In war times, in 60 minutes anything can happen. 

Hundreds of soldiers can be killed, maimed and injured. 

So, the least those left behind and the generations who follow on can do is attend an Anzac Day service each year and remember the sacrifices made during wars and conflicts by Australians and New Zealand forces over the years.

VETERANS from many conflicts, current armed forces men and women, ancestors, family members, friend, emergency services and school students proudly marched down Leeton’s Pine Avenue on Anzac Day. 

The long line of marchers was watched on by a huge crowd which turned out for the town's main service on Wednesday. 

Veterans dressed in their best suits, proudly displaying their medals on their left hand side, while family members too wore medals on their right hand side. 

School students proudly walked among them to the Leeton cenotaph before the formal commemorations began.  

WHETHER it was prayers to above and affirmations of thanksgiving, or the moving pieces and songs from the Leeton Town Band and Riverina Men’s Choir, the town’s main service was reflective and in the true spirit of the day. 

Wreaths were laid to honour the fallen and remember their supreme sacrifice.

The list of Leeton’s World War I and World War II were read out, honouring each of them. Guest speaker was Ron Hirst, who is originally from Rotorua in New Zealand.

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Mr Hirst served in the Royal New Zealand Navy as a Chief Petty Officer and reminded residents how his countrymen and women were in it together with their Australian counterparts way back when at Gallipoli to this very day.

The Last Post and national anthems of Australia and New Zealand were sounded as residents paid their final tributes for the day and remarked “we will remember them”.