lest we forget

sorry to the usa folks here, missed it:
M-day, a day to say thanks to so many
who never returned. And to those who
came back but not in one piece.
Never forgotten.

Hope you folks all had a good break.

Noons wrote:
On May 28, 4:14 am, Draco wrote:
On May 27, 9:12 am, Noons wrote:

sorry to the usa folks here, missed it:
M-day, a day to say thanks to so many
who never returned. And to those who
came back but not in one piece.
Never forgotten.
Hope you folks all had a good break.
Does the land of OZ have a similar day set aside for their fallen
heros?

Folks like myself and thousands of others have no break from their
past and we never forget those who spilled there blood along with us.

25th April, ANZAC day.
(and 12th Oct for me, but that's a personal thing
about the Bali bombing).
ANZAC day is the big one, but there is also Nov 11 - known
as either Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. It has started
getting forgotten about unfortunately, but there are still a
few (such as your's truly) who adamantly observe the
traditional minute silence at 11am.
There are also usually ceremonies held on VE and VP day, and
regional areas will often also hold remembrance ceremonies
for battles that their local regiments were involved in.

"Draco" wrote in message
...
On May 27, 9:12 am, Noons wrote:
sorry to the usa folks here, missed it:
M-day, a day to say thanks to so many
who never returned. And to those who
came back but not in one piece.
Never forgotten.

Hope you folks all had a good break.

Does the land of OZ have a similar day set aside for their fallen
heros?

Folks like myself and thousands of others have no break from their
past and we never forget those who spilled there blood along with us.

Draco

25 April, its called ANZAC day and its growing every year, just about every
town has a war memorial and a dawn service is held there on the day usually
followed by a morning service for those that don't want to get up at 4am,
most major metropolitan cities hold a march with representation from all
armed services as well as returned servicemen, the offspring can march in
their place in there particular units group. some parades are several miles
long from start to finish and they are all military units.
more info here
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/..._tradition.asp

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Doug Jewell wrote,on my timestamp of 28/05/2008 6:58 PM:

ANZAC day is the big one, but there is also Nov 11 - known as either
Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. It has started getting forgotten about
unfortunately, but there are still a few (such as your's truly) who
adamantly observe the traditional minute silence at 11am.
There are also usually ceremonies held on VE and VP day, and regional
areas will often also hold remembrance ceremonies for battles that their
local regiments were involved in.

sorry, wasn't aware of that one.
it will go into my list.

Helen wrote:

held throughout Canada. We wear a poppy in remembrance of those who
fought and died. It's a special day of observance for me.

The poppy is a reference to "In Flanders Fields", a poem by a CDN
officer from WW I.

Atheist Chaplain wrote:
"Draco" wrote in message
...
On May 27, 9:12 am, Noons wrote:
sorry to the usa folks here, missed it:
M-day, a day to say thanks to so many
who never returned. And to those who
came back but not in one piece.
Never forgotten.

Hope you folks all had a good break.

Does the land of OZ have a similar day set aside for their fallen
heros?

Folks like myself and thousands of others have no break from their
past and we never forget those who spilled there blood along with us.

Draco

25 April, its called ANZAC day and its growing every year, just about
every town has a war memorial and a dawn service is held there on the
day usually followed by a morning service for those that don't want to
get up at 4am, most major metropolitan cities hold a march with
representation from all armed services as well as returned servicemen,
the offspring can march in their place in there particular units group.
some parades are several miles long from start to finish and they are
all military units.
more info here
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/..._tradition.asp

ANZAC stands for 'Australia and New Zealand Army Corps', signifying the
close ties between the armies and the people of those two countries.

ANZAC day is on the 25th April, the date of the first landing at
Gallipoli in 1915 on a beach known as ANZAC Cove; and like Australia,
New Zealand has dawn services and returned servicemen marching to their
local war memorial along with regular army soldiers etc. and
descendants, just like the OZ ceremonies.

Poppies are worn on that day as well, and for New Zealand and Australia
the day has a special significance in memory of the ANZAC forces who
landed on Gallipoli in 1915.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipo...e_of_Gallipoli

Colin D.
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Colin_D wrote:
Atheist Chaplain wrote:
"Draco" wrote in message
...
On May 27, 9:12 am, Noons wrote:
sorry to the usa folks here, missed it:
M-day, a day to say thanks to so many
who never returned. And to those who
came back but not in one piece.
Never forgotten.

Hope you folks all had a good break.

Does the land of OZ have a similar day set aside for their fallen
heros?

