Honour our Fallen is a not-for-profit company, formed to honour and preserve the memory of those deceased military personnel, buried in Australia, who served our Nation in all conflicts and theatres since the Boer War.
Honour Our Fallen’s mission is to perpetuate and honour the memory of all deceased veterans, and starting with our youth, to create pride in our community in the virtues of service to our Nation, and respect for those who died protecting our freedom and way of life.
In partnership with local schools across Australia, students research ex-Service personnel and locate their graves in their local cemetery. Each year for ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day, students from Warialda High School place flags on the graves of the 279 ex-Service men and women buried in the Warialda General Cemetery. Over the last couple of years ANZAC Day has fallen in the school holidays and staff, parents and community members have generously given their time to help place the flags.
Mrs Donna Smith from Warialda High School is the facilitator for Honour Our Fallen in Warialda. She would like to thank the NSW Office for Veterans Affairs for the Anzac Community Grant Program and Gwydir Shire Council for providing the funds to purchase new flags this year for students to place at the cemetery. The students are to be commended on the way they conduct themselves and the respect they show when placing the flags. Last Remembrance Day, after thanking the students, Brandon Tevaga replied, “No Miss, thank you, it was a privilege”.
