Anzac day

[cantab27]

a day of remembrance
http://www.rsa.org.nz/remem/anzac_intro.html

[4.3LXJ]

Thanks for the info. That is like our Memorial Day here where we remember all the servicemen in our country who have died, as well as all those who are serving now. It is a legal holiday in which most people do not work and is a three day weekend.

[cantab27]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3620627/PM-to-attend-funeral-for-Anzac-Day-chopper-crash-victims

[4.3LXJ]

It is too bad you had your holiday spoiled by this tragedy. I had to look up the info on the helicopter. Here in the states we call those HUEYS. They didn't list the NZ armed forces as using them, but I am not surprised, everybody else does.

Sorry for he loss

[cantab27]

feel for families....think thoses choppers are as old as the hills ..

[BlueXJ]

feel for families....think thoses choppers are as old as the hills ..

They were commonplace during my military stint at the end of the 60s and early 70s. They are a very flexible platform from which many uses sprang.

[cantab27]

anzca day.....thanks to all who served,,,
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzac-day/introduction

[cantab27]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4923867/Anzac-Day-2011/

We shall never forget.

For The Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond Englands foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

[BlueXJ]

Wonderful poem, thanks for sharing Wayne.

[4x4Dalton]

Great poem mate. To be honest had never heard of that holiday before today. Thanks for sharing all the info and remembrance of those fallen over there Wayne.

[cantab27]

we shall never forget

http://static.stuff.co.nz/1334031593/107/6718107.jpg

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/6717912/Why-we-must-remember

[cantab27]

here carves,,, and thanks to ya rescue boys and girls here last year...will try and find a pic of said cross........................
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.A cross made of wood rescued from the ruined Christ Church Cathedral has made a poignant new memorial as thousands of Kiwis gather around the country to remember the sacrifices of military men and women who have fought overseas.

The toll of fallen soldiers and airmen has grown each year for the past few but the memories of those lost have not faded.

The cross, made by members of the Australian RSL and placed on the city's cenotaph, is a reminder of Christchurch's deadly February 22 2011 earthquake.

Among the thousands of people who stood silently as the Anzac parade made its way into Christchurch's Cranmer Square was veteran Alan Bean, who proudly displayed his three war medals.

The 78-year-old served in Vietnam and every Anzac Day took time to remember those friends and family members who died serving their country.

Unfortunately, a knee injury stopped Bean from taking part in the parade.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker started the ceremonies by welcoming people.

"Today we honour and remember."

In Auckland, around 10,000 people crowded every vantage spot at the Auckland War Memorial Museum for the Anzac Day dawn service there.

Prime minister John Key, as well as Deputy Chief of Navy Commodore Wayne Burroughs, were at the ceremony.

It was the 73rd continuous year the dawn service has been held at the Cenotaph overlooking the Waitemata.

Mayor Len Brown, who placed the first cross in the nearby field of remembrance, said the day was dedicated to the ideals of those ideals of democracy and freedom.

The morning recalled those who gave their lives: "We feel them near us, in spirit."

The diminishing band of war veterans were accompanied by a large military contingent, including officers and sailors from a visiting Australian frigate, HMAS Newcastle.

The half-hour service ended as an RNZAF C130 Hercules passed in salute low over the Museum - toward a near-perfect dawn.

St John's ambulance treated at least four people, including a woman who fell over and dislocated her shoulder. Several others fainted and were taken to the neighbouring Auckland Hospital.

In Wellington, the dawn service was attended by Defence Force Chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones along with Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae.

The two will be at the National Commemorative Service in Wellington, alongside the chiefs of the air force, army and navy.

Jones said Anzac Day was a day not only to commemorate Gallipoli, but for communities to reflect upon the lives of their ancestors and loved-ones who had served New Zealand.

The sound of Iroquois helicopters was heard at this year's dawn service in Palmerston North as they signalled the beginning of the city's Anzac Day dawn service.

As the helicopters swooped over the top of the thousands of people gathered at the cenotaph in the Square in cool, still conditions, silence fell over the crowd.

Reverend Jenny Watson addressed those gathered with a Maori greeting and a hymn was sung accompanied by Palmerston North City Brass.

Watson said the time of day for the service was appropriate "that time of light after the darkness".

