Anzac Day

[den]

"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 Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours... You, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway 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."

Kemal Ataturk


They shall not grow 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
Lest we forget

Laurence Binyon

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The last ANZAC

[bobbain.livejournal.com]

:But as year follows year, more old men disappear;
:Some day no one will march there at all.

http://www.ozbird.com/AnzacPageThree.htm

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The last original ANZAC - Ted Matthews - has died aged 101.
"His death removes the last New South Wales link with the most defining moment in Australia's history" Prime Minister John Howard said.

He blamed the Gallipoli fiasco on "bloody fools" of the British Empire and believed war was pointless.

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http://www.anzacs.org/campbell.html

Alec William Campbell
26 Feb 1899 - 16 May 2002

The last entry in the roll of honour for Gallipoli was finally made on Thursday, 16th May 2002, when Alec Campbell, the last Anzac and last surviving participant of the Gallipoli campaign, died of pneumonia, aged 103. With his loss Gallipoli ceases to be a part of living memory and has truly become, as John North referred to it, 'a country of the mind'.

Re: The last ANZAC

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Re: The last ANZAC

[bobbain.livejournal.com]

:i'm confused; which one of them was actually "last"?

Alec Campbell (died 2002).....

The previous entry relates to the last New South Wales link with the Gallipoli campaign.