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I WAS THAT WHICH OTHERS DID NOT WANT TO BE.
I WENT WHERE OTHERS FEARED TO GO,
AND DID WHAT OTHERS FAILED TO DO.
I ASKED NOTHING FROM THOSE WHO GAVE NOTHING,
AND RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED THE THOUGHT OF
ETERNAL LONELINESS ...SHOULD I FAIL.
I HAVE SEEN THE FACE OF TERROR;
FELT THE STINGING COLD OF FEAR;
AND ENJOYED THE SWEET TASTE Of A MOMENTS LOVE.
I HAVE CRIED, PAINED, AND HOPED ...BUT MOST OF ALL,
I HAVE LIVED TIMES OTHERS WOULD SAY WERE BEST FORGOTTEN.
AT LEAST SOMEDAY I WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I WAS PROUD OF

WHAT I WAS...
A SOLDIER

Let us all take time to remember those who gave the ulimate sacrifice so that we may live in freedom. I support Kenna's statement no one wants to comemorate war but rather the day is a universal day to pay homage and give thanks to whose who often knowingly gave up their lives for us.

Anzac day is my biggest Parade day of the yr. Starting at 0300hrs I am the Guard Commander for 4 services ending at approx 1300hrs. And not even a drink passes my lips the entire day.

The last 5 generations of my family have served their country either here or the UK and soon to be 6 when my son heads off to Kapooka to join the armoured corps better than a drop shot he reckons.

Two of these gave up their lives in battle one at El Alamein and the other in the Boer war.

For these brave men I gladly give up my day to march in their honour.

UBIQUE
 
Sir

Sir - would it help if I shed a tear
I swear it’s the first time since this time last year
My spine is a tingle - my throat is all dry
As I stand to attention for all those who died

I watch the flag dancing half way down the pole
That damn bugle player sends chills to my soul
I feel the pride and the sorrow - there’s nothing the same
As standing to attention on ANZAC Day

So Sir - on behalf of the young and the free
Will you take a message when you finally do leave
To your mates that are lying from Tobruk to the Somme
The legend of your bravery will always live on

I’ve welcomed Olympians back to our shore
I’ve cheered baggy green caps and watched Wallabies score
But when I watch you marching (Sir) in that parade
I know these are the memories that never will fade

So Sir - on behalf of the young and the free
Will you take a message when you finally do leave
It’s the least we can do (Sir) to repay the debt
We’ll always remember you - Lest We Forget

Damian (Dib) Morgan 1998


NO further words needed

UBIQUE
 
Sunday 25th Anzac Day - Ohhhhh the shame !

MANY hotels across the city will not honour pensioner concessions for war veterans celebrating reunions on Anzac Day because it falls on a Sunday this year.

Members of the Royal Marines and Royal Naval associations were told pensioner discounts for their lunch at Glenelg's Watermark Hotel, where they have held Anzac Day reunions for the past three years, would cost them an extra $9 each compared with last year.

The explanation was because it is "a public holiday weekend and a Sunday".
 

If this is true, it is disgraceful,

I for one would be happy to donate $50 to give 5 of those Veterans a discount lunch and $5 left over to shove up the **** of the Owner of the hotel as a tip, it being a Sunday.

If anyone can get a whiparound going, please let us know.

gg
 
The documentary below sounds interesting. It's on the ABC in 10mins.


