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Thread: ANZAC day 25th April 2007
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24th April 2007, 01:09 PM #1
ANZAC day 25th April 2007
For our fallen comrades
and all those who made the supreme sacrifice
that we may live freely in the greatest country in the world Australia.
LEST WE FORGET
They shall not grow 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.
Lest we forget.
Neil
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24th April 2007, 01:15 PM #2
And a salute to Padre Arthur Ernest White for those words & the Anzac Day Dawn Service tradition.
PS. Opps, they are actually a Laurence Binyon quote that he used.Cliff.
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24th April 2007, 01:16 PM #3
To all the serving and Ex serving personal out there
Have a great day
Lest we forget.100% of all non-smokers die
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24th April 2007, 01:25 PM #4
We owe them a debt we'll never be able to repay.
They won't fight wars like WW1 or WW2 again, thankfully.
My Dad was on the Hobart (WW2) when it got torpedoed in the Coral Sea. They knocked out the engines and so the ship just sat there, for the rest of the night on a calm sea, full moon, and they waited for the next torpedo. He was scarred stiff but luckily, it never came.
They were towed safely back to port the next day.
He said he could still hear the cries of his shipmates as they closed all the water tight bulkheads. Those on the wrong side of the door drowned.
He also missed the Canberra by a day when it sailed early. He should have been on it. It never came back.
My generation have missed all that. I hope future genereations are as lucky.
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24th April 2007, 01:56 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Hear Hear Neil
I intend paying my respects at Dawn service at Shrine tomorrowTom
"It's good enough" is low aim
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My grandfather was captured in France and spent 3yrs as a pow in Germany.
He died at 70yrs of age of TB contracted in the German mines.
As a pow he tried to keep a diary but there is not much in it. One entry always chokes me up. "Today, same as yesterday and the day before and the day before and the day before."
Rest in peace you old bugger.
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24th April 2007, 02:16 PM #7
Lest we forget
Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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24th April 2007, 02:48 PM #8
We start Anzac Day at 1.30am when Brie and her fellow cadets attend the memorial in Australind and stand vigil for the dawn service which we will return for at 5am
As a fellow that missed all the wars by virtue of either not being around yet or in the case of Vietnam being to young to enlist and for the Iraq farce being too old Ive not missed a dawn service in some years I think the last was about 3 years ago when Cliff our neighbor and severely injured Vietnam vet passed on which we spent with his family.
I try to install in all the kids the debt we this generation and every generation to follow owes to the bravest of the brave of our young men and women those who went and never returned and those who went and returned forever different people
May they stand tall forever in the minds and hearts of all Australians and New Zealanders.Believe me there IS life beyond marriage!!! Relax breathe and smile learn to laugh again from the heart so it reaches the eyes!!
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24th April 2007, 03:56 PM #9
Dad was RNZAF - trained in Canada and posted to England just before the end of the European War. He figured he was very fortunate to have missed the early stages. We do take it for granted that the boys just went off and did what they had to. Thanks for the thread Neil
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24th April 2007, 04:07 PM #10
LEST WE FORGET
First On Race Day
And the first brock trophy goes to...............
and we got no "2" as well
A FORD driver.
ironic isnt it?
and if ya cant win on ya own merit punt em off!!!
holden cheater team!!!!!
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24th April 2007, 05:39 PM #11
I have the original diary my grandfather kept whilst he served in Northern France during WWI. It is an interesting read, and if I remember I'll post up the transcript one day. One thing that does stand out was the day that his company beat the Hauraki regiment 7:0 in a game of rugby. His entry was "great day, beat Hauraki 7:0"
Eventually he was shot in the shoulder when he went over the top one day. He writes that he thought we was a goner but him and another bloke found a little dog in all the smoke and followed it out to safety.
CheersThere was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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24th April 2007, 06:55 PM #12
Thank you for those who have served in defence of our country.
Lest we forget.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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24th April 2007, 07:40 PM #13
Three of my relatives served in WW2. This is the first year that none are among us any longer.
Thank You<>
Hi, my name is Glenn and I'm a tool-o-holic, it's been 32 minutes since I last bought a tool......
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24th April 2007, 07:45 PM #14
Thanks Neil,
Certo Sito
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24th April 2007, 08:23 PM #15Registered
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Lest we forget.
Good on all you Diggers.. enjoy the day.
Al
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