Ad Feedback ''The new dawn brought them to their deaths before the next day dawned," she said of the soldiers at Gallipoli.

She recounted the soldiers' struggles; the dirt, misery, loneliness, terror, hunger and despair.

Many at the service could see nothing because of the sheer volume of people. They stood behind trees, monuments and walls, but they appeared not to mind.

They listened in silence, rugged up in beanies and coats, remembering.

Watson said it was not only those who lost their lives who needed to be remembered, but also those who had been damaged in body and spirit.

The laying of the wreaths commenced to the backing track of lone bagpiper Ian Steffert, and representatives from the armed forces, veterans and even the Australian High Commission laid wreaths.

The crack of 13 guns going off three times sent a shockwave through the crowd before the Ode of Remembrance was read by Palmerston North RSA patron Arthur Lockwood.

The services in the region were particularly poignant, as the community remembered five of their own who had been killed in military service in the past two years.

Today marked the second anniversary of the Anzac Day crash in which Flight Lieutenant Hayden Peter Madsen, 33, co-pilot Flying Officer Daniel Stephen Gregory, 28, and crewman Corporal Benjamin Andrew Carson, 25, were killed when the Iroquois they were in crashed into the side of a hill at Pukerua Bay.

Sergeant Stevin Creeggan, 37, survived but suffered serious injuries.

The men were part of a formation of air force helicopters taking part in flyovers for dawn services, and had just flown past Palmerston North's parade, on their way to Wellington, when they crashed.

In August last year, SAS soldier Doug Grant, 41, from Tokomaru, was killed after an attack by the Taleban at the British Council diplomatic offices.

Grant died in the country's capital, Kabul, helping save the lives of three British civilians and two Gurkha security guards.

Lieutenant Timothy Andrew O'Donnell, 28, from Feilding, was killed in August 2010.

He and two of his fellow soldiers were injured when their patrol was ambushed in the province of Bamiyan.

ANZAC DAY AROUND THE WORLD

New Zealanders around the world are observing Anzac Day traditions in Washington DC, Penang, Riyadh, Afghanistan and Timor Leste, as well as on the shores of Gallipoli.

The Defence Force will be represented at Gallipoli by the vice Chief of Defence Force Rear Admiral Jack Steer, by Commander Joint Forces Major General Dave Gawn in Hawaii and Land Component Commander Brigadier Mark Wheeler in Noumea.

Anzac Day services will also be held in each country NZ Defence Force personnel are on overseas missions including Korea, the Sudan, and Solomon Islands.

New Zealand Defence Attaches will also attend services in the countries they are based including Singapore, Canada and Japan.

About 400 New Zealand Defence Force personnel are serving overseas on operations, UN missions and defence exercises.

The New Zealand contingent serving with the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Timor-Leste will have their dawn service hosted by the Australian Ambassador, with dignitaries from the embassies and defence there.

The service will be open to the public and will be followed by a breakfast.

Meanwhile, the 635 members of the Coalition Task Force will attend the official Anzac dawn service to be held at the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Cenotaph in the grounds of the Honiara Police Station.

The task force and the police from the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands will be parading at 6am (local time) for a service that will include attendance by the Solomon Islands Governor-General, Prime Minister, members from both sides of Parliament, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, members of the Diplomatic Corps, the ex-pat community, families of Solomon Islanders who assisted the Allies during the WWII war effort and the local community.

The three Kiwis serving in South Sudan are expected to commemorate Anzac Day with representatives from the Australian Defence Force at Australia House in Juba. Their dawn service will be followed up with a barbecue breakfast.

The sole NZ Defence Force representative in Iraq will be at the dawn service at the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, with a number of Australian troops and expatriate New Zealanders and Australians.

One Kiwi will be the Defence Force representative at the dawn service in Beirut.

In Egypt, the 28 Kiwis in the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai will split and join their Australian counterparts to mark Anzac Day at a dawn service at the Heliopolis Cemetery in Cairo, and also at a dawn service at North Camp, Sinai.

A number of personnel will attend a morning service in Jerusalem.

In Australia the NZ Defence Force will be represented at over 40 Anzac Day related commemoration activities across the country. This included formal representation at Federal, State and Territory services, school visits and services, local RSL events, church services, and both private and public events by over 70 NZ Defence Force members on posting, exchange or training within Australia at the time.

