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Lest we forget
April 24 2013
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RHP User
12 years ago
It means we (as Australians) should honor and respect the service men who fought for country.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 morningWe will remember them.Lest we forget.Foxy
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RHP User
12 years ago
For me it is about respect. I have had family die in two separate wars, and for me, tomorrow is respect. In my job, I work with veterans from past and current conflicts. Anzac day is my opportunity to show all the veterans how much what they do means to me, and to show or give my support to the families of those who have lost a loved one . I openly admit that I dislike the thought of war, but I do respect those that choose to fight.
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subgal_gc
12 years ago
It means remembering family members that fought and died in combat, friends that served overseas and returned just that little bit broken and helping them heal as best we could. But mostly to me it is a day to give thanks to all those men and women that selflessly fought on our behalf both in years gone by and still today so that we have the rights and freedom to live how we wish in this great country! Lest we forget.
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Mr_MrsAraps
12 years ago
Everyone should go to the dawn service at the war memorial in Canberra at least once in their life. For me it is a very humbling experience and a chance to pause and reflect on the brave men and women who have served or been killed or wounded through the many conflicts overseas during the years. To everyone serving O/S stay safe. Cheers, W. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
I think firstly about family and friends who are currently serving in the armed forces,and also remember those who are either seving now or did in the past. Lest we forget.
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Mr_MrsAraps
12 years ago
Am curious. Is there an ANZAC day equivalent for the Netherlands ?- Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
a great deal to me having had serving family members and friends. But most importantly its about instilling the ANZAC spirit in my children so they understand and continue to observe it.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'Araps' Everyone should go to the dawn service at the war memorial in Canberra at least once in their life. For me it is a very humbling experience and a chance to pause and reflect on the brave men and women who have served or been killed or wounded through the many conflicts overseas during the years. To everyone serving O/S stay safe. Cheers, W. - Posted from rhpmobile It's amazing and full of so much History...Very very humbling indeed!!FOXY
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RHP User
12 years ago
As a child, until i was 18, 5am every year, on the left hand side, as you look at the war memorial. I've only just recently started to go ago again. See you tomorow morning :)
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RHP User
12 years ago
Lest we forget
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RHP User
12 years ago
For me is about honouring all of those who have served in our armed forces whether they have been involved in o/s conflicts or not. It also reinforces the values we we consider Australian. The ideals of mateship, to keep fighting when your back is against the wall and conviction in your believes. LEST WE FORGET
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inspirit
12 years ago
My Grandparents/Parents immigrated to Australia for a better life free from poverty, dictatorship and civil war. In Australia they found freedom, somewhere to call home with out danger, somewhere to raise thier children with out fear and a democratic society. If it wasn't for the ANZACS fighting for freedom for Australia I dare not to think how this amazing country could of ended up. I thank the ANZACS and all those who are still fighting for our freedom from terrorism with all my heart and I would also like to acknowledge all the Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Brothers and Sisters who have lost a loved one to war. I can not imagine what it is like...So I thank the ANZACS though thier bravery and loss of life for allowing me and my family to have a better life here in Australia. I am proud to call myself an Australian!
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RHP User
12 years ago
it's about being thankful that I live in this free country and to those that have and will continue to keep it so.Lest we forget.
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RHP User
12 years ago
I am one of the lucky ones who's family served but came back home to the family. My grandfather was wounded in France. (bayoneted) but survived. Two of my uncles served in New Guinea My father served here at home where he was arrested for brawling with a American soldier, the only action he got to see. So Anzac Day holds a special place in the heart of all my family. As a kid' my mum took us to the march nearly every year and I always remember the heart wrenching last post at the dawn service. This country is all the richer for all the Anzacs stood for. Anyone who say's Anzac day glorifies war, misses the point completely.. It actually does the opposite... Lest we forget...
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RHP User
12 years ago
Thankyou to each and every man and woman in the armed forces for their dedication and willingness to give their lives for their country so that we may all live safely, without fear, in a country of such great diversity. Lest we forget!- Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
The most memorable ANZAC Day for me was when I had the opportunity to march with 24 SQN RAAF as a banner bearer. Talking to the gentlemen before the march was a privilege like no other.This year, I'm taking my children to the Dawn Service at the local RSL.Lest we forget.
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RHP User
12 years ago
It's about trust. My grandfather was in the light horse and rode in the charge at Beersheba he told me about the trust they had with their horses that took them into battle against bullets, bombs and bayonets. They trusted each other to ride into hell. The trust the men had with other soldiers to stay along side them. The trust the soldiers had for their commanders who gave the orders to do this that could mean the difference between life and death and they obeyed them to make the life we have today. He's saddest memory was having to put his horse down as they couldn't bring them home. I have horses on my property and often wonder if you can ever replicate the same bond as he had. Lest we forget
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RHP User
12 years ago
To me ANZAC day equals respect. For those who are currently serving and those who have served whether here at home or overseas. The sacrifices they make. I watched last Sunday incredibly proudly as my dad was finally the carrier of the RAAF flag through the streets on behalf of his RSL. Knowing how much this meant to him (& to mum who also served), bought tears to my eyes. Their local RSL is where most of our family dinners/birthdays etc... are held and listening to the stories of those with more years on mum and dad of their experiences is amazing. I dont have children but my 5 & 7 year old nieces are woken every ANZAC day and taken to their RSL for the dawn service and are slowly becoming aware of what its all about. Something i hope all children will carry on with in the future. & of course ANZAC day wouldnt be complete in Melbourne without the blockbuster at the MCG. It is chilling standing side by side with 100,000 people in absolute silence listening to the last post. Lest we forget
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RHP User
12 years ago
Each year i goo to the Anzac day march and my eyes fill with tears of Pride. To see all the veterans march, to know that they defended our country so that we can live in this beautiful country in peace, to enjoy liberty and freedom, how do i explain that to my children who are so removed from it? Anzac day for me is about honouring all that have enabled me to live the privelaged life i lead, not least of which are my Grandfathers, my uncles and my great grandfathers who fought in the various wars.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Those commanding officers ordering young Australian soldiers to charge the enemy straight into withering machine gun fire. And if they disobeyed, the officer would shoot the soldier himself. And they did..So who was the enemy? It appears there were two - The Turks and our own Australian commanding officers..Lest we forget alright
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RHP User
12 years ago
QUOTE. Karynb. how do I explain to my children who are so removed from it ?.. I hear what you say... all we can is try....
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RHP User
12 years ago
I admit I have never been to an ANZAC march or dawn service in Australia. Although I have been to Gallipoli & El Alamein. Incredibly moving experiences seeing the Australian graves in a foreign land.
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RHP User
12 years ago
You forgot one. The English army who planned it all. Seeing the beach at Gallipoli and the mountain they were supposed to climb to attack the enemy waiting at the top with guns was ... Well it was a suicide mission.
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RHP User
12 years ago
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.Lest we forget.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Gallipoli - Memorial at Anzac Cove by Ataturk. "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives… You are now living in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours… You, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace, after having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." Ataturk, 1934
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RHP User
12 years ago
Lest We Forget
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RHP User
12 years ago
"Give me 2 Australian Divisions and i will conquer the world."This was said to Hitler after the Battle of Tobruk I also have a very soft spot for the 9th Division (The Magnificent 9th,The Rats of Tobruk) They were the first to beat the Germans and also the first to beat the Japanese in WW2 ,fought in Desert and jungle warfare.Love the Quote "Why do we call it the 9th? To make the Germans thing we have another 8 Divisions like this one!"Lest we forget
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'Araps'Am curious. Is there an ANZAC day equivalent for the Netherlands ? Not exactly, but similar. May 4th is "Remembrance of the dead", for the people who fought and died during WWII and in wars in general. There are remembrance gatherings all over the country and two minutes of silence are observed at 8 p.m. May 5th is "Liberation Day", where the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany is celebrated and festivals are held at most places, with parades of veterans
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RHP User
12 years ago
Thanks for all your great responses*
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RHP User
12 years ago
I think one of the things we can do is to attend the ANZAC day marches and keep the story alive. Quoting 'Jay_Me' QUOTE. Karynb. how do I explain to my children who are so removed from it ?.. I hear what you say... all we can is try....
