Remembrance Day

Every year, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we pause to remember the service and sacrifice of our servicemen and women.

This day, Remembrance Day, has been observed in Australia since the end of World War 1 and commemorates servicemen and women who have died in the line of duty. Their sacrifice is marked by a minute’s silence at 11am.

This moment of reflection is a time to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and to give thanks to the thousands of Australians who continue to deploy to areas of war and conflict around the world.

I encourage Tasmanians to stop and observe a minute’s silence tomorrow.

A State Remembrance Day service will be held at the Hobart Cenotaph and other commemorative events will be held across the state.

Originally known as Armistice Day, the minute’s silence was first observed in 1919, one year after the guns fell silent on the Western Front, marking the end of the First World War.

For further details of local Remembrance Day services, please contact RSL Tasmania or visit www.rsltas.org.au
Guy Barnett, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier