Anzac Day: Lest we forget.
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Just home from the Dawn Service and the speech given by the local High School Captain was worth getting up for. There can be no doubt that the younger generations have a great appreciation of what ANZAC day means and why we remember.
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RAN 1940 - 1945: HMAS Swan
RAN 1940 - 1945: HMAS Swan
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Just returned from the Coolum-Peregian RSL Dawn Service.
The drill standard of the Honour Guard of School Cadets was a pleasure to watch. The local school band and drums also added measurably to the ceremony.
The local paper reported 6000 people attended this service.
AND: My thanks go to the young boy and his sister who came up to me (and many others) after the service, shook my hand and said "Thanks Mister".
The drill standard of the Honour Guard of School Cadets was a pleasure to watch. The local school band and drums also added measurably to the ceremony.
The local paper reported 6000 people attended this service.
AND: My thanks go to the young boy and his sister who came up to me (and many others) after the service, shook my hand and said "Thanks Mister".
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I visited the War Memorial at The Entrance yesterday. What really gladdened my heart was a group of young (18-22yo) people were talking to a 94 year old veteran. The way they were talking to him I thought that they knew him but after listening to them thank him for his time and service I realised they didn't. Their respect brought tears to my eyes.
They are on the left of this shot
Wardie
They are on the left of this shot
Wardie
THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE SITE OF A PRISON CAMP OF SURVIVORS OF THE FIRST DEATH MARCH FROM SANDAKAN TO RANAU FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 1945.
OF THE 2000 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS OF THE 2 ND A.I.F. AND 750 BRITISH SOLDIERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY WHO LEFT SANDAKAN ONLY 6 AUSTRALIANS SURVIVED.
ON THIS ACTUAL SPOT, VX 52128 GUNNER ALBERT NEIL CLEARY, 2/15 TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WAS CHAINED TO A STAKE AND BEATEN AND STARVED FOR 11 DAYS BEFORE HE FINALLY DIED ON 20 TH MARCH 1945, AGED 22 YEARS.
THIS MEMORIAL ALSO COMMEMORATES THE COURAGE AND BRAVERY OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE OF SABAH, WHO SO GALLANTLY ASSISTED THE PRISONERS-OF-WAR AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS.
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In Ranau yesterday. RIP.
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From the Warrnambool (Vic) Standard
Nicely done slide show here -
Slideshow Player - Lest we forget: Anzac Day - The Warrnambool Standard - rural news, classifieds and community
Slideshow Player - Lest we forget: Anzac Day - The Warrnambool Standard - rural news, classifieds and community
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My Dad fought in PNG in WW2 and his Dad at Gallipoli.
Both somehow survived but are now gone.
I didn't need to fight anywhere.
I guess that sums it up.
Thank you.
Both somehow survived but are now gone.
I didn't need to fight anywhere.
I guess that sums it up.
Thank you.
The spirit was created, and the sprit lives on.
A great uncle lost at Gallipoli, an uncle lost in WW2, my dad a digger in WW2 (now on his last legs), my mum a full time volunteer nursing aid in WW2 (now on her last legs), I'm a Viet Nam vet, my son has served in the Solomons, Timor, and Iraq.
We live in peace and freedom.
Lest we forgot
Cilba
We live in peace and freedom.
Lest we forgot
Cilba
