Anzac day.

[Jenks]

I have just spotted these photos in the Independant newspaper. I find all of them evocative and several very moving especially Number 4 .And number 13.. I don't know how I missed them on the 25th of April.

Unfashionable I know these days.... but 'Kith and Kin' springs to mind. We owe so much to the Aussies and Kiwis do we not.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pictu ... 86516.html


Jenks

[meles meles]

yes, ooman, we do. There are some nations who have always gone way beyond the call when Olde Englande needed help. We should never forget them.

[Jenks]

And on the subject of the Dardanelles campaign this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 21346.html

Jenks

[XIX]

a huge number of ANZAC troops in WW1 were in fact Brits who'd emigrated to Aus/NZ only a few years earlier.

[Jenks]

a huge number of ANZAC troops in WW1 were in fact Brits who'd emigrated to Aus/NZ only a few years earlier.

XIX....

A huge number? I didn't think mass immigration to Australia until the 1950s. I don't know but I'm guessing a huge number of those who went to fight in the Dardanelles from Australia would have had family ties with the UK. Guessing again but to a man they have considered themselves proud Aussies, like wise the Kiwis.

Jenks

[XIX]

Australia's dual loyalty was evident in the name of the volunteer force formed in September 1914, the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Its first members sailed for the war in November 1914. They had enlisted with mixed motives: to serve King and Empire, to have an adventure, to see the world, to do the right thing. One man in five had been born in Britain; many enlisted in the hope of a trip home before seeing active service

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/ ... a_01.shtml

[XIX]

BTW Not to take anything away from the Men who chose to serve in what was essentially a European war, in 1914 they could've turned round and said not our problem, but they were better men who wanted to make a differance

[dave_303]

a huge number of ANZAC troops in WW1 were in fact Brits who'd emigrated to Aus/NZ only a few years earlier.

Something similar happened with Canadian Battalions, plus some had recruiting offices in Ireland and Scotland, they proved a popular choice to join the early years of the war as they were paid more.

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[Jenks]

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I'm sure most of us will have a favourite version of this song. I favour the Pogues version.


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Jenks