Streets awash with uniforms
Oxford St will be awash with uniforms on Sunday when a contingent of riders from the Australian Light Horse and Police Mounted Troopers celebrate the 60th anniversary of the re-formation of part-time military service after World War II with a parade.
The sight, sound and colour of the lance and sword-carrying riders should provide an exciting spectacle for pedestrians and road users as they travel along the Mardi Gras route -“ only in reverse.
The Light Horse Contingent will be wearing WW1 white horse uniform, with a troop of 16 horses carrying lances and pennants from the standard of the Chauvel that were originally used to designate the regiments from a distance, Colonel John Moore told Sydney Star Observer.
Armoured vehicles and trucks from 1948 will also be featured in the parade.
We have found 170 original members from the forces in 1948, who will be specially recognised. They will wear a red ribbon on their right lapel.
Sixty flags will be carried by army and air force cadets -¦ the parade will represent that past, present and future of the reserve forces.
Scheduled to leave via Victoria Barracks’ Moore Park Road gate at 10:15am, the procession will find its way down Flinders and Oxford Streets, before moving into College St.
Parade organisers are expecting over 5,000 men and women to take part. After completing the march from College St to Macquarie St, the riders will return to the barracks via Surry Hills.
Oh Get over it my dears. Yet another example of Baby Boomers unable to transition into the 21st Century. Are they Going to play “Rock around the clock?” as well?