Transportation and Works
April 23, 2010
Minister to Participate
in Wreath-laying Ceremony Commemorating ANZAC Day
The Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of
Transportation and Works, will represent Newfoundland and Labrador and
participate in a wreath-laying ceremony and gunfire breakfast
commemorating the 95th anniversary of Australia and New Zealand Army
Corps (ANZAC) Day. The event will take place at the Canadian War Museum,
Ottawa beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 25.
ANZAC Day is Australia and New Zealand's
most important national day of commemoration. It marks the beginning of
the World War One Battle of Gallipoli which involved troops from
Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland and Labrador, the United Kingdom
and other allied forces.
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Media contact:
Blair Medd
Communications Specialist
Department of Transportation and Works
709-729-1758, 631-8465
blairmedd@gov.nl.ca
2010 04 23
2:45 p.m.
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