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Australian and New Zealand tourists join in Anzac tribute in Wick





Caithness Army Reserves Captain Richard Otley with Caithness Lord-Lieutenant Anne Dunnett laying flags at the gravestones in Wick cemetery. Picture: Will Clark
Caithness Army Reserves Captain Richard Otley with Caithness Lord-Lieutenant Anne Dunnett laying flags at the gravestones in Wick cemetery. Picture: Will Clark

A MEMORIAL service to remember men from Caithness who served with Anzac forces received a surprise visit when over 40 tourists from Australia and New Zealand attended the ceremony at Wick Cemetery.

Wick Royal British Legion held an Anzac service on Tuesday to remember the lives of Caithness men who served with Australian and New Zealand forces during World War I and World War II.

A bus tour packed with tourists from Australia and New Zealand who were travelling to Orkney but were left stranded when their ferry got cancelled decided to attend the service in Wick instead.

Read more in this week's Caithness Courier.


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