THE famous Dungaree Recruitment March from Warwick to Brisbane 100 years ago will be remembered later this year – with a little help from the Military Brotherhood Motorcycle Club.
Members of the club met with Southern Downs Regional Council this week to discuss their Dungaree Re-Enactment Run which is planned for the end of the year.
Mayor Peter Blundell, who has a long-held interest in motorbikes and riding, said he gladly accepted an invitation to conduct an official send-off for the riders on 29 November.
“Today a group of the riders will come to council chambers to outline their plans for the re-enactment,” he said.
“The event is a wonderful way to commemorate the centenary of Anzac with riders acknowledging the famous Dungaree Recruitment March from Warwick to Brisbane which occurred in late November 1915.
“The Dungarees Recruitment March was the only ‘snow ball’ march in Queensland during the First World War.”
The route left Warwick for Allora, Clifton, Cambooya, Wyreema and onto Toowoomba and then to Helidon to the Lockyer Valley.
“The march then travelled through to Ipswich and Brisbane via Rosewood to Brisbane,” Cr Blundell said.
The 160 miles (270 km) march ended in Brisbane in Albert Square, now known as King George Square, Brisbane, with 125 recruits.
“I look forward to hearing their plans and to promoting this event as part of the centenary of Anzac,“ he said.
The Military Brotherhood Motorcycle Club is a tri service military motorcycle club of serving and former Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Commonwealth forces members, their families, friends and support riders.
The club’s mission is to support club members, veterans and ex-service members and their families in matters of welfare and advocacy.