> KOKODA - Part 1 - The Invasion - broadcast 8.30pm Thursday 22 April

> Part 2 - broadcast 8.30pm on Thursday 29 April

> This two-part documentary tells the story of the brutal World War II
> campaign fought between Australia and Japan in the green hell of the
> mountains of Papua New Guinea.
>
> Told from both the Japanese and Australian perspectives the series
> also explores the impact of the decisions of high command on the
> soldiers at the front line.
>
> Kokoda delves behind the myths of war to tell the story from both
> sides of the conflict, giving an authentic and comprehensive account
> of the desperate confusion of war, the intricate connections between
> the frontline soldiers and military high command, and the political
> agendas that influenced the campaign and continue to percolate through
> contemporary Australian society.
>
> To tell the story with authenticity, the Kokoda film crew walked and
> filmed the length of the Kokoda Track, capturing for the first time
> the visceral nature of the terrain and the Owen Stanley Mountains.
>
> The series follows in the footsteps of Australia's ill-equipped and
> poorly trained conscripts, the 'chocolate soldiers' and the battled
> hardened troops of the Australian Imperial Forces, walking the
> treacherous 98-kilometre jungle trail from Port Moresby to Kokoda,
> then on to the blood-stained battlegrounds of Gona, Buna and
> Sanananda.
>
> The documentary includes interviews with Australian and Japanese
> veterans and historians, letters to loved ones, previously unpublished
> documents, archival footage, footage from the track and dramatisations
> in Australia and Papua New Guinea. The diaries of embedded war
> correspondents Okada Seizo and Chester Wilmot paint an intimate
> portrait of how soldiers on both sides felt during the battles.
>
> Kokoda introduces the key commanders, including controversial American
> General Douglas MacArthur, Australia's General Sir Thomas Blamey, and
> Japanese Commander Tomitaro Horii, for whom defeat in a campaign that
> had cost thousands of Japanese lives, was intolerable.
>
> Kokoda examines the Australian public's response to military campaigns
> - both then and now - and the myths that they engender.
 
Amazing documentary last night. A must see for the second instalment. The 39th Battalian of Militia from Victoria (Choco's) were decimated as they fought a retreat from ridge to ridge before they were finaly re-inforced.
The docomentary mentioned that many of them were shipped home straight into psychiatric hospitals. That pretty much says it all for what they endured. Their deeds and heroism should never be forgotten.
 

Thanks for the reminder last night mate.

I was chasing my bookie for my winnings in 2007 on Manly, (Storm "won") and had forgotten it was on. I only missed the first 10 minutes.

It was a sobering and respectful first episode.

Our youth today would do the same if they had to I would hope.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
If this is true, it is disgraceful,

gg
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This story did the rounds on the airways here yesterday, and not surprisingly, is complete bollox. The owners of several hotels, including the ones in question, cleared up any misunderstanding.
 
spooly74 said:
This story did the rounds on the airways here yesterday, and not surprisingly, is complete bollox. The owners of several hotels, including the ones in question, cleared up any misunderstanding.
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Good, I haven't been to Victoria for some months, and was unable to verify.

gg
 

No worries GG. I was deployed to the Solomon Islands in 2004 for 5 months, not long after my 20th birthday. Fortunately my deployment was a working holiday compared to what the poor bastards depicted in last night's documentary went through.

The weather and terrain in that part of the world is extremely unforgiving.
 
I'm planning on going to the Shrine for Dawn Service in Melbs on Sunday but concerned the crowd will be too big and it'll be a waste. Might head back to my old GRes unit in Broady for there's if it's on.

After that, drinking and the G.
 
I think it is wonderful that ANZAC Day is as strong as ever across all generations. My kids are having a special ANZAC service on the oval at their school tomorrow night. We are an extremely blessed country and ANZAC day is a day where we can thank all who have and are serving in the armed services for the freedom and standards that we live by. Thanks to all these Aussies for the quality of life we have ....
 
hello,

crowd is always big kennas, i instead get to the march down swanston and st kilda rd

although the crowd at this is very big now too, the beauty of the march is you get the drums and pipes going for whole time which is awesome man

and you see whole generations of families going for it, yeah get a slab

thankyou
robots
 
A very sad and disturbing story.

96 year old Rat of Tobruk robbed.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/w...ed-embarrassed-and-ashamed-20100423-tioo.html

A Victorian man accused of robbing a World War II veteran is embarrassed and ashamed, his lawyer says.

Aaron McKellar faced court today charged with robbing and injuring Reg Dickinson, 96, as he headed to his suburban Hoppers Crossing nursing home residence on a motorised scooter on Wednesday.
 
Muschu said:
Thanks Wysiwgg. Found my dad.

Anything similiar for WW1?

Appreciated

Rick
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Good to see Rick. I found my grandfather was on the list but the information isn't anything we didn't already know.

Can't find a WW1 roll call.

W.
 
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