At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.
The armistice between the Allies and Germans was signed and, except in some areas, the First World War ended.
Today, Remembrance Day commemorates all soldiers who lost their lives in wars, past and present.
Werribee RSL president Daryl Ryan co-ordinates today’s service at the club.
“It’s a day for everybody to remember those who paid the supreme sacrifice, those who didn’t come home,” he said. “There were 60 men from the former shire of Werribee who went off to fight and never came home.
“It’s a pretty important day for the people of this region. It’s a day of reflection – that one minute pause at 11am to pay tribute to those who were killed, the young men who never got to grow up.”
Mr Ryan served in Vietnam and said many Werribee residents had served in WWII as well as the Vietnam war.
He thanked the community for its support of the annual Poppy Appeal.
“The community as a whole has been unbelievable,” he said. “Though we’re yet to finalise the amount of money raised through the sale of poppies, some schools have completely sold out so we’re sure we’ve done well.”
The Remembrance Day service at Werribee RSL begins at 10.50am.
