Ovens Valley Nationals MP Tim McCurdy visited the graves of local ANZACs at Gallipoli on April 25. He sent the following words back home to Ovenes valley residents. "From the time we arrived on the Gallipoli Peninsula on Tuesday I have been profoundly impacted by all that we have seen. "From the wild poppies growing on the side of the road, to laying poppies at the graves of our fallen soldiers in the immaculately kept cemeteries, to the Dawn Service – I have been deeply moved. "The Dawn Service, which marks the point in history that the ANZAC spirit was born, was a special occasion, and one I am deeply honoured to have been at. "I am truly grateful to experience this extraordinary and overwhelming occasion and walk in the footsteps of our fallen ancestors. "Lest We Forget."
THE graves of up to 30 ANZACs from the Ovens Valley region, who were killed in action in 1915, were being visited by local state MP Tim McCurdy this week.
The Wangaratta-based MP flew out to Turkiye last Sunday and was among those paying their respects at Thursday's dawn service at Gallipoli.
Mr McCurdy laid a wreath on behalf of the people of the Ovens Valley at the service.
He said it was an ...
