Sri Lankan Warriors Archives

ANZAC and the Sri Lankan Warriors This year too the members of Sri Lanka Ex Servicemen’s Association in Qld marched alongside the service personnel and members of Returned Servicemen’s League (RSL) at ANZAC Parade in Kenmore on 25 April 2023. The traditional Shell Green 2020 T20 cricket match between the Brisbane Lord Mayor’s XI and the Army Team will follow at the Brookfield Showgrounds, Brookfield. At around 10:30 the umpires will inspect the pitch and ask the team Captains out to the middle for the traditional coin toss done with a Penny ‘two up’ style. 2 x armoured vehicles from the 2/14th Light Horse Regiment the Queensland Mounted Infantry will then traverse onto the field and hold ground at either end of the pitch. Mounted Light Horsemen from the Queensland Mounted Infantry Historical Troop (this year with 2 x members of a New Zealand Cavalry Historical Troop) will then lead ...