For Australians and New Zealanders in the Netherlands who would like to commemorate ANZAC Day, there is a ceremony being organised by the Australian and New Zealand Embassies. Details are below, and *please RSVP by 18 April*
I’ve attended several times now and it’s always a moving ceremony. You may like to read about the 2015 ANZAC Day Ceremony in The Hague and the 2013 ANZAC Day Ceremony in The Hague.
ANZAC DAY
REMEMBRANCE AND WREATH LAYING CEREMONY
8.00 AM SHARP, Monday 25 APRIL 2016
AT THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES SECTION WESTDUIN CEMETERY
OCKENBURGHSTRAAT 27 THE HAGUE
The Australian and New Zealand Ambassadors to the Netherlands H.E. Dr Brett Mason and H.E. Ms Janet Lowe invite members of the Australian and New Zealand communities in the Netherlands to commemorate ANZAC Day with them..
Ceremony attendees are invited to
9.15 AM breakfast and to view an exhibition of photographs taken by soldiers in Gallipoli in 1915 at the Australian Residence,
Tobias Asserlaan 6, 2517 KC, The Hague, following the service.
*For security reasons: NO BACKPACKS, please.*
A bus will depart Den Haag Centraal Station at 7.15 AM to transport attendees to the Cemetery and the Australian Residence, and return to Central Station at 10:30 AM (Limited places available for a €1 coin donation)
Please RSVP before 18 April.
For security and catering purposes, please provide your name and advise whether you will also attend the breakfast and whether you wish to reserve a seat on the bus:
rsvpthehague@dfat.gov.au tel: 070-310 8200
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