Although the weather on Thursday was not the best, hundreds of locals along with ex-servicemen and women made their way to Victoria Park to pay their respects for Remembrance Day.
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With rain looming, the annual ceremony went ahead on Thursday morning with President of the Dubbo RSL Sub-Branch Tom Gray believing it was quite a good turnout considering the circumstances of COVID-19 restrictions and weather.
"I thought it went off quite well," he said.
"I was very happy with the number [of people] that turned up considering what the weather looks like.
"As I said there in my speech, the young school kids who came out, we are very happy they are involved with Remembrance Day and ANZAC Day.
"They do a lot more study these days and they are informed more about things which did happens various theatres of war and conflicts."
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Among those who gathered near the war memorial at Victoria Park, were over 20 ex-servicemen and women from a range of different wars and battles including some who fought as recently as in Afghanistan.
Mr Gray felt it was special to see so many of his peers come out and march around the cenotaph to open the ceremony.
"Very good to see them," he said.
"Especially Vi, she's getting on in years I would say.
"But she refuses to sit down, she wants to march and it's good."
While the group of former soldiers may have known each other a long time, Mr Gray said it was nice to see some younger people alongside those who fought last century.
"We all get along well together," he said.
"It's good to see some of these young Afghanistan troops who have joined our ranks.
"To get some of those younger blokes in to get ready to take over from us older blokes I'm very happy about."
Mr Gray also wished to thank everyone who attended a Remembrance Day ceremony across Australia and New Zealand.
"I'd just like to thank them all," he said.
"Remembrance Day is about remembering our fallen in all theatres.
"It's just great to see everyone turn up and enjoy it."
Dubbo mayor Stephen Lawrence commented during his address on Thursday on how some people who went to war seemingly came back different people.
"Many of those who did return from our wars, returned as a changed people having endured unthinkable," he said.
"A signal to us all of what armed conflict can inflict on a national psyche and individual people."
St Johns College Dubbo's Isobel McAlister and Dubbo Christian School's Kate Pankhurst received the Australia My Country Awards presented by the Dubbo RSL Sub-Branch.
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