The Port Adelaide March and Commemoration for Australia’s first ever Merchant Navy Day on September 3 will be the major event in Australia that day so locals should feel proud.
Special Merchant Navy Day street flags promoting the historic event are now flying in Port Adelaide two weeks before the event.
On August 27 there will be a special feature section in Messenger Community Newspapers with full details of the event and merchant navy history.
So many people who live in our district have some link with the Merchant Navy and most Australian migrants came here on a Merchant Navy vessel.
The event will begin at the Fisherman’s Wharf Markets (Birkenhead Bridge end) just after 11 am on September 3 and go along Queens Wharf and down to the old Ports Corporation building for a commemoration service at the Navigator Memorial.
Guest speakers will include the Mayor of Port Adelaide Enfield, Gary Johanson and new SA Veterans Affairs Minister, Michael Atkinson.
Former and serving merchant seamen, Semaphore Port Adelaide RSL veterans, Merchant Navy Association SA, Vindicatrix Association SA, South Australian Maritime Museum and the Maritime Union of Australia will be marching with a number of other maritime organisations, relatives and friends of seafarers.
The internationally renowned South Australian Pipes and Drums will lead the march along Queens Wharf.











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