ANZAC Day 2015 - 100yr commemoration - LEST WE FORGET

[crowie]

ANZAC Day 2015 - 100yr commemoration............

Both my grandfathers were at Gallipoli...
My dad's dad, 2nd Light Horse, only lasted 10days, but was med-vacated to the hospital ship and then spent 12 months in a London hospital before being sent home to Australia with a hole in his hip as large as a fist.....
My mum's dad, 3rd Field Artillery, also service in Egypt and France were he was awarded the Military Medal for Gallantry Under Fire...
Neither ever spoke of there service...

Today, I spent a short time looking over the Poppy Park at Penrith; a sea of 102000 red poppies in the shape of a poppy; one for each person lost in war....too many, and yes, we own them a debt of gratitude for there sacrifice....doing their duty, servicing their country..

http://www.bluemts.com.au/news/over-...-park-penrith/
http://www.poppypark.org.au/
http://www.poppypark.org.au/where-is-poppy-park/
http://www.poppypark.org.au/why-poppy-park/
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/video/...py-park/#page1

We are so very fortunate to live in Australia, the Great Southern Land....

LEST WE FORGET

[crowie]

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This Saturday marks the 100^th Anniversary of the ANZACs – say THANK YOU today!

100 years ago, over 20,000 brave soldiers stormed the shores at Gallipoli, forging themselves a place in history. Thousands of other have now followed the ANZACs and gone on to join the Australian Defence Force to defend our country.
But now, thousands of these veterans are feeling the effects of their service, suffering both physical and psychological wounds.
Say THANK YOU today to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the ANZACs and support our wounded soldiers.
Please join our Thank you For Your Service campaign to honour those who have fought for our country and show these brave men and women that we will always have their backs and they will never be forgotten.
You can leave a personal message of thanks or create a tribute for a friend, loved one or fallen family member on our tribute wall.
For more information, go to www.thankyouforyourservice.com.au.
ANZAC Day is this Saturday... and now is your chance to say THANK YOU and commemorate those who have fought for us over the last 100 years.
Thank you.
P.S. Please post this message on Facebook to share the campaign and encourage all Australians to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the ANZACs.

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[doug3030]

ANZAC Day 2015 - 100yr commemoration............
Today, I spent a short time looking over the Poppy Park at Penrith; a sea of 102000 red poppies in the shape of a poppy; one for each person lost in war....too many, and yes, we own them a debt of gratitude for there sacrifice....doing their duty, servicing their country..
LEST WE FORGET

A group of mainly Victorian ladies, including my girlfriend have been on a journey of knitting, crocheting and otherways making poppies. This started out as the "5000 Poppies project".

Well they have exceeded 5000. Tomorrow they will be lining Federation Square in Melbourne with approximately 250,000 poppies.

This project has done a lot to heighten the awareness of the ANZAC sacrifice, commemorating soldiers who did not make it home. Many of the ladies were researching soldiers from their area and attached tags to their poppies dedicating individual poppies to soldiers, either their ancestors or total strangers.

https://5000poppies.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/5000Poppies/

These ladies have done a fantastic job. The soldiers made the sacrifice, and that is who we remember on ANZAC Day, but projects such as this keep the memory of the soldiers alive.

Cheers

Doug

[KBs PensNmore]

Doug, please pass on our thanks to all the ladies for their hard work and effort in doing this fabulous act of recognition.
Kryn

[smidsy]

I think someone summed it up nicely when they said "some fight because they hate what's in front of them, Anzacs fight because they love what is behind them".