Celebrated Australian band 1927 and Golden Guitar winner Luke O’Shea will perform at the Anzac Day centenary commemoration at Cronulla Park on Saturday, April 25.
Sutherland Shire mayor Kent Johns said it would be a unique event.
‘‘We will have the chance to pay our respects at the Anzac Day service and then we can sit by the beach and enjoy a community-led program that will be topped off by performances from multi-award winning artist Luke O’Shea and one of Australia’s most loved bands, 1927, who are performing in honour of all armed forced personnel who have served — and who are still serving — our great country,” he said.
The band will perform Compulsory Hero about conscription in Australia during the Vietnam War.
The day will begin with a 5.15am march from Cronulla RSL along Gerrale Street to the temporary purpose-built cenotaph at Cronulla Park.
The dawn service will be at 5.30am and roads in the area will be closed from 5am to 5.35am.
An extra train service will run from Como at 4.37am stopping at all stations to Cronulla.
Cronulla RSL Sub-branch will host its annual gunfire breakfast and the Rotary Club of Cronulla will host a barbecue at the park.
Barbecue profits will go to the RSL Australian Forces Overseas Fund.
The documentary — Gallipoli from Above — will be shown on a large screen at 7.45am and there will a live cross at 9am to the Anzac Day march in Sydney.
A WWII-era C47 transport (civil DC-3) and a Vietnam-era caribou will fly over Cronulla Park at 10.45am.
The community commemoration program from 11 am will include poppy planting and the Mateship Trekkers will tell the stories of 10 local WWI soldiers.
Luke O’Shea will perform at noon.
A live broadcast of the dawn service in Gallipoli, Turkey, will be shown at 12.30pm and 1927 will perform after that to end a memorable day.
Details: sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au
