Anzac Day

moamajohn · Guru

Anzac Day

bill12 · Guru

I,m going to the dawn service at Alma bay, Magnetic island, and then to work.Lest we forget. Bill

Radar · Guru

Hi All,

Gosford for us. Wife will march with brother in memory of father WW2 Vet. Lest we forget.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Margaret and I spent some time on the Gallipoli Peninsula in June last year.
It was a moving experience.

The relationship that Turks have with Australians as a result of that conflict 100 years ago is simply extraordinary.
This quotation from Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (The 'Father" of modern Turkey in 1934) seemed to be a sentiment expressed and practiced to this day.

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You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
There is no difference between the Jonnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours.. you, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now in our bosom and are in peace.
After having lost their lives on this land, they have become our sons as well.

We have rarely felt more welcome anywhere, than we did in Turkey.

Cheers,
Peter

NandK · Senior Member

Great Photos Peter, "LEST WE FORGET"

milo · Guru

I too spent some time at Gallipoli a few years back , had a fight with a bus on
the track down from the hill, as I lay down for a moment I almost felt how it could have
been for one of our boys being hit by a bullet, it was such an emotional experiance you have
to do at least once in your life (except for being hit by a bus!!)

My mothers father was wounded at Gallipoli and my father's Uncle (maybe great Uncle not sure) was killed at Lone Pine, they never found his body.. We tried to find his name on the walls up there but too many and too little time .maybe some day with more knowledge I might go back,... who knows..

sorry about the quality was on a nokia mobile (no iphones back then!)

this will be my first Anzac day with out my dad , will be going to the one at Berry , as we used to live out there..

wonder if many left from the ships he was on , the Kapunda , the Wagga and the Australian, with the Australian, he was transferred from that 3 weeks before the kamikaze hit and the guy that took his place, never found his body either!! I so miss his stories, if you have relie's still alive ,get what you can on audio from their experiences , even if you leave the recording device with them, get it...cause once their gone so are the stories and the memories ...

RIP Alan Lest We Forget!!!!!

Gypsy Dreamer · Member

I was born on Anzac Day and I have always felt a connection with the diggers.

GaryKelly · Guru

There was a story on telly last night about the grandson of a Gallipoli digger who wrote many letters to his girlfriend/wife. In one of the letters he described the Aussies throwing cans of food to the Turks who responded with cigarettes... friends in battle, he said (or something like that). Lest We Forget.

Kaid · Guru

Every year from as early as I remember. We would watch Dad march with his mates
to the Shrine of Remembrance in Melb.
I am sure he is now marching in Heavens Army , having a beer (or 3)
and playing Two Up with his brother, father and mates.
RIP Dad.
We will Remember and shed a tear at the March tomorrow
Lest We Forget

Pejay · Guru

What wonderful photos Peter, it shows me where my Great Uncle was when he died on 25 April 1915, and every year where they have the service at Lone Pine you can see his name on the wall behind the speaker, AND amongst my Dad's things we found replica minatures of Ronald's medals - I shall wear them with pride tomorrow.

We shall be attending both the Dawn Service and the march/main service here in Esk Qld where we arrived yesterday to meet up with one of (my) Peter's cousins, and for the first time, they shall march together - quite looking forward to supporting this small community.

NeilandRaine · Guru

Great pics P and M. I am hoping to get to Gallipoli next year. Fortunately or unfortunately, depends on how you look at it, I am a returned serviceman and a Great Uncle died on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli so I may not have to go in the draw.
This year I will attend the Service at Forster/Tuncurry

Gunsondeck · Senior Member

www.youtube.com/watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxkhBvO8_kM

Lest We Forget...

Guns.

-- Edited by Gunsondeck on Thursday 24th of April 2014 11:19:17 AM

Ontos45 · Guru

Beaut pictures, thank you for sharing, it must have been an experience. Can't march or attend this year Emu Park but will have a few beers. Cheers Dad, RIP.....Lest we Forget

moamajohn · Guru

Jeeze ,great photos and comments by all .Hey Milo the first year without yer old man is a bugger [Iknow !] All the best and I wish you a great day nevertheless .

GarrynLyn · Senior Member

Thanks for the photos, Peter. Very good. I went there in 1990 when some of the old diggers returned (I was aircraft security for Hawke's aircraft).

Will be marching in Malanda tomorrow.

milo · Guru

my dads medals, the small ones are replica's of the big ones which he wore last year, he wore one on each side

one for his service and for mum's father and his uncle as talked about earlier ..

I'm just wearing the small ones on my right side , which I have been told to do.. to remember them all

Lest we forget...

-- Edited by milo on Thursday 24th of April 2014 04:42:53 PM

tiger5 · Senior Member

Dawn service with son & grandson at Richmond NSW then into Sydney to meet up with some old Tigers.

-- Edited by tiger5 on Thursday 24th of April 2014 09:37:00 PM

milo · Guru

I am running on fumes today!! up 4 am watched the dawn service and stayed up for our service

at Berry (NSW), was a great turn out, bigger than last year I think too ..

so I wore dads smaller medals ,he has the same ones but bigger , but there heavier .

-- Edited by milo on Friday 25th of April 2014 02:43:54 PM

barina · Guru

My Anzac Day

I have had such an emotional day went to a local Dawn Service. watched the Villers-Bretonneux service, then the Melbourne service at the Shrine of Rememberance. and the ABC has had some great 1hr shows of personal stories of the 1st and 2nd WW soldiers and their families. They were really a tough breed of men who accomplished so much and many died so young. Now watching Lone Pine service........and later a show about Gallipoli from above. I heard an interview about this ages ago....