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'MissPoppins'Gallipoli - Memorial at Anzac Cove by Ataturk."Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives…You are now living in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours…You, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace, after having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."Ataturk, 1934 Thank you MissPoppins.
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RHP User
12 years ago
My father and his brothers all served during Vietnam. My uncles on my mum's side served in WW2. Their dad.....my grandad, joined the. AIF at age 15 and was in the 2nd reinforcements to arrive at Gallipoli. He backed up in WW2 and served as a officer and was in Darwin for the bombings. I never met him, but we've represented him at dawn services since I was a child, next year it will be me wearing all his ribbons and medals, with pride, reverence, and just a little awe.- Posted from rhpmobile
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Mr_MrsAraps
12 years ago
Quoting 'Ms_Devious' Quoting 'Araps'Am curious. Is there an ANZAC day equivalent for the Netherlands ? Not exactly, but similar. May 4th is "Remembrance of the dead", for the people who fought and died during WWII and in wars in general. There are remembrance gatherings all over the country and two minutes of silence are observed at 8 p.m. May 5th is "Liberation Day", where the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany is celebrated and festivals are held at most places, with parades of veterans Certainly worth commemorating and remembering.
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uneventful
12 years ago
To me it means everything .. faith.. trust .. comraidship... loss of family members ... remembering the effect it had on others ... conscription for vietnam in particular of brother and friends. An uncle POW who survived The Japanese Who came home to write his book .. A DOCTORS WAR....as he was a doctor who keep the men allive in Changie. I have a cruise ticket booked for the 100 year anniversary for 2015. Sorry OP but its 98 not 97th year ... - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
On the day of the landing in the dawn, lest we forget. One of the greatest WWI poets was Seigfried Sassoon. He wrote 'Suicide in the Trenches':I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again.You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Sadly, many Australians misunderstand this whole freedom thing. I'm enormously respectful to those who went and represented this country for something they believed in. Though history has shown that the 60 000 Aussies who died in WW1 and the nearly 30 000 who died in WW2 were possibly wasted as in both cases there was no threat to Australian freedom at home.WW1 was the result of 7 major powers in Europe all spoiling for a fight to see who was king of the local drinking hole. Started by the Serbians and Austrians, it's bizarre that much of the world still blames Germany for it. But in any case, why England wanted to get involved was daft and that we thought we needed to do their dirty work, under their flag (not the Blue Ensign we thing of) is a tragedy.. We Borrowed heavily from England to put the 1st AIF together and then nearly went broke trying to pay the debt back in the 1930s. Google NSW premier Jack Lang if you'd like to know more about this.At the end of WW2, documents from Japan released by the USA showed Japan thought Australia too difficult to invade and only planed to take New Guinea and then harass us. Though we could easily be forgiven for thinking we were actually fighting for our freedom at Kokoda. So the freedom thing turned out to be mute there too.Similar stories can be written of Vietnam and Korea.History has show we seem to bleed for other peoples freedom. And until Korea, it was under a Defaced Red Ensign or Union Jack. I wish more Aussies understood this. Imagine where this country would be without that cost of life and money. Thank you England.Despite feeling pretty bitter about Australian life being used and wasted as it was. I'm enormously proud of those blokes who believed and went of to do their bit.Some reading;Gold, Mud 'n' Guts ~Greg GrowdenThe Ballad of Les Darcy ~Peter FitzsimonsKokoda ~Paul HamTobruk ~Peter FitzsimonsGood reads you are interested in learning a little of early 20th Century Australia?
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