ANZAC Day

[Chrisso]

To all who have served and those who enjoy our great country I hope your commemorations are filled with good memories a fair few laughs and not too many drinks.

Lest We Forget.

[Mopar Mick]

Same to you Chrisso.

Mick.

[36 dodge]

could not agree more chrisso , hope you all have a great day. I have not missed a dawn service and don't intend to. my way of thanking all that have served and ,or are serving for making this the lucky country--- THANK YOU , lest we forget

[FX Panelvan]

Yes I agree lest we forget.

I am lucky enough this year to be at Villers Brettoneux in France for the centennial celebrations. We have seen a lot of Aussies here already. A big new commemoration centre just opened here last week. Named after Sir John Monash.
Great to see the way the French appreciate our mens sacrifice all those years ago.
Hope to have a few decent photos to post.

[Chrisso]

Lucky man Brian, I hope to see those pictures.

[monte]

Yes I agree lest we forget.

I am lucky enough this year to be at Villers Brettoneux in France for the centennial celebrations. We have seen a lot of Aussies here already. A big new commemoration centre just opened here last week. Named after Sir John Monash.
Great to see the way the French appreciate our mens sacrifice all those years ago.
Hope to have a few decent photos to post.

I saw that center on TV ,looks great ,very life like ,Lest we forget

[FRANK BASILE]

Looks like the occasion here has been marred by one of the usual ratbags that crawl out from under rocks each year . This time "comedian" Catherine Deveney has lashed out at ANZAC day . She has copped a lot of flack from ex service personnel . Total disrespect . I think of my own dad who was suffering from diagnosed PTSD . He kept this to himself ,we never had one clue. Only idea I got later in his life was that although serving in two places ,New Guinea and Bougainville , he never mentioned Bougainville or would talk about it . The other was when he was around 89 years old ,following surgery I visited him in hospital ,fellow patient told me that dad "had a bad night" . I grilled him and he blurted out about screaming and yelling Japanese soldiers falling on him from all over the place , this was a recollection of a Banzai charge ,he then also started talking about his experience of stepping on a land mine ,where the primer just went off . Dad was an infantry Sergeant , two days before that event he saw one of his forward scouts blown into the air in front of him as the result of a mine . Everything came back .Only in recent times have I appreciated what those guys endured by reading the historical accounts of what was a brutal campaign . 18 months in New Guinea where his brigade [15th ] had trekked over more of the place than any other unit . The brigade consisted of 24th battalion [dad] and 58/59battalion 57/60 battalion . Yet 5 months on Bougainville cost the 24th the same number of KIA and 4 times the wounded compared to 18months NG . I did find one amusing bit . When his battalion encountered their first yanks in New Guinea ,the Yanks told them to their surprise that they were known as the 'the butchers of Boana" and the "Red and White Diamond" [ because of their colour patch] killers" . Apparently the Yanks got this from "Tokyo Rose" in one of her propaganda broadcasts , obviously referring to what was not a fair fight . All I could find is that around Boana the battalion had killed some 265 Japanese for only 2 of their own wounded . Taking some 30 days to advance 6.5 miles being shelled day and night along the Buin road in Bougainville also would affect you . Some young reinforcements barely out of their teens new to combat on Bougainville were reported to have had to be awakened at night due to some screaming ,having nightmares within their first weeks . When our veterans are denigrated by so called progressives today ,my blood boils.

[47chevyvan]

i spent 6 years in the army reserves got close to going to the first gulf war . even though we didn't go you still have a lot to think about what it meant to be Australian the freedoms that we a meant to get from going to war a protecting what we have . my personal opinion is that there should be national service . it might give some people a bit of self es-teen and pride in Australia and not want to give everything we have in the lucky country away . my grand father was in the 13 light horse { canon fodder } he died when mum was 7 years old and mum's little brother was 7 months old they were the youngest of 9 . 3 of my uncles and aunt's was in the second world war . we all had a great respect for Australia and the people

[Twin Spinner]

I'm 72 and have been on the two way shooting range and no way would I want any of todays candy ass hipsters, yuppys, limpys and dopers in uniform around me if the shit hits the fan.

[steve the ford guy]

The British army is moving that way

[deuce32]

Anzac Day should be a day of national pride and rememberance.
Now all the more significant with my own son choosing to serve.
Lest we forget.

[FRANK BASILE]

Anzac Day should be a day of national pride and rememberance.
Now all the more significant with my own son choosing to serve.
Lest we forget.

We are all still in safe hands with the men and women today, like your son who follow in the tradition . You are no doubt proud of him .
Time marches on ..........45 years ago last month I was discharged ...seems like yesterday .

[zuffen]

I missed the last Draft in 1970.

I also missed both my Grandfathers thanks to the Western Front.

My Mother's Mum lived all the way to 1983 without a man in her life and 6 kids to raise.

She lost 2 husbands on the Western Front.

The Soldier makes the ultimate sacrifice and the families have to live with it for the rest of their days.

More than happy neither I nor my boys have had to go to war.

[Twin Spinner]

The British army is moving that way

Oh' For the days of Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. Winston Churchill

[wandiharry]

fuckwit agitators and those desperate for fame know they can raise their profile via a simple derogatory post from the comfort of their fucking lounge chair.
They have no idea what the day is about