AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2001
QLD: Old and young line up for record Brisbane parade
More than 18,000 marchers joined the annual Anzac parade in Brisbane today -- the biggest
ever seen in the city.
Chief marshall LES LUPULJEV says they ranged from 10-year-old children to World War
1 veteran ERIC ABRAHAM, aged 103.
The march took more than two hours to pass Queensland Governor Major PETER ARNISON,
with tens of thousands of spectators offering their enthusiastic support.
And among the most enthusiastic was Australia's governor-general designate, Archbishop
PETER HOLLINGWORTH.
But the hot Brisbane autumn took its toll on some of the older marchers who were forced
to withdraw before the finish line.
However, Mr ABRAHAM and another elderly veteran, TED SMOUT, aged 102, did the complete
circuit riding in fully restored 1914 vintage army trucks.
The hard-tyred boneshakers, supplied by the Queensland Historical Truck Society, gave
the two veterans an interesting ride.
As Mr ABRAHAM entered a car waiting to take him back to hospital, he said: That was fun.
AAP RTV rt geb/rt/klw
KEYWORD: ANZAC MARCH QLD (BRISBANE)
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