A reminder of the early ANZACs will continue in the Illawarra with two more three year scholarships at the University of Wollongong being awarded in 2018.
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While it is the final year of the Centenary of ANZAC the scholarship program announced four years ago will remain.
Attending the ANZAC Day dawn service at Austinmer Beach on Wednesday retired Major General B.W. (Hori) Howard said applications are now open.
A member of the National Anzac Centenary Advisory Board Major-General Howard announced there will also be another major event in Wollongong to celebrate the centenary.
“Around Rememberance Day we have arranged for some military to join us in November to do a parade in Wollongong to commemorate and acknowledge the end of the Centernary of ANZAC,” he said.
“That will be great because there will be the colours of our 3rd Battalion. Will get the Army Band Sydney and 100 troupes.”
But after that Major-General Howard and others on an Illawarra committee, with the help of a generous community, are keen to see perpetual scholarships serve as a constant reminder of the ANZACs.
“I am very impressed because the small committee we formed dreamed up the scholarship program. Last Saturday we had our annual Centenary of ANZAC Race Day at Kembla Grange. We will at least get $15,000 from that.”
Major General-Howard said the first two scholarship recipients only recently graduated.
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“One with a Bachelor of Nursing and and the other with a Bachelor of Science,” he said.
“They are great young people. We are very impressed. What is really nice about it is they have said to me there is no way either of them could have got there without the scholarship.”
Applications for the next two scholarships can be made until late 2018 in time for study to commence in early 2019.
At the initial launch at The Illawarra Connection in April, 2014 Major-General Howard said "I can assure you we don't underestimate the task of raising this money but we have got four years to do so and we think the community will get behind us. Each scholarship will be valued at $5000 a year".
Local councils and NSW Ports were among the first major donors to help make the scholarships happen.
Warwick Hansen and Terry Wetherall helped with fundraising. At that time Major-General Howard said "we are looking for something that is a permanent reminder of the Centenary of ANZAC, which focuses on the future, is Illawarra-centric and is something for the young people of this area".
Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
