Archerfield Airport hosts Commemoration of the Centenary of the Armistice

AS A VITAL military facility for Australia during World War Two, Archerfield Airport will be a prime venue for a special Commemoration of the Centenary of the Armistice this Remembrance Day.

The event at Brisbane’s metropolitan airport is open to the public and will be hosted by Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC) and the Forest Lake Squadron of the Australian Air League.

As part of the commemorations, bells in bell towers across Australia, New Zealand and the UK will ring to mark this significant anniversary of the end of the 1914-18 Great War – World War One – hostilities.

Cadets and guests of the Remembrance Day service at Archerfield Airport will ring hand bells after the minute of sacred silence. 

The commemoration program also includes a march by the Australian Air League, Forest Lake Squadron – attended by the Drum Corps, Flag Party and Squadron members – and prayers led by Pastor Robert Mann.

Archerfield Airport general manager, Heather Mattes, will speak about the airport’s key military role in the defence of Australia and its vital training drive before and during World War Two.

Archerfield Airport accommodated the RAAF, US Army Air Forces – under superem Allied commander in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur – the Royal Navy Air Arm and the Royal Netherlands Air Force during the Pacific Campaign.

The airfield was also a major offloading and maintenance port for military aircraft and equipment.

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DETAILS

Date:  Sunday November 11, 2018

Time:  10.20am to 11.20am

Place: Archerfield Airport, Grenier Drive, Archerfield.

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