Ieper wreathing laying

Australian and Belgium members of the Families and Friend of the First AIF gathered at Menin Gates, Ieper, to participate in the Last Post Ceremony on Monday 28^th April, 2008.

The Last Post Ceremony has been performed under the Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper, Belgium at exactly eight o’clock each evening since 1928 (except for the period of German occupation during World War II).  The Last Post – the traditional salute to the fallen warrior – is performed by buglers of the Last Post Association, connected with the Ieper volunteer fire brigade to honour the memory of the soldiers of the British Empire, who fought and died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War.

As part of the commemoration the Ode is recited and wreaths are laid on the Memorial. Families and Friend of the First AIF Secretary Chris Munro recited the Ode. Chris and  Belgium member Anny De Decker then laid a wreath on behalf of the Families and Friend of the First AIF watched by Belgium Members Johan Durnez, Shrapnel Charlie (Ivan Sinnaeve) and his wife Marie Claire and Australian members Stuart Curry, David Wilson and Jim Munro.