ANZAC Day (1 Viewer)

[DMNamiot]

To My Friends Downunder.


April 25th Anzac Day is here and for many up in North America its just another day but for you it is a deeply significant day and holds the kind of importance our American Memorial Day holds for a lot of American Service members.

For those who dont know why this day is important I will sum it up for you with one word. Gallipoli.

Here is a portion of the Ode that will be read aloud at many Dawn Services

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

This is the fourth stanza for the poem For the Fallen By Laurence Binyon.

As they sound Stand To I will be thinking of my friends there that are serving and have served around the world.

I wish you all the Joy of the Day!

All the best

David M. Namiot Major (R) USAR

 

[Rob]

I have attended these rememberance services in London and they are very moving.We will remember all the Anzacs and Brits who gave their lives in Gallipoli.

Rob

 

[Louis Badolato]

Thank you, those of our Australian and New Zealand friends, who defended our freedom, and often gave the last full measure. Without you, I would not have a wife or a son (both Jewish), I wouldn't have my freedom and my independence from tyranny. Rest assured that I for one, will never forget your sacrifices, and will honor your memory. My son will grow up hearing about the heroism of the Greatest Generation from all around the world, and I will never gloss over the bravery and heroism of the ANZAC forces, from the founding of the Long Range Desert Group through the defense of Tobruk. So again, my humble thanks.

 

[vandilay]

Here is a link with a little info on the Gallipoli campaign
from New zealands perspective ,maybe one of the
Aussies here can supply a link for Australia.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/Anzac/galli-poli/

 

[OzDigger]

HI guys, here's a link to the Australian War Memorial (Canberra) website: http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp

Here you can listen to "The Last Post" which is somewhat like the American "Taps": http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/customs/last_post.htm

 

[Kiwi]

To My Friends Downunder.


April 25th Anzac Day is here and for many up in North America its just another day but for you it is a deeply significant day and holds the kind of importance our American Memorial Day holds for a lot of American Service members.

For those who dont know why this day is important I will sum it up for you with one word. Gallipoli.

Here is a portion of the Ode that will be read aloud at many Dawn Services

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

This is the fourth stanza for the poem For the Fallen By Laurence Binyon.

As they sound Stand To I will be thinking of my friends there that are serving and have served around the world.

I wish you all the Joy of the Day!

All the best

David M. Namiot Major (R) USAR

Thanks for your kind thoughts, David

Not many people outside of Australia and New Zealand give ANZAC Day or Gallipoli much thought. But they say it was the birthplace of our two countries identities, although what a baptism.

In the words of one 5th Light Horseman at Gallipoli in 1915:
"...Of all the bastards of places this is the greatest bastard in the world."

Kiwi

 

[jazzeum]

Kiwi,

My best to you and your countrymen on this day.

 

[Kiwi]

Kiwi,

My best to you and your countrymen on this day.

Thanks Brad.

Suitably wet and miserable over here today. I attended the dawn parade this morning wearing my great uncles WWII medals. He passed away last year so I wear his medals at Dawn Parade each Anzac Day for him. It was a great buzz to wear his North Africa Star with a 8th Army Bar to it for him. He served with the 8th Army in North Africa and in Crete and Italy and was at Monte Cassino for all those months. We talk so much about all these battles but we have no idea...

Kiwi

 

[jazzeum]

Agreed. Unless you've been in it, we have no idea. We can just give and show our gratitude.