Australians and New Zealanders to be remembered at Anzac Day ceremony in Wick
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The sacrifices made by troops from Australia and New Zealand will be honoured in Wick this month, as they are every year.
Anzac Day, on April 25, began as a way of commemorating members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) who served at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915, during World War I.
A dozen Australians and New Zealanders who died in World War II are buried in Wick cemetery.
The local service is organised by the Wick, Canisbay and Latheron branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland.
Last year, New Zealander Tim Brinkley marked his 50th birthday by taking part in the Anzac Day ceremony in Wick. He and his wife Nikkie had been touring in Scotland and arranged to be present for the event at the town's war graves.
The couple placed small flags on the New Zealand graves, while Callum Scott Atherton – originally from Queensland, and working in Caithness – laid the Australian flags.
A short service normally takes place at the grave of General Sir Henry Horne of Stirkoke, in another part the cemetery. General Lord Horne was instrumental in the success of the Gallipoli evacuation.
April 25 was officially named as Anzac Day in 1916.
