'It’s a privilege to come back'

About a thousand people attended an Anzac Day dawn service at the Gore Cenotaph. 

Royal New Zealand Navy Lieutenant-commander Chris Bone, who grew up in Gore, was the speaker at the Gore and Districts memorial RSA breakfast after the service this morning.

Royal New Zealand Infrantry Regiment 2nd lieutenant Paul McCullough lays a wreath at the Gore...
Royal New Zealand Infrantry Regiment 2nd lieutenant Paul McCullough lays a wreath at the Gore Cenotaph.  PHOTO: SANDY EGGLESTON
Lt-cmdr Bone said it was the first time in 19 years that he had attended the event. 

‘‘It’s always something I wanted to do. It’s a privilege to come back.’’

He used to attend when he was a member of the Gore Scouts, and later when he was in his final years at St Peter’s College.

His memory from his attending as a child was ‘‘being cold and not really knowing exactly what it was about at the time’’.

- By Sandy Eggleston