Lest we forget is the catchcry and the citizens of Mount Isa showed their were in no mood to forget on the 104th Anzac Day.
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Several thousand people braved a fresh morning in Mount Isa to attend the dawn service at 6am on Thursday.
Long-standing MC Tony Smith was back again this year to welcome guests to the service at the Cenotaph and he read out the poem My Mate Lest We Forget before introducing the catalfaque party.
Guest speaker Mayor Joyce McCulloch praised the contribution of Australian and New Zealand forces over one hundred years noting their heroism, tenacity and resilience.
"They were sent to Gallipoli and landed on that ill-fated cove on this very day in 1915," Cr McCulloch said.
"War is something few of us have experienced but it is a burden those that survive carry for a lifetime.
"They should be proud of the legacy they have left our nation."
SEE ALSO: Photos from the 2018 event
Cr McCulloch said that whenever we think that life is hard we should remember the experiences of soldiers at war.
"Our soldiers, men and women, work so very hard for their country and for us," she said.
"We come here each year so that the memory, the bravery and the legacy of our soldiers is never forgotten."
Mount Isa RSL sub-branch president Jonathan Visser read out the ode while Joe DiLegge marshalled the parade.
The Mount Isa army cadets provided the catalfaque party and Mark Skinner was the piper.
Pastor Dave Quilty from the Mount Isa community Church read benediction and spoke about the importance of love, which he said was a choice we make.