At the Yvonne Jenkins Memorial Award presentation on Saturday, the Lithgow and District Family History Society took the opportunity to urge people to attend a very special memorial planned for November 11 this year.
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A special service will be held at 2pm at the Lithgow cemetery to mark the final centenary event for World War I.
Significant works have been under way at the site since the Anzac gardens at the cemetery were vandalised and its commemorative plaque damaged.
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Helen Taylor said at the event that Lithgow City Council has replaced the bronze plaque with a new one, also with new plantings.
She thanked the staff for their support and work to replace the damaged items and looked forward to blooms of forget-me-nots, cornflowers and poppies.
“All we need now is a bit of rain and sun to get the seeds to come up,” she said.
Some of the stories of soldiers included in the Society’s work ‘A Long March from Lithgow’ will be celebrated as part of the day, with the plaque to be unveiled by Bathurst MP Paul Toole.
