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ANZAC Day 2008

Lest we forget. ANZAC Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. ANZAC Day is also a public holiday in the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.

The ANZAC Day Tradition - Australian War Memorial
ANZAC Day - New Zealand History
ANZAC Day Full Coverage - The Australian
ANZAC Day Full Coverage - New Zealand Herald
ANZAC Day Full Coverage - Sydney Morning Herald
ANZAC Day Full Coverage - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Comments (5)

TCG [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I've been to the War Memorial in Melbourne and its impressive.

Its largely dedicated to The Great War. And speaking of the Great War, you can find memorial statues located across Australia.

Ironhorse [TypeKey Profile Page]:

And how well I remember that terrible day,
How our blood stained the sand and the water;
And of how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.
Johnny Turk, he was waitin', he primed himself well;
He showered us with bullets, and he rained us with shell --
And in five minutes flat, he'd blown us all to hell,
Nearly blew us right back to Australia.

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/matilda.html

Don't know Bogle's politics. But it's a hell of a powerful song. Forgive me for dusting it off for the sake of the very few that aren't already familiar.

"I don’t order you to fight, I order you to die. In the time it takes us to die, other troops and commanders can come and take our places."

-Mustafa Kemal at Gallipoli

SWJED [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I had the opportunity to visit the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and was very impressed.

SWJED [TypeKey Profile Page]:

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

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