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April 25th - ANZAC Day - In Remembrance of Those Who Served Their Country - We Will Remember Them.
ANZAC DAY April 25th - In Memory of my Uncle Tom McGrath
'ANZAC is the acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the formation created in December 1914 by grouping the Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force stationed in Egypt. Some time later it was taken on as the telegraph code word for the Corps. The Corps made it's operational debut, together with forces from Britain, India and France at Gallipoli on April 25th 1915, where they landed against stiff opposition from the Turks. In this fighting about one in five of the 3000 New Zealanders who landed on the first day became casualties. The small cove where the Australian and New Zealand troops landed was quickly designated "Anzac Cove" and the word was soon used to describe all Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought on the peninsula, and eventually any Australian or New Zealand soldier.'
The Poppy is worn on ANZAC Day in remembrance and honour of all the New Zealand Men and Women who have fought and died in the service of their country in the many wars and conflicts since the original ANZAC Day - Gallipoli - April 25th 1915.
This poem by Monia Michael was written in 1918 - in response to a poem by Colonel John McCrae, a solider who didn't survive the war. She encouraged the wearing of the poppy to keep the faith and to honour those who served and died for their country....
"The Victory Emblem"
Oh! You who sleep in Flanders' fields
Sleep sweet - to rise anew;
We caught the torch you threw,
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valour led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders' fields.
And now the torch and Poppy red
Wear in honour of our dead
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders' fields.
April 25th 2012
Reposting this dedication once again today in Remembrance of my Uncle Tom and also my Father who both served in World Word II and with respect for all those who made huge sacrifices serving their country in War... We will Remember Them!
April 25th - ANZAC Day - In Remembrance of Those Who Served Their Country - We Will Remember Them.
ANZAC DAY April 25th - In Memory of my Uncle Tom McGrath
'ANZAC is the acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the formation created in December 1914 by grouping the Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force stationed in Egypt. Some time later it was taken on as the telegraph code word for the Corps. The Corps made it's operational debut, together with forces from Britain, India and France at Gallipoli on April 25th 1915, where they landed against stiff opposition from the Turks. In this fighting about one in five of the 3000 New Zealanders who landed on the first day became casualties. The small cove where the Australian and New Zealand troops landed was quickly designated "Anzac Cove" and the word was soon used to describe all Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought on the peninsula, and eventually any Australian or New Zealand soldier.'
The Poppy is worn on ANZAC Day in remembrance and honour of all the New Zealand Men and Women who have fought and died in the service of their country in the many wars and conflicts since the original ANZAC Day - Gallipoli - April 25th 1915.
This poem by Monia Michael was written in 1918 - in response to a poem by Colonel John McCrae, a solider who didn't survive the war. She encouraged the wearing of the poppy to keep the faith and to honour those who served and died for their country....
"The Victory Emblem"
Oh! You who sleep in Flanders' fields
Sleep sweet - to rise anew;
We caught the torch you threw,
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valour led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders' fields.
And now the torch and Poppy red
Wear in honour of our dead
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders' fields.
April 25th 2012
Reposting this dedication once again today in Remembrance of my Uncle Tom and also my Father who both served in World Word II and with respect for all those who made huge sacrifices serving their country in War... We will Remember Them!