ANZAC Day

[Dogtown]

Today is ANZAC Day here in New Zealand and Australia. Originally a day to remember the soldiers who deployed to Turkey and fought in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 and celebrate those who returned, it has evolved into a day of remembrance for all soldiers of the southern commonwealth who've died in combat. As an US Army combat veteran living in NZ for the past few years, I've made it a habit of attending the dawn ceremony here in the capital each year to pay my respects. Honor among soldiers.

Thousands attend Anzac Day services | Stuff.co.nz

 

[GBTX01]

LiveLeak.com - ANZAC DAY 2014 Dawn Service Elephant Rock Australia

ANZAC DAY 2014 Dawn Service held at Elephant Rock Currumbin Beach Gold Coast Australia... The Voice you can hear in the back ground is He is reciting, Totally from memory 'only' , the names, rank and service numbers of the Returned Service men and women that have past in the last twelve months, 64 in all, the ashes of 21 of those are being scattered at sea by the crews of the surf boats you see. In all, this video is just under 13 minutes of a very moving dawn service to HONOUR and REMEMBER our fallen Brothers from the past 100 yrs, hope you enjoy ..........."LEST WE FORGET"........
Read more at LiveLeak.com - ANZAC DAY 2014 Dawn Service Elephant Rock Australia

 

[res]

For the first time in my life I missed the dawn parade this year,been to them in both NZ and OZ.
Was out of the country but got to got to a evening service inTaiwan at the Australian residence in a semi official capacity.
The official from the Turkish mission gave a very good talk,reciting in English the messiah the commander of the Turks (and the founder of the modern Turkish state) at Gallipolis message to the mothers of the fallen ANZACS-very moving.

Some photos

No really good photos sorry as it would not have been the done thing to pull my phone out during the service.

 

[BozFour]

In my graduate studies we had a large focus on Gallipoli in a class called Amphibious Warfare. I did a huge research paper on the topic and have to say it changed the world of amphibious doctrine for many countries.