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Group Ships / Units / Associations / Bands Form Up ANZAC Day Memorial March Version 3.9 OOM 2020 with Bands Form Step Serial Group Up Off Ships / Units / Associations / Bands Form Up Points Time Time Disabled 00.00 7:45 8:15 Disabled Veterans (in cars) Princes Bridge Personnel 01.00 Officials 8:15 8:30 Victoria Police (Mounted) Princes Bridge 01.01 8:15 8:30 World War 2 Leaders Princes Bridge 01.02 8:15 8:30 Victoria Police Band (1) Princes Bridge 01.03 8:15 8:30 Governor, President RSL, Chief Marshal & Official Party Princes Bridge 01.04 8:15 8:30 Australian, New Zealand, Victoria and RSL Flags Princes Bridge 01.05 New Zealand 8:15 8:30 New Zealand Veterans Princes Bridge 01.06 NZ Descendants 8:15 8:30 New Zealand Descendants Princes Bridge 02.00 8:26 8:31 Civilian Brass Band (2) Flinders Street East 02.01 Joint Task Forces 8:01 8:31 Leader Joint Task Forces Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.02 8:01 8:31 Afghanistan Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.03 8:01 8:31 Iraq Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.04 8:01 8:31 East Timor - Timor Leste Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.05 8:01 8:31 Kuwait Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.06 8:01 8:31 Somalia Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.07 8:01 8:31 Bougainville Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.08 8:01 8:31 Solomon Islands Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.09 8:01 8:31 Gulf War Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.10 8:01 8:31 Peacekeepers and Peace Makers Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.11 8:01 8:31 Thirty Niners Association Swanston St near Flinders Street 02.12 JTF Descendants 8:01 8:31 Joint Task Forces Descendants Swanston St near Flinders Street Navy Uniformed 03.00 8:00 8:27 Navy Band (3) Swanston Street (opp Town Hall) Body Navy Uniformed 03.01 8:03 8:33 HMAS Cerberus Flinders Street West (Tram Tracks) Body 03.02 8:03 8:33 Visiting Ships Flinders Street West (Tram Tracks) 03.03 Navy 8:25 8:55 Leader Navy St Kilda Road (East) 03.04 8:25 8:55 Naval Association Victoria St Kilda Road (East) 03.05 8:25 8:55 Women's Royal Australian Naval Service Association St Kilda Road (East) 03.06 8:25 8:55 Class 1/1978 RAN Naval College St Kilda Road (East) Navy - Post 03.07 8:25 8:55 Navy Post 1975 Banner St Kilda Road (East) 1975 03.08 8:25 8:55 HMAS Anzac/Tobruk St Kilda Road (East) 03.09 8:25 8:55 HMAS Manoora 2 St Kilda Road (East) 03.10 8:25 8:55 Fleet Air Arm Association St Kilda Road (East) 03.11 8:25 8:55 HMA Submarines Association St Kilda Road (East) 03.12 8:25 8:55 RAN Communicators Association St Kilda Road (East) 03.13 8:25 8:55 Navy Clearance Divers Association St Kilda Road (East) 03.14 8:54 9:00 Band (4) St Kilda Road (East) Navy - 03.15 8:30 9:00 Navy in Vietnam Banner St Kilda Road (East) VIETNAM 03.16 8:30 9:00 HMAS Sydney and VLSVA - Banners 1st and 2nd St Kilda Road (East) 03.17 8:30 9:00 HMAS Melbourne St Kilda Road (East) 03.18 8:30 9:00 HMAS Perth St Kilda Road (East) 03.19 8:30 9:00 HMAS Hobart St Kilda Road (East) 03.20 8:30 9:00 HMAS Tingira Association St Kilda Road (East) OOM 2020 Version 3.9 Page 1 of 12 Print Date : 10/3/20 ANZAC Day Memorial March Version 3.9 OOM 2020 with Bands Form Step Serial Group Up Off Ships / Units / Associations / Bands Form Up Points Time Time Navy - Korea, 03.21 8:35 9:05 Navy in Korea, Far East and ANZUK St Kilda Road (East) FESR, ANZUK 03.22 8:35 9:05 Far East Strategic Reserve Naval Association St Kilda Road (East) 03.23 8:35 9:05 HMAS Yarra St Kilda Road (East) 03.24 8:35 9:05 HMAS Voyager St Kilda Road (East) 03.25 8:35 9:05 HMAS Quickmatch / Quiberon St Kilda Road (East) 03.26 8:35 9:05 HMAS Warramunga St Kilda Road (East) 03.27 8:35 9:05 HMAS Arunta St Kilda Road (East) 03.28 8:35 9:05 HMAS Bataan St Kilda Road (East) 03.29 8:56 9:01 Band (5) St Kilda Road (East) 03.30 Navy WW2 8:37 9:07 Navy in World War 2 St Kilda Road (East) 03.31 8:37 9:07 HMAS Australia St Kilda Road (East) 03.32 8:37 9:07 HMAS Canberra/Shropshire St Kilda Road (East) 03.33 8:37 9:07 HMAS Adelaide 1 St Kilda Road (East) 03.34 8:37 9:07 HMAS Manoora 1 St Kilda Road (East) 03.35 8:37 9:07 HMAS Kanimbla/Westralia/Assault and Chinese Ships St Kilda Road (East) 03.36 8:37 9:07 Scrap Iron Flotilla St Kilda Road (East) 03.37 8:37 9:07 N Class Destroyers St Kilda Road (East) 03.38 8:37 9:07 HMAS Warrego St Kilda Road (East) 03.39 8:37 9:07 HMAS Condamine and Hawkesbury St Kilda Road (East) 03.40 8:37 9:07 HMAS Mildura and Gympie St Kilda Road (East) 03.41 8:37 9:07 HMAS Kiama/Ballarat/Gawler/Orara St Kilda Road (East) 03.42 8:37 9:07 Fairmiles Class St Kilda Road (East) 03.43 8:37 9:07 Merchant Navy Association St Kilda Road (East) 03.46 8:37 9:07 HMAS Stuart St Kilda Road (East) 03.44 8:59 9:05 Band (6) St Kilda Road (East) Navy 03.45 8:40 9:10 Navy Descendants St Kilda Road (East) Descendants 04.00 8:35 8:53 Army Band (7) Swanston Street (opp Town Hall) 04.01 ARMY 8:23 8:53 4th Brigade Collins Street West (North Side) Uniformed Body 04.02 8:23 8:53 Royal Australian Armoured Corps Association Collins Street West (North Side) 04.03 8:23 8:53 Royal Australian Artillery Association Collins Street West (North Side) 04.04 8:23 8:53 Royal Australian Engineers Association Collins Street West (North Side) 04.05 8:23 8:53 Royal Australian Infantry Association Collins Street West (North Side) 04.06 8:23 8:53 Special Air Service Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.00 8:51 8:59 Pipes and Drums Band (8) Flinders Street East Royal Australian 05.01 8:25 8:55 Leader Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) Regiment 05.02 8:25 8:55 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.03 8:25 8:55 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.04 8:25 8:55 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.05 8:25 8:55 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.06 8:25 8:55 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.07 8:25 8:55 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.08 8:52 9:00 City of Melbourne Pipes and Drums Band (9) Flinders Street East 05.09 8:26 8:56 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.10 8:26 8:56 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.11 8:26 8:56 8th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.12 8:26 8:56 2nd / 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.13 8:26 8:56 5th / 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.14 8:26 8:56 8th / 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Collins Street West (North Side) 05.15 8:26 8:56 Commando Association Collins Street West (North Side) 06.00 8:54 9:02 Band (10) Flinders Street East OOM 2020 Version 3.9 Page 2 of 12 Print Date : 10/3/20 ANZAC Day Memorial March Version 3.9 OOM 2020 with Bands Form Step Serial Group Up Off Ships / Units / Associations / Bands Form Up Points Time Time Army 06.01 8:28 8:58 Leader Army Associations Collins Street West (South side) Associations 06.02 8:28 8:58 Royal Victoria Regiment Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.03 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Signals Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.04 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Survey Corps Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.05 8:28 8:58 Australian Intelligence Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.06 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Army Corps of Transport Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.07 8:28 8:58 3MD Service and Ordnance Corps Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.08 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Association Collins Street West (South side) Royal Australian Army Medical Corps - Physiotherapists 06.09 8:28 8:58 Collins Street West (South side) Association 06.10 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.11 8:28 8:58 Air Despatch Association Collins Street West (South side) Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 06.12 8:28 8:58 Collins Street West (South side) Association 06.13 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.14 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Corps of Military Police Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.15 8:28 8:58 Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Association Collins Street West (South side) 06.16 8:28 8:58 Women's Royal Australian Army Corps Association Collins Street West (South side) 07.01 8:52 9:00 Band (11) Flinders Street East 07.02 8:40 9:00 Victoria Police Veterans Association Collins Street East (South side) 07.03 8:40 9:00 Melbourne Fire Brigade Veterans Association Collins Street East (South side) 07.04 8:56 9:04 Band (12) Flinders Street East Army Assocs 07.05 8:30 9:00 Army Associations Descendants Collins Street East (South side) Descendants 08.00 8:58 9:06 Band (13) Flinders Street East 08.01 Vietnam 1 8:32 9:02 Leader Vietnam Collins Street East (South side) 08.02 8:32 9:02 Australian Army Training Team Vietnam Collins Street East (South side) HQ Aust Forces Vietnam, Aust Task Force & Logistic 08.03 8:32 9:02 Collins Street East (South side) Support Centre 08.04 8:32 9:02 1st Armoured Regiment Collins Street East (South side) 08.05 8:32 9:02 1st Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment Collins Street East (South side) 1st Armd Personnel Carrier Tp, 4th/19th Prince of Wales's 08.06 8:32 9:02 Collins Street East (South side) Light Horse, 3rd Cavalry Regiment and Light Aid Detachment 08.07 9:01 9:09 Band (14) Flinders Street East 08.08 8:35 9:05 1st, 4th, 12th Field Regiments Royal Australian
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