One last Anzac post perhaps. Am watching the coverage from Turkey on TV as I write, the New Zealand and Australian defence chiefs having spoken. Shit I was stupid to sleep in that morning seven years ago.
Have already watched the Anzac parade from Brisbane on TV - that's something that never caught on across the other side of the Tasman, we don't do mid morning Anzac parades for our military. Rather, it is the veterans who do a mini walk around to the Dawn Services - when we (New Zealand) withdrew from East Timor, that was the biggest military parade that we had seen since the end of World War 2.
The question of the rest of the day in that corner of Turkey is will John Howard turn up to the New Zealand service at Chunuk Bair. Apparently he is sending the Veteran Affairs minister, DeAnne Kelly, while he goes and has a barbeque with some Aussie troops down on the beach. Hmm, what has New Zealand done to him lately?
The Last Post.
The Ravelli.
We Will Remember Them.
Lest we forget.
Have already watched the Anzac parade from Brisbane on TV - that's something that never caught on across the other side of the Tasman, we don't do mid morning Anzac parades for our military. Rather, it is the veterans who do a mini walk around to the Dawn Services - when we (New Zealand) withdrew from East Timor, that was the biggest military parade that we had seen since the end of World War 2.
The question of the rest of the day in that corner of Turkey is will John Howard turn up to the New Zealand service at Chunuk Bair. Apparently he is sending the Veteran Affairs minister, DeAnne Kelly, while he goes and has a barbeque with some Aussie troops down on the beach. Hmm, what has New Zealand done to him lately?
The Last Post.
The Ravelli.
We Will Remember Them.
Lest we forget.
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