australian Defence Force
    • Lieutenant Colonel Isabelle Lahaye, West Flanders Commander
    • Mr Xavier Puppinck, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    •   Roger Steward, New Ypres League
    • Tamariki o Aotearoa (Kiwi kids)
    • Members of the public
  • Ode of Remembrance Te Reo Te Aniwa Setters, Deputy Ambassador
  • Ode of Remembrance English Major Nathan Coultis, Australian Defence Force
  • Ode of Remembrance Dutch, Marijke Vandevyvere, New Zealand Pilgrimage Trust
  • Last Post by the Mesen Bugler
  • One Minute Silence
  • Rouse by the Mesen Bugler
  • National anthems on sound system
    • New Zealand
    • Australia
    • Belgium
  • Final Blessing Reverend Richard Clement
  • Kohima Epitaph Brig Pat Beath, NZ Defence Force
 Wreats were also laid on the market square

Wreath laying at Municipal War Memorial
  • HE Jennifer Troup, New Zealand Ambassador to Belgium and Capt James Barnes, New Zealand Defence Force, lay a joint wreath
  • HE Angus Campbell, Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, NATO & EU and Rear Admiral Richard Caton, Australian Defence Force lay a joint wreath
Wreath laying at Sgt Kiwi
  • HE Jennifer Troup, New Zealand Ambassador to Belgium and Capt James Barnes, New Zealand Defence Force, lay a joint wreath
  • Sandy Evrard MNZM, Mayor of Messines lays one wreath
  • HE Angus Campbell, Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, NATO & EU and Rear Admiral Richard Caton, Australian Defence Force lay a joint wreath
Official Party departs on foot to Cultural Centre (Old Town Hall) for afternoon tea (1 min walk)
  • Afternoon tea
  • Speech by Sandy Evrard MZNM, Mayor of Messines
  • Speech by Ambassador Troup (on behalf of Australia and New Zealand)
  • Gift Exchange


























































































Municipal monument market square















Sgt. Kiwi























Afternoon tea, speeches and gift exchange







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