24 Apr 07
i would like to wish all the Australians and New Zealanders were ever you are a safe ANZAC day for tomorrow , i trust we will all remember it and embrace it ethos and spare a though for those who fought and continue to fight and die.
i hope you all commerate it it all in our own special way, me im cooking breakfast for 600 + after the dawn service, so a 3am start for me
at the rising and going down of the sun... lest we forget ...
regards bill
24 Apr 07
Originally posted by billwesthoffForgive my ignorance....what are you celebrating or commemerating !!!???
i would like to wish all the Australians and New Zealanders were ever you are a safe ANZAC day for tomorrow , i trust we will all remember it and embrace it ethos and spare a though for those who fought and continue to fight and die.
i hope you all commerate it it all in our own special way, me im cooking breakfast for 600 + after the dawn service, ...[text shortened]... start for me
at the rising and going down of the sun... lest we forget ...
regards bill
24 Apr 07
Originally posted by billwesthoffCongratulations on your anniversary of warfare.
i would like to wish all the Australians and New Zealanders were ever you are a safe ANZAC day for tomorrow , i trust we will all remember it and embrace it ethos and spare a though for those who fought and continue to fight and die.
i hope you all commerate it it all in our own special way, me im cooking breakfast for 600 + after the dawn service, ...[text shortened]... start for me
at the rising and going down of the sun... lest we forget ...
regards bill
Quick question - no offence - How well do Aussies and Kiwis get on for the rest of the year?
24 Apr 07
Originally posted by hopscotchAnzac Day is is not a celebration of warfare... its a remembrance of those who gave there lives whether in valour or through stupidity. It's a day that the Kiwis and Aussies stand together and pay tribute to those who fell.
Congratulations on your anniversary of warfare.
Quick question - no offence - How well do Aussies and Kiwis get on for the rest of the year?
It's not a day of debate for young pacifists, it's not day of old men marching for lost causes, its a day of united hope for young and old.
The rest of the year under the spitting, gouging and psych... we're mates, cussies across the ditch, we drink ships loads of beer, eat savs and meat pies, tell lies and hate pommie smart ar'ses all the year round 😛
24 Apr 07
Originally posted by Tirau DanWhy hate...why cant it be friendly with each other all year round?🙂🙂🙂
Anzac Day is is not a celebration of warfare... its a remembrance of those who gave there lives whether in valour or through stupidity. It's a day that the Kiwis and Aussies stand together and pay tribute to those who fell.
It's not a day of debate for young pacifists, it's not day of old men marching for lost causes, its a day of united hope for young ...[text shortened]... beer, eat savs and meat pies, tell lies and hate pommie smart ar'ses all the year round 😛
26 Apr 07
Originally posted by billwesthoff(((hug))) 🙂
i would like to wish all the Australians and New Zealanders were ever you are a safe ANZAC day for tomorrow , i trust we will all remember it and embrace it ethos and spare a though for those who fought and continue to fight and die.
i hope you all commerate it it all in our own special way, me im cooking breakfast for 600 + after the dawn service, ...[text shortened]... start for me
at the rising and going down of the sun... lest we forget ...
regards bill
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26 Apr 07
Originally posted by Tirau DanAh, so it is mere a celebration of togetherness with a neighbouring country instead of celebrating the invasion in a country far, far, far away, for whatever cause? That makes more sense...
Anzac Day is is not a celebration of warfare... its a remembrance of those who gave there lives whether in valour or through stupidity. It's a day that the Kiwis and Aussies stand together and pay tribute to those who fell.
Where is our EU celebration day? I want an extra day off...!
26 Apr 07
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Originally posted by AikoAnzac Day is highly respected in Turkey, which was the land invaded by the Anzac invasionary force lead by the British. There were so many errors in the invasion.. so many died of bullet and ill health. After the campaign was lost; our respective govt's ensured that NZ & Aus troops would in all future campaigns, be lead by their own officers.
Ah, so it is mere a celebration of togetherness with a neighbouring country instead of celebrating the invasion in a country far, far, far away, for whatever cause? That makes more sense...
Where is our EU celebration day? I want an extra day off...!
The Turkish soldiers who repelled the attack was greatly admired and honoured.
Anzac Cove is today a memorial site which has become a pilrimage for anzac families..
In addition to the honouring of the dead comes the sombre question of why war? The whole saga is seen as a reminder to all our young; not to blindly sign up for foreign campaigns as if war were boys own adventure book. But none here allow that to over shadow the remembrance of the fallen.
We are guilty of forgetting the French, Indians and the New Foundland contingents
Died Wounded Total
Total Allies 44,072 97,037 141,109
The United Kingdom 21,255 52,230 73,485
France (estimated) 10,000 17,000 27,000
Australia 8,709 19,441 28,150
New Zealand 2,721 4,852 7,553
India 1,358 3,421 4,779
Newfoundland 49 93 142
Ottoman Empire 86,692 164,617 251,309
Total (both sides) 130,764 261,654 533,527