Military Adviser in Canberra, Lieutenant Colonel Darren Beck, said "there is a greater awareness of the New Zealand role in both the story and spirit of Anzac that pervades the Australian psyche. The NZ Flag is flown and anthem played at most services and NZ veterans lead many parades and marches."

Up to 3500 are expected at Hyde Park Corner in London for the Dawn Service at 5am (local time). This will be followed by a wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Whitehall at 11am and a service in Westminster Abbey at midday. New Zealand is the lead nation this year.

The Head of Defence Services in London, Brigadier Hayward, will accompany the NZ Ambassador Derek Leask to services in Le Quesnoy and Longueval in northern France.

- © Fairfax NZ News

[Carves]

here carves,,,


Lest We Forget ...... ehhh cobber ???

You've been up and about for a bit too I see.



and thanks to ya rescue boys and girls here last year...will try and find a pic of said cross........................

Glad ya liked it ...

We're a fairly handy bunch down here ... when it comes to a bit of woodworking .. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Periscoperifle.jpg



.... a bit of poetry and some kind words for Gallipoli ANZACs ....


Those heroes that shed their blood, and lost their lives ...
You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country.
Therefore, rest in peace.
There is no difference between the Johnnies
And the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side,
Here in this country of ours.
You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries ...
Wipe away your tears.
Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.
After having lost their lives on this land, they have
Become our sons as well. ....................................Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey


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[jccatt]

Lest we forget...

[cantab27]

lest we forget



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[4.3LXJ]

Memorial Day is coming up for us next month too. Cheers Mate

[Carves]

Lest We Forget.


Some history of the Australian Light Horse ... http://www.lighthorse.org.au/resources/history-of-the-australian-light-horse/the-mounted-soldiers-of-australia


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[4.3LXJ]

Thanks for the history lesson Carves

[cantab27]

least we forget....


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http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/anzac-day-dawn-service-cranmer-square-video-5940564

[4.3LXJ]

Just like our Memorial Day. :thumbsup:

[Carves]

Lest We Forget.

[bruggz351]

Lest We Forget

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[slvmart]

And let's not forget all the other countries that contributed to the cause(s). My dad was in Czechoslovak Free Army. Anywhere from Mid-East, Africa, and then stationed in GB and France.
After his return home, at the end of the war, if he wouldn't have left again, he would have been executed for fighting for the wrong army (the non USSR affiliated army).
Too many, today, forget what cost was paid for what we think of as our freedom. And who today, would be willing to pay the same price ?

[XjJeepacorn]

I think the majority of us would to protect our freedom. Wars are mostly fought for the wrong reason the banks make alot of money off war.

[Carves]

And let's not forget all the other countries that contributed to the cause(s). My dad was in Czechoslovak Free Army. Anywhere from Mid-East, Africa, and then stationed in GB and France.
After his return home, at the end of the war, if he wouldn't have left again, he would have been executed for fighting for the wrong army (the non USSR affiliated army).
Too many, today, forget what cost was paid for what we think of as our freedom. And who today, would be willing to pay the same price ?


ANZAC Day

Australia and New Zealand Army Corp Day ... ;);)


...... but times have changed since 1916 ... and more stupid wars have been fought ... so its become an australian day of remembrance - to all those affected ... Not just our own.

Australia resettled a large number of Poles for the same reason as the Czech issues ... we probably welcomed a bunch of Czechs too.

Poles, Czechs, and a bunch of other nationalities .... participate in our Capital city marches down here, on ANZAC Day ... displaying their unit details on a banner.

[Brasscatz]

...... but times have changed since 1916

Always nice to hear from people like yourself that lived through all the changes. :p

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[cantab27]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgTFXfcGI3s

[bruggz351]

http://havealaughonme.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/anzacfd.jpg

[Carves]

Lest We Forget

[4.3LXJ]

Just about like our Memorial Day

[cantab27]

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[4.3LXJ]

Thanks for the post mate. We will not forget to remember veterans here and around the world for the price they paid for freedom :patriot:

[Carves]

Lest We Forget

[cantab27]

lest we forget


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[4.3LXJ]

:usa: We need a Kiwi flag to celebrate this

[cantab27]

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[cantab27]

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[denverd1]

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cheers mate

[4.3LXJ]

Heros all. Sorry for the slow post mate. Been away from the puter Cheers