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    Default 100 year Anniversary of the Armistice - Remembrance Day - 11th Nov 2018

    100 year Anniversary of the Armistice - Remembrance Day - 11th Nov 2018

    WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!

    DSC03120.jpg DSC03121.jpgDSC03118.jpgRemembrance Day has a special significance in 2018.
    Sunday, 11 November 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18).
    One hundred years ago, on 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. With their armies retreating and close to collapse, German leaders signed an Armistice, bringing to an end the First World War. From the summer of 1918, the five divisions of the Australian Corps had been at the forefront of the allied advance to victory. Beginning with their stunning success at the battle of Hamel in July, they helped to turn the tide of the war at Amiens in August, followed by the capture of Mont St Quentin and Pèronne, and the breaching of German defences at the Hindenburg Line in September. By early October the exhausted Australians were withdrawn from battle. They had achieved a fighting reputation out of proportion to their numbers, but victory had come at a heavy cost. They suffered almost 48,000 casualties during 1918, including more than 12,000 dead.
    In the four years of the war more than 330,000 Australians had served overseas, and more than 60,000 of them had died. The social effects of these losses cast a long shadow over the postwar decades.



    https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/remembrance-day

    Nothing to to with woodwork BUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BEING AN AUSTRALIAN!

    WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!

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    We are going to the local service this morning.

    We must never forget.
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    I taped the Service at the Australian War Memorial

    First class!

    Already up on YouTube.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6adSgOKAXH0

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    We will remember them



    and honour our current service men and women
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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    Thanks for posting this, Crowie.

    We recited The Ode at 1100 hrs which never fails to evoke a tear for all participants in bastard (all) wars and especially for those fallen and those still suffering.

    We buried our mate Billy York at Forbes a couple of months ago. Bill saw some dreadful action with 3RAR at the battles at FSB Coral and FSB Balmoral in May 68 against a division of NVR in May 1968. 25 KIA and 99 wounded of ours. These are actions which deserve far more recognition than they're given.

    Lest we forget.

    mick

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