Anzac service honours Mount Bruce pilot

REMEMBER:Mount Bruce Hall will be hosting an Anzac service this Saturday at 2pm.

The Mount Bruce Hall will host its first Anzac service this Saturday.

The ceremony will take place at its stone bench seat which commemorates pilot Maurice Hunt, the sole World War II casualty of the area.

Mount Bruce community member Lyn Tankersley said Mr Hunt attended Mikimiki School and used to play in the hall as a child and attended music and dance events there as a teenager.

He died in Germany, 1945, aged 24.

"We have never had an Anzac service and we thought it was pretty fitting," she said.

The community-run service will take place on Anzac Day at 2pm and is part of the RSA's line-up of events happening on the day.

"We will of course be having wreath laying, national anthems from New Zealand and Australia and the usual things that happen at an Anzac service.

"Afternoon tea will be served afterwards and all are welcome to attend," said Mrs Tankersley.

Mrs Tankersley said the hall was in good condition because it was owned by a district and not a council.

"It is very well kept by the locals, the grounds are beautiful and it is absolutely gorgeous."

The hall was shifted to its new spot on State Highway 2 about 10 years ago and has had "major" renovations done to it.