Lest We Forget

Today, many Australians young and old, dragged themselves out of bed before the sun came up to head to their local War Memorial to pause a while in the cold ,possibly the rain or maybe still up in the warm tropics and commemorate ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day. It is the anniversary of the landing of troops from Australia and New Zealand on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, in World War I on April 25, 1915. The Dawn Service held in Franklin was small by most standards. About 70 people turned out in the drizzling rain.

It was really quite moving when the Last Post started as l was expecting a tape recording of it! Out of the shadows emerged a man l have not seen around here before. He played the Last Post  standing behind us out of sight with his umbrella propped up against the bench as the cars drove by on the highway. It was quite moving!

Here are a few beautiful old photos taken in Gallipoli of Cpl A J Jones Soldier No.100 in the Australian Army. The grandfather of a friend of ours who has an amazing collection of his photographs and diaries kept for the entire duration of the War.

 His Grandfather

Photo taken of the landing taken by a friend of Cpl Jones who was later killed by friendly fire

 A 'bush' telegraph pole

An amazing collection.lest we forget....