Anzac Day

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As each year passes by, the brave young men of WW1 pass from our sight to become  legends of the future. Anzac Day is a time for all of us to stop and reflect on the tremendous efforts and sacrifice of our Diggers to keep the freedom we enjoy today.  WW1 affected nearly every Australian Family - parents, wives, brothers ,sisters and friends were left to mourn the heavy  losses for the rest of their lives. Australia lost a whole generation of men, 58,961 were never to come home and 166,811 were casualties coming home from the war with broken minds and bodies.The terrible heartbreak  may have lessened with each generation - we can now talk easily about the war - but my grandmothers family wouldn't speak of it - the pain of remembering just to much. For many years Anzac Day Marches slowly declined - but now we see a great resurgence of interest and the crowds are filled with young faces. Remembering and honouring our Anzacs memory is the least we can do.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>                                                    </B></div> <div> <B>    </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>                    </B><B> </B></FONT><B>       </B></div> <div> <B>                    </B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="498" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CC0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 478 WIDTH="486"><div> <B>                      'Did you think that we'd forget you mate</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>   with the slow march of the years??</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                       That as time passed we'd wipe the slate</B></div> <div> <B>                       Of your sorrow and your tears</B></div> <div> <B>                       Did you think we'd scorn your sacrifice,</B></div> <div> <B>                       Find no honour in the dead </B></div> <div> <B>                       When your lives paid our  freedoms price</B></div> <div> <B>                       How then could we forget</B></div> <div> <B>                       And thats the Diggers Legacy</B></div> <div> <B>                       The freedom we hold yet</B></div> <div> <B>                       We never can repay them</B></div> <div> <B>                       And we never should forget</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>     (Written by the man who wrote "And the band played Waltzing Matilda,"Eric Bogle)</B></div> <div> <B>                                   Lest we forget.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>       </B></div> <bR> <div>               <IMG SRC="0a7a8230.jpg" border=0 width="424" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>                Can You Hear Australia's Heroes Marching?<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>                    (Song dedicated to honouring the memory of Australian war dead)</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>                            <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Concept, title and lyrics</B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> by Peter Barnes </B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>The song is timeless and honours all Australians who have died in  service and defence of their country</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B> in war.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"The song was created from my experience in visiting</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>   </B></I><I><B>       an Australian war cemetery and seeing the graves of</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Australians who gave their lives in the service and</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>defence of their country. I felt I should do something</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>within my capabilities to honour the memory of </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>                    </B></I><I><B> of such</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>incredible sacrifice.</B></I><B>"  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Peter Barnes (Autho</B><B>r)</B><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Please Click the link below to hear this song</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.users.on.net/revelation/heroes.htm" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.users.on.net/revelation/heroe"><U><I><B>http://www.users.on.net/revelation/heroes.htm</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div>        </div> <div>  <script language=JavaScript>  </script>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Times New Roman" > <style>  </style>  </FONT></div> <div>                                                                                              </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                               </div> <div>                                         <p align="center"><A HREF="http://rd1.hitbox.com/rd?acct=WQ510405ADAC73EN0&p=s"> <IMG SRC="http://hg1.hitbox.com/HG?hc=wf132&l=y&hb=WQ510405ADAC73EN0&cd=1&n=MESSAGEBOARD" height=62 width=88 ALT="Click Here!" border=0></A></p>    </div> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/frames.js"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.statcounter.com" target="_top"><img src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter.php?usr=anzacs&java=0" alt="StatCounter - Free Web Tracker and Counter" border="0"/></a> </noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>