Remembrance Day 2014: silence at the cenotaph marks the end of war

By Jacqueline Maley
Updated November 12 2014 - 8:18am, first published November 11 2014 - 7:16pm
French veterans gathered at the cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney for the Remembrance Day service. Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters
French veterans gathered at the cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney for the Remembrance Day service. Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters
Representatives of branches of Australia's emergency services paid tribute to war veterans at the service at the cenotaph. Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters
Representatives of branches of Australia's emergency services paid tribute to war veterans at the service at the cenotaph. Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters
Wreaths and other floral tributes placed at Sydney's cenotaph during the Remembrance Day service.  Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters
Wreaths and other floral tributes placed at Sydney's cenotaph during the Remembrance Day service. Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters

The Martin Place cenotaph, wedged between Macquarie Bank and an Armani store, seems far from the Flanders fields commemorated in the great war poem by John McCrae. But when the Town Hall clock struck 11am on Tuesday, that is where the mind flew, as the thousands of soldiers, dignitaries, members of the public and passers-by fell deeply silent to mark Remembrance Day.

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