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    Lest We Forget - 25th April - ANZAC

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    "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."


    The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon
    and was published in London in the Winnowing Fan;
    Poems of the Great War in 1914.
    The verse, which became the League Ode, was already used in association with commemoration services in Australia in 1921

    We will remember them; whether from WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan and all conflicts; they serviced & fort, lived & died so we could be free... THANK YOU!

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    This year the local community, Springwood Boys & Girls Club, were our family has been volunteering for some 25 years, will be marching as a club in the local ANZAC Day parade for the 50th consecutive year...The local Dawn Service was 40 people when I first started attending with a cassette player for music; now days we have 500-600 people with the local Salvo's providing the music with the Vietnam Veterans donated a decent PA System, so it's up a half hour earlier or you're down the back.

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    Hoping everyone has the opportunity tomorrow to REMEMBER those who scarified so much for our freedom!

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    Anyone see the Monash and Me doco last night hosted by Peter Greste?

    I can really recommend Monash's biography by Roland Perry (who is also in the doco)

    Peter Greste is linked through his 3 great uncles who fought at Gallipoli and the Western front.

    At this time of the year I always think about my 3 Italian great uncles who did not return from WW1. They lived in Northern Italian alps but unfortunately on the wrong side of a border so were 3km inside Austrian territory. Austria was fighting the Italians who were on the Allied side this time round but my great uncles and grandfather were not trusted to fight against their own countrymen so were drafted and sent to the Russian front. The great uncles were killed in 1917 just before the Russians pulled out of the war.

    Let's also not forget that the causes of WW1 were closely tied up with greed and blatant land grabs. Not the least of these was Russia who was after land from the Turks and greater influence in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Not that different from today when you stop and think about it.

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    Interesting Military/War books I have read this year

    Barney Greatrex by Michale Veitch
    Story of Aussie bomb aimer shot down over Germany who managed to escape into France , join the resistance and stay there fighting with them almost until the end of the war. Boys own adventure story - great read.

    The Birth of the RAF, 1918 by Richard Overy
    Short book describing the efforts to untangle the WW1 Army and Navy Flying Corps into a single service.
    Goes into detail about the bombing raids in he UK during WW1.

    Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
    Story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish Slovakian who fell into the job of tattooing the numbers on Auschwitz prisoners. This gave him unprecedented freedom of the camp and describes how he and his wife (married after the war) survived. Because he spoke many languages he ends up even being drafted as a pimp for the Russians.

    Under Pressure by A.J.Hill
    The final voyage of the S-5 submarine. Accidentally partially floods itself during exercises and describes the way the men escaped including the use of hand drill!.
    A riveting read.

    The Desert Column by Ian Idriess
    WW1 Palestinian Campaign from the point of view of an Aussie Light Horseman.
    One of the best WW1 books I have read - you really get the sense of what that campaign was about - short super savage fighting and then LOTS of waiting around - but the suspense is still there.

    Australian Women in War by Susanna de Vries
    Follows the gutsy history of a number of women serving the Balkans, Gallipoli, France and SEA.

    The Lost Airman by P.F.Stevens and Seth Meyerowtiz
    Another downed airman downed in WW2 in France. American Seth Meyerowtiz is downed in only his second mission and wth the help of the French resistance he decide to hide as they call it "in plain sight" and faked being a deaf and dumb frenchman passing through German checkpoints and inspections. Eventually gets to Spain and back.

    Frozen in time by Mitch Zuckoff.
    Story of a recent attempt to recover the bodies from a US cargo plan buried in ice that was downed in 1942 crossing Greenland to supply US bases used to transfer planes to Europe. What a great read this one is. Most of the book is about the downing of the cargo plane and then other planes that go and try to rescue these other planes. Super courageous High Arctic adventure all round. Really good!

    Code Breakers by Craig Collie
    This one in my book is the pick of the bunch.
    A semi-scholarly account (it does have 45 pages of references in the back of the book) of Aussie cryptographers who cracked the Japanese war codes in WW2. Its a long book but you get plenty of detailed WW2 action and one of the best senses of how the overall war in SE Asia unfolded and the major contribution made by the Aussie codebreakers. Not many people would know the Battle of Midway was largely successful because of a chance pickup up by an Aussie cryptographer of an uncoded message in the too hard to solve basket who managed to then crack the message and inform the US Navy. The Yanks of course claimed they cracked it - Hah!

    Our man Elsewhere: In search of Alan Moorehead, by Thomas McCamish
    This is an biography of Aussie Author Alan Moorehead who was an official British War correspondent during the WW2 era and was very close to the action at times so you get a different perspective of things. A bit of an odd character who forsook his Aussie background for a time and liked schmoozing as much as writing he gets up to some real adventures. He wrote Montgomerys offical Bio.

    The Vanquished by Robert Gerwath
    This 388 page scholarly history book is about the period 1917 - 1923 and why WW1 was basically a giant cockup up from the first shot till well after the treaty of Versailles. Few people realize how many brutal and repressive civil wars were fought in Europe after WW1 finished and even thought there were nothing like the WW1 casualties, millions of people still died from these wars and of course if you add in the Spanish flu then more people died than during WW1.

    Special Operations SE Asia 1942-1945 by Brian Perrett
    Despite the title this book it's about desert warfare, from the Romans to the Gulf wars. Provides a unique perspective of the requirements for warfare in desert environments. Good read.

    And last but not least I found something to slow me down reding the 500+ page "The Pacifc" by Hugh Ambrose, son of the "Band of Brothers" Author. The book was used as the basis for the big TV series of the same name - but MUCH more detailed of course.
    WW2 action based around half a dozen US participants in the WW2 Pacific conflict. Well written, switching between short punchy page or two long long excerpts about what each bloke is doing at a particular time. At times it's a touch too US-centric for my liking (the author claims it was US code breakers that decoded the message about where/when the Japanese navy heading for Midway) but you still get a vivid close up view of the stuff they had to do. So far I reckon the book about the Aussie codebreakers is better at covering the overall war itself.

    There's been a few more just can't remember them all. I've read over 40 books since Jan 1 this year.

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    Bit late now but if you click on the photo of the light horseman with the Aussie flag, in the notice at the top of all screens you will be taken to the RSL's ANZAC Appeal where if you're inclined you can donate to the Appeal and in the RSL's words:

    We are changing the lives of veterans.

    With your help, the RSL can lend a helping hand to thousands of veterans and their families.

    Every current and former service person of this great nation deserves our support.


    or you can just click on the link >RIGHT HERE<

    Cheers - Neil

    PS My Grandfather served in the light horse WWI, my father served in the Navy on corvettes, (WWII) mother served in WRAC (WWII), me Artillery Intelligence 1966 until they'd had enough of me.
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    As another ex serving member I'd like to thank our Benevolent Dictator for the banners he posts every Anzac Day and the pride I feel when I see it the first time I log on that day.

    Thank you.

    (But as to his claim of being in Artillery Intelligence; I am reminded of the quote "The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire" )

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    But as to his claim of being in Artillery Intelligence; I am reminded of the quote "The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire"
    That comment would have been originally aimed at the our so-called allies.

    On the other hand..... The words Artillery and Intelligence probably shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

    Bit like using sensible and shoes in the same sentence when talking to your wife or daughter.


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    I'd like to thank ALL those that served in the various Forces (Past and Present) to keep this fantastic Country of Ours, free for everyone.
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