April 25th, 1915

Awesome BK. Just awesome.

We must make sure our sons and daughters are well versed on this.

I just love this thread... Thank you.
 
It was my honour to do this and everyone here has honoured our fallen and brave by reading this. The people in this place (BF and especially the Becker and Kabar forum) are the salt of the earth and I am privileged to be able to share this with everyone.

And yes it is true we must make sure that the younger generation remember but more importantly, understand the sacrifice our recent ancestors made for us. And that goes for any folks no matter what nationality, not just Australians and New Zealanders. Our American brethren, our Canadian brethren, our European brethren, all had many men march away, a vast number never to return.
 
Always have utter respect, admiration and heartfelt thanks for our cousins down under, down Africa or across oceans - except when it comes to the cricket pitch, then all that goes out the window! 😜
 
I have a strong family connection to ANZAC Day - my great grandfather and (I found out this year) his two brothers were at Gallipoli. As a child I used to ask him questions about it. My great grandfather passed at 97. He lived a full life but he lived every year since the war with Turkish shrapnel in him.

For me, this says everything:

"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 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." Ataturk, 1934
 
Chris Larrikin said:
I have a strong family connection to ANZAC Day - my great grandfather and (I found out this year) his two brothers were at Gallipoli. As a child I used to ask him questions about it. My great grandfather passed at 97. He lived a full life but he lived every year since the war with Turkish shrapnel in him.

For me, this says everything:

"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 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." Ataturk, 1934
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Chris, that is incredibly touching. Truly. Thank you for sharing that. That has seriously made me quite emotional. This makes me feel much at ease now to know this. My great grandfather was killed on the battlefields of Paschendaele in Belgium. Unfortunately they never recovered anything of him as he was hit by a shell. His name is on a memorial wall in the French town of Villeneuve-Bretoneux.

Thank you Chris for your heart felt post.
 
BeeKayNutCase said:
Chris, that is incredibly touching. Truly. Thank you for sharing that. That has seriously made me quite emotional. This makes me feel much at ease now to know this. My great grandfather was killed on the battlefields of Paschendaele in Belgium. Unfortunately they never recovered anything of him as he was hit by a shell. His name is on a memorial wall in the French town of Villeneuve-Bretoneux.

Thank you Chris for your heart felt post.
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Very touching.

Ataturk was a great man.
 
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