How many of you Attend The ANZAC Service????

[Madam Jacqui]

Anzac Service this Friday..................

 

[magrov]

Every year. Lest we forget.

 

[Madam Jacqui]

Good on You Magrov...................xxxxxxxxxxx

 

[HappyPirate]

Ahoy "Lest We Forget"

 

[Madam Jacqui]

And pass the Rum, Happypirate................

 

[wr3xr]

I'll be there but these days I just go to the local one rather than Kings Park. Bit more intimate but has bigger crowds each year.

Also don't forget that every day at 4.30pm (?) they are doing a service at Kings Park for those who cant make a dawn service

 

[Madam Jacqui]

Thanks for your Info, Magoc..................xxxxxxxxxxx

 

[Happy2]

I go to Northampton every year for the service
My father was a serviceman in Bouganville and PNG He could not bring himself to go til about 25 years ago Now I think he wishes their were two a year

good thread Jacqui

 

[Madam Jacqui]

Thank you Happy2...............xxxxxxxxx

 

[Obbie]

Always go to the local one pretty emotional time

 

[sparky]

Ive taken my kids every year since they were toddlers , they used to love waving to the soldiers in the march, and now as theyre older we still all go together to a morning service and now we take my mum as well since dad passed on.

 

[Madam Jacqui]

Good on you Sparky..............

 

[wr3xr]

I go to Northampton every year for the service
My father was a serviceman in Bouganville and PNG He could not bring himself to go til about 25 years ago Now I think he wishes their were two a year

good thread Jacqui

How old is he H2? What was his role in PNG? I know the aussies took over from the US mid 1945 in Bouganville, was he there.

Who know's what would have happened if the Japanese were successful in PNG? Fast forward a few years and its great the most aussies, japanese and yanks hold no grudges against each other.

Tell him some random bloke on the internet says thank you

 

[Happy2]

Dad was turned down by the army in 39or 40 due to wonky knees He was conscripted in 42 But later they changed it to volunteer I know one story he tells I dont know if Bouganville or PNG But dad has a common name for a man born in the teens Harry He said all night the Japanese snipers would call out the common names all night Hello Harry we can see you Harry Said it was nerve wracking He said we lost a few boys to the tactic Those you could not hack it any more Must have been tormenting to go through
As for his age magoc he is 98

 

[Steptoe]

I always used to go to the parade during the day.
But for the last 20+ years I normally go to the dawn service, and only occasionally go to the parade as well.
Being from the South Coast it will be the Albany Dawn Service as usual for me.

" Lest We Forget."

 

[sunyun]

I attend the dawn service at my local memorial. Have done for the past 20 something years.

My father was in the service and was a POW of the Japanese.

 

[Happy2]

I attend the dawn service at my local memorial. Have done for the past 20 something years.

My father was in the service and was a POW of the Japanese.

Sorry to hear that sunyun Special breed the men and women who lived through WWII the depression etc

 

[sunyun]

Strange thing, i used to look at this man who had lived through experiences that i could not even begin to imagine - having his mates beheaded in front of him for trying to escape, being worked and starved to death, sabotaging the work the Japanese made them do, etc., yet at parties, when he got together with a few mates from the camp, all they talked about was gardening, their cars, footy, etc.

So ordinary for such extraordinary men !

 

[Eva Valentina]

I have been to the Dawn Service. It is very emotional when they play "The Last Post", even if you don't have any family that were involved in war. It is a nice way to pay respect to those who were.

 

[I12345]

I had the pleasure of laying a wreath at Kings Park andon another ocassion leading a contingent on the march through Perth...many moons ago now.

 

[westy]

I always used to go to the parade during the day.
But for the last 20+ years I normally go to the dawn service, and only occasionally go to the parade as well.
Being from the South Coast it will be the Albany Dawn Service as usual for me.

" Lest We Forget."

The original dawn service started by Pardre White.If our soldiers can defend our freedom ( or that of others ) then the least we can do is get up early, trek to a Dawn service, experience a little discomfort, cold and standing to give them a thought once a year.

 

[johnlou]

 

[Madam Jacqui]

Hope Everyone's Down For the Anzac Service This MORNING............................

 

[Happy2]

Its a wet dawn service here in Northampton
The highschool kids have umbrella duty for those ladies and Gents who are not under cover
But it is still a grand morning

 

[wr3xr]

It couldn't have been a better morning here. Hint of cooler weather but no rain

One of the air force boys read a diary exert from his grandfather and it moved me to tears.

Lest we forget.

 

[Madam Jacqui]

Thank you so much for your input, Happy2.............

 

[Happy2]

It couldn't have been a better morning here. Hint of cooler weather but no rain

One of the air force boys read a diary exert from his grandfather and it moved me to tears.

Lest we forget.

My old dad was in tears too Magoc . But yet he could not have been happier
There was a period 20-25 yrs ago when it looked like this day was going to fade away with the older generation But it seems to be back stronger than ever
And the best thing No Faux patriots draping themselves in Australian flags a la Australia day