LEST WE FORGET

Lest we forget

At dawn each April 25^th Australians gather at the Eternal Flame at Cenotaphs across the country. They gather to honour the legend of the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landing at Gallipoli, Turkey, where many Australians and New Zealanders lost their lives fighting for the British Empire, far from home.  They gather to remember all service men and women.

They gather lest we forget.

They wear poppies and rosemary and the Rising Sun as symbols of remembrance. 

They lay wreaths, offer prayers and give thanks.

They listen respectfully to The Last Post and The Ode. 

They observe a moment’s silence.

At mid morning, parades of service men and women and their surviving relatives file solemnly down the main streets of towns and cities toward the cenotaphs to pay their respects.

April 25^th 2015 will mark the 100^th Anniversary of the WWI landing at Gallipoli in a place now known as ANZAC Cove.