Around 250 people braved the cold weather and attended the dawn service at Bombala, but with grey clouds looming as the sun rose in the east, organisers were hoping that the rain would hold off until the end of the main service.

It was 10.40am when organisers made the last minute decision to hold the commemoration at the Bombala Cenotaph with the rain managing to hold off until nearly after all the wreaths were laid by various community organisations and town people.

The main service march kicked off at 11am with two pipers and a drummer leading the parade, followed by the catafalque party, veterans and their families and students from Bombala and St Josephs Public and High Schools marching down Maybe Street to the Cenotaph.

One interesting aspect of this year’s ANZAC commemoration was the heightened security with B Doubles parked across the roads leading to the Cenotaph.

President of the Bombala RSL sub-branch, Robb Letts started the proceedings with addresses from various members of the public, veterans and officer cadets from the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).

Bombala High School Student Representative Council (SRC) president, Jess Herron gave the Occasional Address.

Miss Herron spoke of how ANZAC Day affected her and how many of the streets in the area were named after servicemen.

She spoke about travelling down Brill Road every day which was named after a local veteran.

The Bombala Rotary and Community Choir sang hymns and the National Anthems of both Australia and New Zealand. 

After the main ANZAC Service, members retired to the Bombala RSL Club for lunch.

The annual ANZAC Sports Day held in the afternoon at the Bombala Exhibition Ground unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the rain.