As we approach the Centenary of Anzac on April 25, many school students from across the Redlands will attend their school's Anzac Day service as a personal representative of one of the 35 veterans whose names appear on the Cleveland cenotaph.
Under the Returned and Services League of Australia's (RSL) Community Link Program, each participating student will wear a Veteran's Memorial Plaque, which will show the veteran's name, their basic service details and a full-colour representation of their medal ribbons.
They will also wear a Representative's Link Card, which will identify them as being part of the Redlands Remembrance Program.
Redlands RSL Community Link officer Graham Hinson, of Alexandra Hills, recently presented students at Cleveland, Vienna Woods and Mount Cotton state schools with plaques.
Next week he will present students at Dunwich State School with plaques that represent each of the 27 Queensland-born Indigenous soldiers who died in World War I.
Graham said Redlands RSL had also given students poppies to lay for the veterans they represented and said the schools would keep the plaques for students to wear at commemorative services at school and in the community each year.
He said while the Community Link Program was important in helping keep veteran's memories alive among younger generations, it was not just for schools and individuals could also apply for and wear plaques in memory of their relatives who served.
"It's a means for everybody to remember all the veterans who served and what they have done for our country," he said.
"It keeps their memories alive and they will not be forgotten."
For more information about the program, visit RSL Community Link Program, or contact Redlands RSL Headquarters on 3488 1105.
