Attendees honour costly balance of war and peace

A modest crowd has turned out to today’s Remembrance Day commemoration in Margaret River’s Memorial Park. Margaret River Returned and Services League president Keith Simmonds addressed the crowd of 100, which included many school children, acknowledging the horrors of war while honouring the sacrifice of those who died facing the enemy. Mr Simmonds and other local RSL members read prayers for the fallen, while Andrea Frances Manners performed the national anthem. Children from Margaret River, Rapids Landing, Montessori, St Thomas More and Margaret River Independent School lay wreaths at the memorial. RSL member Bill Ivory said the present day allowed for greater tolerance in which the sacrifices of the past could still be honoured while committing to the virtue of peace.