ANZAC day in Australia

[The Rattler]

ANZAC (Australian New Zealand Army Corps) Day traditionally begins with the Dawn Service a reminder of the dawn landing on Gallipoli in 1915.

ANZAC Day is the day Australians remember the original landing on Gallipoli in 1915. The spirit of ANZAC, with its human qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, continues to have meaning and relevance today.

Of course all conflicts where Australians were present are remembered and those that served honored.


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.

Bugle last post attached.

Salute

A link to Australian War memorial sites.
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff...rials.html[attachment=1637][attachment=1637]

[Antoni Chmielowski]

Thank you for this reminder of the heroism of the ANZAC Corps.

As the son of a 25 year RAF Veteran (1955-1980) my thoughts and feelings go the families of these brave men.

Let us never forget their sacrifice.

[K K Rossokolski]

In short, ANZAC Day is our equivalent of the US Memorial Day, and Europeand commemorations based on 11 Nov. It was a good day in Canberra, went with son to the Dawn service -cool, got cold just before dawn, bugler gave THE BEST rendition of the Last Post (Taps in US) I have ever heard, and I've heard a few. Exactly at the end, as if scripted, a couple of kookaburras started up. Beautiful!!

March was great, weather benign, big crowd, lots of marchers, son, daughter -in-law and 9 month old grandson Thomas William Coles aka the WONDERCHILD came out to see Gramps hobble up the hill with his oppos.(Madame KKR is in Ottawa with her sister for a 3 month stay) Everyone wearing the family tinware. Afterwards, a leisurely lunch at the Canberra Club with some great wine and better stories, (some perhaps based on truth) then home to watch Essendon vs Collingwood, only regret being AFL rules do not allow both teams to lose!
You could write a specification for the perfect day-would look a lot like the above !!