“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".



Cheers Diggers !

Great turnout in my small town this morning. Lots of young people too.

In defense of freedom and liberty they paid the ultimate price. Lest we forget.

Thanks for what they did to preserve freedom

Too bad that when China takes over those celebrations will be banned and all memorials destroyed.

No braver men ever took up arms to fight tyranny.

God bless those boys.

Thank you Gentlemen!

A hardy thank you for the Anzac Troops in WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan...

Better friends are hard to find... ( not leaving out Canada here for our Canuck campfire friends)

I have the honor of knowing Anzac Vets in my youth when I lived in England as a kid in the 60s... both WW 1 and WW2 veterans...

Less we always remember...

Cheers from America....

God Bless each an everyone of you, past present and future.

Beautiful !!

Lots of my old home town there.

Don't miss Brisbane until Anzac Day !

Miss North Stradbroke Island, every single day.

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Didn't realise that you have an aussie background - I'm also from Brisbane. Who are the people in the earlier posted photos?

G'day Mate, yep left Brisbane at age 39, in 2005.

Both sets of Grand Parents.

We observed two Anzak Days when we lived in a suburb (Chelmer) of Brisbane. Very moving.

Family names?

Douglas & Hether Hill - Maternal
Stanley & Betty Taylor - Paternal

Yes, Ed, as discussed before, my family home was in Sherwood, 2 suburbs away.

Some great comments here, and rather poignant as my Father died a couple of days back one month short of turning 100. He was a Veteran of Tobruk and El Alamien. ONe of the original "Rats of Tobruk"

Celebrated it by driving about in my rebadged Holden Monaro for no particular reason, then giving it a good cleaning before putting it back in the garage. It seemed a good way to show my appreciation for the fellows that made such things possible.

The only downside at my small town dawn parade was the local mayor's speech. I remember her from high school. She was a hot little blondie back then; now she's a woke, PC, liberal and definitely not hot.

Well said Seafire. Happy ANZAC day from another yank.

Or even worse, US state and municipal governments. They seem to be doing more damage to historical monuments than anyone since Genghis Khan.

My father fought on New Guinea in WW2 and had great respect for Australian troops. I have learned of all the help the coast watchers provided when I visited Guadalcanal. A big thank you to our allies and friends.

No matter their homes, there were some tough emeffers in that time frame. Thank goodness for all of ‘em.

“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".



Cheers Diggers !

Lest we forget.

Largest turnout ever at the dawn service this cold morning in my small town. Lots of young people. There were tears in people's eyes when the Last Post was bugled out and the flag lowered to half mast.

My late father always celebrated the day. He was a WWII US Navy veteran of the war in the Pacific and had a lot of friends from OZ and NZ. He had Yorktown shot out from under him, served on many islands as a young communications officer, then he was on Yorktown II, getting ready for the invasion of Japan. He loved the A-Bomb!

After a third toast he would sing Friggin in the Riggin, then he would shed a tear for his friends departed.

God bless all the brave warriors that fought for freedom!

+1, and Iraq.