AT the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month, silence fell on the Western Front at the moment when the guns stopped to mark the end of World War I.

On Monday, that eerie silence fell over Mildura's Henderson Park as hundreds turned out to pay their respects to those killed in all past and present conflicts.

For that reason, Mildura RSL president Gary Pearse told Monday's gathering of youn...