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Rememberance Day
« on: November 11, 2012, 04:58:22 AM »
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.
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2012, 05:00:32 AM »
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2012, 05:10:38 AM »
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.
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2012, 05:20:01 AM »
R.I.P.
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2012, 07:12:05 AM »
I have a poppie stuck permanent in the 4by for my Grand father
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Rememberance Day
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2012, 07:20:44 AM »
Even though I will be training/assessing volunteers today, I / we will be stopping to remember our servicemen


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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2012, 08:35:00 AM »
We 'will' remember them...
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2012, 10:57:54 AM »
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
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2012, 11:39:08 AM »
Lest we forget...
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2012, 01:44:15 PM »
Heres hoping they are all resting in peace now.
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Re: Rememberance Day
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2012, 02:28:41 PM »
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.
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