Folks like myself and thousands of others have no break from their
past and we never forget those who spilled there blood along with us.

Draco

25 April, its called ANZAC day and its growing every year, just about
every town has a war memorial and a dawn service is held there on the
day usually followed by a morning service for those that don't want to
get up at 4am, most major metropolitan cities hold a march with
representation from all armed services as well as returned servicemen,
the offspring can march in their place in there particular units
group. some parades are several miles long from start to finish and
they are all military units.
more info here
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/..._tradition.asp

ANZAC stands for 'Australia and New Zealand Army Corps', signifying the
close ties between the armies and the people of those two countries.
Colin, quick question about ANZAC ceremonies in NZ...
Here in OZ it is traditional that the Union Jack, Aus Flag &
NZ flag all be flown, and God Save the Queen, Advance
Australia Fair & God Defend New Zealand are all played. Do
they fly the Aussie flag & play Advance Australia Fair at NZ
ceremonies?
To bring the post back a little on-topic, I have uploaded a
few of my photos from this year's Anzac Day ceremony to my
flickr page:
www.flickr.com/photos/gdaj
You may notice that some of the photos have a slant on them
- my camera is currently in for repair to have this problem
fixed - align a horizontal line in the viewfinder, and the
resulting image will be sloped downwards by 1.5 degrees.

Doug Jewell wrote:
Colin_D wrote:
Atheist Chaplain wrote:
"Draco" wrote in message
...

On May 27, 9:12 am, Noons wrote:
sorry to the usa folks here, missed it:
M-day, a day to say thanks to so many
who never returned. And to those who
came back but not in one piece.
Never forgotten.

Hope you folks all had a good break.

Does the land of OZ have a similar day set aside for their fallen
heros?

Folks like myself and thousands of others have no break from their
past and we never forget those who spilled there blood along with us.

Draco

25 April, its called ANZAC day and its growing every year, just about
every town has a war memorial and a dawn service is held there on the
day usually followed by a morning service for those that don't want
to get up at 4am, most major metropolitan cities hold a march with
representation from all armed services as well as returned
servicemen, the offspring can march in their place in there
particular units group. some parades are several miles long from
start to finish and they are all military units.
more info here
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/..._tradition.asp

ANZAC stands for 'Australia and New Zealand Army Corps', signifying
the close ties between the armies and the people of those two countries.
Colin, quick question about ANZAC ceremonies in NZ...
Here in OZ it is traditional that the Union Jack, Aus Flag & NZ flag all
be flown, and God Save the Queen, Advance Australia Fair & God Defend
New Zealand are all played. Do they fly the Aussie flag & play Advance
Australia Fair at NZ ceremonies?

Yes, at major population centres, probably not at small town or country
centres, where bands may not be available. TV also shows coverage of
the major centres, and one or two representative of small centres.

Attendance was in the doldrums some time back, but now it is growing
every year, with young people, even kids proudly wearing their
granddad's medals and marching with the veterans to the memorial site.

To bring the post back a little on-topic, I have uploaded a few of my
photos from this year's Anzac Day ceremony to my flickr page:
www.flickr.com/photos/gdaj

Thanks for those, Doug. Very similar scenes to our here.

You may notice that some of the photos have a slant on them - my camera
is currently in for repair to have this problem fixed - align a
horizontal line in the viewfinder, and the resulting image will be
sloped downwards by 1.5 degrees.
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Noons wrote:

sorry to the usa folks here, missed it:
M-day, a day to say thanks to so many
who never returned. And to those who
came back but not in one piece.
Never forgotten.

Hope you folks all had a good break.

Question to Americans. After a bit of searching found (as I had guessed)
that it is a US thing. Do you do have a remembrance Sunday - i.e. the date
nearest to the Armistice, 11 Nov? In UK it is normal to observe a minutes
silence at 11am on 11 Nov (eleventh hour of 11 day of eleventh month), and
assume rest of Europe. It looks like memorial day is your equivalent
except it is a public holiday.

Just curious,

Pete

--
http://www.petezilla.co.uk

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:55:12 +0100, Peter Chant
wrote:

Question to Americans. After a bit of searching found (as I had guessed)
that it is a US thing. Do you do have a remembrance Sunday - i.e. the date
nearest to the Armistice, 11 Nov? In UK it is normal to observe a minutes
silence at 11am on 11 Nov (eleventh hour of 11 day of eleventh month), and
assume rest of Europe. It looks like memorial day is your equivalent
except it is a public holiday.

It's a public holiday in France, and I think in Belgium, too.