ANZAC day for the Aussies & Kiwi's

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almitywife

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May the ANZAC spirit be forever part of our tradition......

LEST WE FORGET

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Commemoration
For The Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is a music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncountered:
They fell with their faces to the foe.

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.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end they remain.

-- Laurence Binyon



"And the digger fights for freedom in a job that must be done
And I’ve never be more proud to say that I’m Australian "
Becky Cole
 
Never had the honor of meeting any of the Diggers in Viet Nam, they were all down south of me. But, by all accounts, they kicked butt and were roundly admired for courage and tenacity. Hope all my bro's down under enjoyed their day.

And oh yeah, hoist a few Cooper's for me, can't get the stuff here anymore.........:(:(
 
It was the all volunteer AIF who fought and died to protect Australian soil, without any help or material support of the United Kingdom; it was the Aussies in 1942 who first stood up to and finally repelled the Japanese Juggernaut on the Kokoda Track, and started the Allied turnaround ending in the ultimate defeat of the Japanese Empire. . .
 
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Having served in Viet Nam and met a few Aussies there I salute all of you.
 
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