In honour of ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ, or Poppy Day as it is sometimes known, which is observed on 11 November each year, a Remembrance Day Service was held at the St James’ Anglican Church in Graaff-Reinet on Sunday, 12 November.
[ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 11 ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ 1918, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ (1914-1918), ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ‘๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ด’ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง 8 634 300 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ]
This is ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ, especially for the family and relatives of the fallen, and also for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, as we pay our respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ:
โข Lt Charles M. de V. Booysen SAAF (1943)
โข Lt Victor P. de Kock MBE DSC MID (1943)
โข 2nd Lt Fanie Nieuwoudt SAAF (1943)
โข Trooper Gerrit T. Ferreira (1944)
โข Lt Ronald Briggs DFC SAAF (1944)
โข Trooper John G. Erlank (1944)
โข Lt Allan McCabe SAAF (1944)
โข Lt Piet Welman SAAF (1944)
โข Capt. A.C. Ramsay RE (1945)
โข Flt. Sgt Billy Wright SAAF (1945)
โข Lt Noel Wright SAAF (1945)
โข L Cpl Mark A. Plateel SAMS (1981)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ,
๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฏ,
๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
