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Outcome 3 Commemorations Outcome 3 Commemorations Outcome Three Commemorations To acknowledge and commemorate the service and sacrifice of the men and women who served Australia and its allies in wars, conflicts and peace operations. The department commemorates the service and sacrifice of Australia’s servicemen and women through a range of programs, projects and events. These initiatives recognise the special contribution of service personnel in times of conflict and encourage community engagement in commemorative activities and the preservation of our wartime heritage. The department is responsible for the official commemoration of Australia’s war dead and those veterans who die post-war of war-related causes. It also constructs and maintains national memorials overseas at sites of wartime significance to Australia. The Commemorations and War Graves Division, responsible for Outcome Three, consists of the Commemorations Group, Office of Australian War Graves and Gallipoli Projects Section. Department of Veterans’ Affairs 114 Annual Report 2007–2008 Table 45 Outcome 3 resources summary (1) (2) (1)-(2) Budget** Budget* Actual Variation 2008–09 2007–08 2007–08 2007–08 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Administered Expenses 36 635 26 138 10 497 31 024 (including third party outputs) Total Administered Expenses Price of departmental outputs 6 641 5 899 742 3 660 Output 3.1—Implement commemorative initiatives and provide support and funding to acknowledge Australia’s servicemen and women from wars, conflicts and peace operations. Output 3.2—Maintenance, construction and 5 606 9 576 -3 970 8 705 refurbishment of war graves, war cemeteries, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS gardens of remembrance and post war Outcome Three commemorations. Provide and maintain national memorials overseas. Process claims for, and provision of, official post war commemorations. Output 3.3—Coordinate and manage the delivery of 1 611 1 718 -107 1 538 Commemorations commemorative and related activities at Gallipoli Attribution of Output Group 6 219 690 -471 368 Total Price of Departmental Outputs 14 077 17 883 -3 806 14 271 Revenue from Government 13 985 17 754 -3 769 14 176 (Appropriation) for departmental outputs Revenue from other sources 92 129 -37 95 Total Price of Departmental Outputs 14 077 17 883 -3 806 14 271 (Total revenue from Government and other sources) TOTAL FOR OUTCOME 3 50 712 44 021 6 691 45 295 (Total Price of Outputs and Administered Expenses) Average staffing level 129 131 -2 116 * Full-year budget as reported in additional estimates **Budget prior to additional estimates inclusive of Other Revenue Department of Veterans’ Affairs Annual Report 2007–2008 115 Output 3.1 Commemorative activities To implement commemorative initiatives and provide support and funding to acknowledge Australia’s servicemen and women from wars, conflicts and peace operations. The department administers the Australian Government’s commemorations program, Saluting Their Service. The program recognises veterans and provides opportunities for the community to better understand and acknowledge the role played by Australians in wars and conflicts since Federation. Business activity Commemorating significant wartime anniversaries Parit Sulong mission A commemorative mission party of nine veterans who served in the units involved in the Battle of Muar River travelled to Parit Sulong, Malaysia, in September 2007 to attend the dedication of the memorial constructed to commemorate the massacre of 107 Australians at the end of the Battle of Muar River in January 1942. The memorial is situated within the Community Park at Parit Sulong, near the site of the massacre. The central memorial area and two interpretive panels provide a dignified, simple marker to those who served and died in the battle. Peacekeepers’ commemorative football game The Sydney Swans together with the Australian Football League holds an annual Tribute to Veterans each year, supported by the department and the Australian Defence Force. The 2007 game, on 2 September, paid tribute to Australian men and women who have served in peace operations during the last 60 years since the first peace operation in 1947. A representative group of peacekeepers took part in the commemorative ceremony held before the game between the Swans and Hawthorn at the Sydney Cricket Ground Anzac Day commemorations overseas Large crowds attended Anzac Day services at memorials and former battlefield sites overseas. In France, the department conducted the first Dawn Service to be held at the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux to mark the 90th anniversary of the final battles on the Western Front. Some 5,000 visitors from Australia and France attended the service with many attending the traditional community services later that day at Villers-Bretonneux and Bullecourt. