Rememberance Day

[baldheadedgit]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

[fuji]

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[Tommo66]

It is a story of great valour under fire, unity of purpose and a willingness to fight against the odds that has helped to define what it means to be an Australian.

[Jeepers Creepers]

R.I.P.

[Brett B]

I have a poppie stuck permanent in the 4by for my Grand father

[Daawl]

Even though I will be training/assessing volunteers today, I / we will be stopping to remember our servicemen


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[gclan]

We 'will' remember them...

[xcvator]

I have seen the crosses row upon row
I have seen the poppies where they grow
It made my heart swell with pride
Not because they had died, but why they died,

I have seen the crosses row upon row
I have seen the poppies where they grow
The trenches so close they could almost touch
Emotions of being there become to much

I have seen the crosses row upon row
I have seen the poppies where they grow
The lump in my throat got bigger and bigger
At the thought of all these young men we call Digger

I have seen the crosses row upon row
I have seen the poppies where they grow
And I cried

[Sharky]

Lest we forget...

[liney]

Heres hoping they are all resting in peace now.

[Malcolm Tugless]

Once visited the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand. Near the infamous Burma Railway site known predominantly as the bridge on the river Kwai, or death railway.
Pretty sobering to think just how many people lost there lives in that small area alone.
While it is heartening to remember our fallen. Something to bear in mind is that the total loss of of lives on the railway was somewhere in the vicinity of 106,000, of this some 90,000 fatalities were forced Asian labourers. Australia in comparison lost 2815.
The cemetery houses the fallen Allied soldiers and is lovingly tended to by the locals, with finely manicured laws and flowerbeds.
Its a sight to behold, yes I cried.