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Marching for peace

 War veterans recreated a peace march through Lilydale, 100 years since the original.

World War I veterans marched down Castella Street to celebrate the Treaty of Versailles officially ending The Great War on 19 July 1919.

The recreation started at 11am on Saturday 20 July outside Lilydale Primary School.

The march followed the original route down Castella Street to the Athenaeum Theatre, where a ceremony took place under the Shire of Lillydale World War I Honour Board.

Veterans included on the honour board hailed from Coldstream, Croydon, Gruyere, Kalorama, Kilsyth, Lilydale, Monbulk, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Dandenong, Mount Evelyn, Olinda, Ringwood, Seville, Silvan, Wandin, Wonga Park and Yering.

Armistice Day, today known as Remembrance Day, on 11 November 1918 signalled a ceasefire in The Great War.

WWI officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 29 June 1919.

The document was among five treaties formulated at the Paris Peace Conference and established the conditions of peace with Germany.

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