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ANZAC Day: We will remember


Jordy

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On this day above all days we recall those who served in war and who did not return to receive the grateful thanks of the Nation.

We remember those who still sleep where they were left - amid the holly scrub in the valleys and on the ridges of Gallipoli, on the rocky and terraced hills of Palestine - and in the lovely cemeteries in France.

We remember those who lie asleep in the ground beneath the shimmering haze of the Libyan Desert - at Bardia, Derna, Tobruk - and amid the mountain passes and olive groves of Greece and Crete, and the rugged, snow-capped hills of Lebanon and Syria.

We remember those who lie buried in the rank jungle of Malaya and Burma - in New Guinea - and in the distant isles of the Pacific.

We remember those who lie buried amid loving friends in our Motherland and in our own far north.

We remember those who lie in unknown resting places in almost every land, and those gallant men whose grave is the unending sea.

Especially do we remember those who died as prisoners of war, remote from their homeland, and from the comforting presence of their kith and kin.

We think of those in our women’s services who gave their lives in foreign lands and at sea, and of those who proved to be, in much more than name, the sisters of our fighting men.

We recall too, the staunch friends who served beside our men on the first ANZAC Day - men of New Zealand who helped to create the Legend of ANZAC. We recall those who gave their lives serving with the other British Commonwealth and allied forces.

We think of every man and woman who has died so that the lights of freedom and humanity might continue to shine.

We think of those gallant men who died in Korea, in Malaya, and in Vietnam, assisting to defend the Commonwealth, and other countries of the free world, against a common enemy.

May these all rest proudly in the knowledge of their achievement, and may we and our successors in that heritage prove worthy of their sacrifice.

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

We will remember them.

Lest we forget.

Lest we forget.

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Well done Jordy for posting this... the longer I live in Australia, the more this means to me!

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Yes thank you Jordy. I have respect for the process and local sentiment.

On a side note, I admire very much how the war memorials are looked after and maintained here. We saw some very impressive examples in Melbourne, especially.

The last time I was in my home town on the East Rand there was wet washing hanging on our town's war memorial statue :( so disrespectful.

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That gave me goosebumps! Have been watching the Anzac Day news and think it is wonderful to be going to a country that does not forget. Went to the USA a few years back and while at Sea World all current and ex military personnel, together with their families, were asked to stand so the audience could give them a round of applause.

Whatever our political beliefs, these men and women put their lives on the line for something they believe to be bigger and better than an individual. That is worthy of honour and remembrance.

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