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin, represented the Government at these Western Front commemorations. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has committed the Government to holding a Dawn Service at Villers- Bretonneux each year. More than 10,000 visitors travelled to Gallipoli to attend the Dawn Service, which was followed by the Australian Service at Lone Pine Cemetery, Turkish Service at the Turkish 57th Regiment Memorial and New Zealand Service at the Chunuk Bair Memorial. The Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, represented the Government at the services. Department of Veterans’ Affairs 116 Annual Report 2007–2008 The Gallipoli and Villers-Bretonneux services were broadcast live by the ABC as host broadcaster and other networks to Australia, with large viewing audiences. Anzac Day services at Hellfire Pass, Thailand, Isurava on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea, and Sandakan, Malaysia, attract larger numbers each year. Australian embassies and high commissions in other countries held Anzac Day services in cooperation with their New Zealand counterparts. The ParkPark of the Australian Soldier In April 2008, seven veterans of the Second World War who served in Australian Light Horse units between the two world wars, travelled to Israel to commemorate their forebears’ heroic charge at Beersheba (now Be’er-Sheva) on 31 October 1917. The veterans took part in the dedication on 28 April of the Park of the Australian Soldier, a gift to the people of Be’er-Sheva from the Australian Pratt Foundation. The Park recognises the contribution of Australian service personnel in the Middle East in the First and Second World Wars and subsequent peace operations. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS The Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Retd) and the President of the Outcome Three State of Israel, Shimon Peres, unveiled the Park’s centrepiece, a sculpture of a Light Horseman charging the Turkish positions at Beersheba by Melbourne sculptor, Peter Corlett. The department, together with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Defence, organised the Park dedication ceremony and coordinated travel arrangements for the veterans group. Commemorations Battles of Coral and Balmoral The department supported the National 40th Coral and Balmoral Anniversary Committee to organise commemorative activities marking the 40th anniversary of the Battles of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral which occurred in May-June 1968 in Vietnam. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, hosted a reception on 12 May 2008 for veterans of the battles in The Great Hall of Parliament House. On 13 May, a national commemorative ceremony was held at the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra. Following these events, unit reunions were held in Townsville and Canberra. Battle of Crete In May 2008, Major General Daniel Sinanoglou (Hellenic Air Force), Director Personnel, Hellenic National Defence General Staff, visited Australia at the invitation of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs to mark the 67th anniversary of the Greek campaign and the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. The Australian-Greek veteran community warmly welcomed the senior Hellenic officer’s attendance at the annual commemorative events. PeacekeepingPeacekeeping Conference The department sponsored a two-day Peacekeeping Conference at the Australian War Memorial in September 2007 to mark the 60th anniversary of Australian peace operations. Australians have served in more than 50 peace operations around the world since 1947. Department of Veterans’ Affairs Annual Report 2007–2008 117 FEATURE A decade of peace operations in pictures A pictorial history of Australian peacekeeping from Bougainville to Iraq went on display at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance in May 2008. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin, opened Peacekeepers, an exhibition of photographs taken by the Australian Army depicting the last 10 years of Australian Defence Force peace operations in Bougainville, East Timor, Bandeh Aceh, Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. The Australian Government provided a grant of $10,000 towards the exhibition’s costs through DVA’s Commemorations program Saluting Their Service. Protecting the Anzac legacy The department received 26 submissions in relation to the Protection of Word ‘Anzac’ Regulations. Of these, seven applications were approved to use the word ‘Anzac’, three applications were not approved and 16 required no further action as approval was not necessary for the requested purpose. Election Commitments Proclamations for Battle for Australia Day and Merchant Navy Day In the lead up to the 2007 elections, the Labor Party committed to declaring
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