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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: ANZAC Day 2017
For those of you that are scratching their head ANZAC Day is the day we not only a day to remember that on 25th April 1915 at 4:28 am Australian and New Zealand troops landed at the shores of Gallipoli.
It is also a day we remember our war dead from the Bore war to present day.
ANZAC stands for Australian New Zealand Army Corps .
This is a day that is held dearly in both our countries harts.
We remember the sacrifices our ancestors made for us.
So to those of us that have family currently serving overseas or in the past. .thank you , Lest We Forget
Iam 50 years old today on ANZAC DAY
icnif77:
You get 'down' 'cause .... there's some 'downer' from Vanuatu around!
Stiggs:
Zhu ni sheng ri kuai le.... you know how the rest of the song goes, it's usually accompanied by nicely decorated but otherwise bland, awful birthday cake.
Iam 50 years old today on ANZAC DAY
icnif77:
You get 'down' 'cause .... there's some 'downer' from Vanuatu around!
Stiggs:
Zhu ni sheng ri kuai le.... you know how the rest of the song goes, it's usually accompanied by nicely decorated but otherwise bland, awful birthday cake.
Respect.
Whatever about people who choose to join the army now, those who were conscripted, especially for the aforementioned wars and then were subsequently killed, often in horrific circumstances, deserve to be remembered.
they traveled thousands of miles to fight in wars they were only part of by virtue of being in the Empire.
putting an emoji to express thoughts on this would be just wrong.
Soldiers of western countries don't get the respect they deserve, over the last 100+ years they bled for the lives of others (in different countries). South Korea exists today because of western soldiers. China is not under Japanese rule because of western soldiers. Taiwanese live freely because of the threat of western soldiers.
Look at Nigeria with Boko Haram, the men in that country are pathetic, they do nothing while their women and children are raped and terrorized by a small number of animals. They want western soldiers to come in and fight their battle fr them.
Boar - not Bore - War.
Stiggs:
I don't know much about the Boers but I think they basically were just farmers picking up their guns and going out to defend their farms against the Brits ( and Anzacs).
Shining_brow:
CRAP! I knew I was spelling it wrong... but couldn't think how. I should have checked! My bad!!!
philbravery:
Hahaha Those Dutch farmers then lol The 2nd Boer war was from 1899 to 1902 . It was a funny time for Australia as we started the war as a colony and finished it as a federated Nation. Both Australia and New Zealand sent troops there. Yeah I know ....it is sad I read about history all the time.
Shining_brow:
No ANZACs... it was basically our units, and their units, and we fought with/for the Brits.
The ANZAC - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps wasn't established until 1946 - well after the Boer War.
ANZAC day now commemorates ALL Australians who fought in ALL wars (even before Australia had its own constitution...)
philbravery:
OverviewContentsOriginal formationLater formations The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps was a First World War army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. It was formed in Egypt in December 1914, and operated during the Battle of Gallipoli. General William Birdwood com…