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Crowds gather in Brisbane to celebrate VP Day on August 15,1945.Credit:Australian War Memorial

A small ceremony will be held at the Shrine of Remembrance in Brisbane at 11am,with Ann Street closed from Creek Street to Edward Street between 9.30am and 1.30pm. Lord mayor Adrian Schrinner and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will both attend.

With large-scale gatherings still banned under COVID-19 restrictions,a video installation organised by RSL Queensland will project images from the war across City Hall.

Cr Schrinner said he was proud to have the display across the city's central building honouring those who served in the war.

"It’s both an uplifting and haunting display and I encourage residents to take it in,given the historical significance of this week,and remember those who served and died in all wars,"he said.

The newly refurbished Anzac Square galleries will also be open from 10am to 2pm to enable residents to commemorate those who served.

Another private ceremony at the Queensland Maritime Museum in South Brisbane will also be held as the museum remains closed.

Bill McDonald,94,the last remaining crew member of HMAS Diamantina from 1945,will be the guest of honour at that event.

VP Day was declared a public holiday by the Australian government in 1945 after then-Prime Minister Ben Chifley announced that the war was over,addressing citizens in a six-minute radio speech broadcast nationally.

"Fellow citizens,the war is over," he declared.

Seventy-five years later,church and city bells will ring out at midday to honour those who served,who died,and who lived on with memories of what was lost and won.

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