tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post5384120838749504071..comments2024-03-24T06:32:13.194+13:00Comments on Crime Watch: Lest we forget...Kiwicraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-47738089207434075812010-04-25T23:50:32.710+12:002010-04-25T23:50:32.710+12:00Craig on ANZAC day there are many of us in Britai...Craig on ANZAC day there are many of us in Britain who will never forget the sacrifice the Aussies and Kiwis made in both world wars. My late mother and mother in law were linked in that one lost an elder bother, and one lost her father in the Great War. <br />My children's great grandfather died while serving in the Royal Australian Navy when submarine G8 was sunk in the North Sea. <br />I also remember when researching to find my uncle's grave in France and noting a Commonwealth War Grave site where two British soldiers and forty four New Zealanders were buried.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-18972952038814876142010-04-25T22:20:57.038+12:002010-04-25T22:20:57.038+12:00Craig - - I have an award for you hereCraig - - I have an award for you <a href="http://paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com/2010/04/sunshine-award.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-21694353990693489822010-04-25T15:34:37.843+12:002010-04-25T15:34:37.843+12:00I had no particular connection to the Gallipoli ev...I had no particular connection to the Gallipoli events but one of the most moving things I have ever done is travel there and participate in a Dawn Service. The day before Anzac day we went to Anzac Cove and walked around through the trenches and the various memorial sites to soldiers from all countries, including the Turks, I took along a copy of Patsy Adam-Smith's The Anzacs which I read bits and pieces of in between bawling my eyes out. It is simply astonishing to look at the physical geography of Anzac Cove and wonder how anyone survived. The next morning we were up very early for the service, along with hundreds of other, mostly young, Aussies and Kiwis and it really was quite simple and beautiful. I'm not always terribly impressed with the way our politicians (here in Aus, can't speak for yours) co-opt the Anzac legends and mythologies for their own purposes but I was very moved by the service in Turkey, especially as there were also a lot of Turkish people there and they were so respectful of all the Kiwi and Aussies who travelled such a long way to be there.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-53528534245567223582010-04-25T15:20:26.707+12:002010-04-25T15:20:26.707+12:00Craig - your readers might be interested in my Anz...Craig - your readers might be interested in my <a href="http://paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com/search/label/Anzac%20Day" rel="nofollow">Anzac day posts for 2010-2008</a>Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-20847846757623501662010-04-25T11:41:20.584+12:002010-04-25T11:41:20.584+12:00Craig - Thank you for helping us to remember this ...Craig - Thank you for helping us to remember this extremely important part of history. We should never forget those who sacrificed everything...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com