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Post by aussie on Apr 24, 2010 8:37:23 GMT
I will be standing silent ( this may please many people ) tommorow morning at 11:00 am for a minutes silence to pay respect to my fellow Aussie and Kiwi heros just like I do on Rememberance Sunday. Here is a little info for anyone remotely interested in what Anzac Day means to me! www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac_tradition.asp |
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Post by davethegull on Apr 24, 2010 8:59:24 GMT
I too will be honouring them Oz. There are many Ozzies out here and it's atken very seriously. You only have to walk around the war cemetary at Kanchanaburi (Bridge over the river Kwai) to be thoroughly humbled. We will remember them.
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Post by stefano on Apr 24, 2010 9:14:40 GMT
I will be standing silent ( this may please many people ) tommorow morning at 11:00 am for a minutes silence to pay respect to my fellow Aussie and Kiwi heros just like I do on Rememberance Sunday. Here is a little info for anyone remotely interested in what Anzac Day means to me! www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac_tradition.aspThanks for posting that up Aussie. An interesting read. I have in the past read a couple of books about Gallipoli but had forgotten much of the detail (I have got to the age now where in order to absorb new information into my memory I have to forget something I already knew!). It is a poignant thought that it is less than 100 years since the start of the FWW (not a massive length of time on the scale of things), followed only 20 years later by the SWW ... two generations of young men of many Nations sacrificed due to politics. I often reflect on this waste of young lives (including those since the World Wars up to the present day) as a result of war and terrorism when I am feeling down about a football defeat or our position in the table. It puts it all into perspective. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2010 9:22:43 GMT
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Post by aussie on Apr 24, 2010 12:05:09 GMT
Cheers Barty, pretty moving piece of work that one `eh!
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Post by aussie on Apr 24, 2010 12:10:19 GMT
This is why I just had to change my avatar!
DTG bless you mate!
Stefano it`s always a very emotional time of the year for me, I`m glad you appreciate this thread for what it is! What I couldn`t believe yesterday is when I got into work it was only Johnny foriegner( me ) who realized it was St.Georges day! Where have the patriots gone?
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Post by loyalgull on Apr 29, 2010 17:06:33 GMT
This is why I just had to change my avatar! DTG bless you mate! Stefano it`s always a very emotional time of the year for me, I`m glad you appreciate this thread for what it is! What I couldn`t believe yesterday is when I got into work it was only Johnny foriegner( me ) who realized it was St.Georges day! Where have the patriots gone? killjoys have done for st georges day mate,used to be celebrated everywhere,now people are afraid to offend,bet the aussies wont have none of that,and rightly so,all those people who lost their lives for others. |
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Post by aussie on Apr 30, 2010 9:06:15 GMT
This is why I just had to change my avatar! DTG bless you mate! Stefano it`s always a very emotional time of the year for me, I`m glad you appreciate this thread for what it is! What I couldn`t believe yesterday is when I got into work it was only Johnny foriegner( me ) who realized it was St.Georges day! Where have the patriots gone? killjoys have done for st georges day mate,used to be celebrated everywhere,now people are afraid to offend,bet the aussies wont have none of that,and rightly so,all those people who lost their lives for others. If the kill joys have done that mate then it`s about time YOU LOT took it back and wore the cross of St.George with the pride it deserves! |
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