It's tradition for it to be cold, wet and miserable on Anzac Day, the 25th of April, every year. This year was quite mild but morning showers were predicted. I took a warm jacket. And so did many of the estimated 40000 attendees to the dawn service in Kings Park at the war memorial. There we stood in silence listening to a recollection of the Australians battling Rommel in north Africa, watched as dignitaries laid wreaths in remembrance of the fallen and heard a speech by Brigadier Steve Cain about what it was like waiting at home when your loved ones had gone to war. His speech was quite thought provoking as we normally hear about the men and women who have gone to war.
Facebook photo album of Anzac Day 2009.
4 comments:
Forgive my ignorance, if it be ignorance of the facts, but, I was under the impression the ANZACs fought in the Great War. 1914-1918. Rommel would have only been a boy.
Rommel fought in the first world war - check the link. Anzac Day is to remember all of those who fought in wars although the term was coined for those who landed at Gallipoli in 1915.
I stand corrected. After I did my sums. He was 23 in 1918.
Better luck next year.
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