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2023 ANZAC DAY 

 ANZAC Day, many of those who have served will be preparing to meet up with old mates and new. For others ANZAC day will be a day of Remembrance or see it as a public holiday to enjoy. Whatever the case may be, ANZAC day is embedded into the hearts and minds of Australian culture.

There are those of the baby boomers, who may view year 2023 the future from their youth. A time when everything was considered will be possible. A time when it was once thought that wars would be abolished and illnesses such as cancer be defeated. Alas, history being a silent guardian does not see life as we may wish to hope it would be. For those not acquainted with the story of ANZAC, let me remind them that some 109 years, strapping bronze looking young men from Australia and New Zealand, braved the fire that trained upon them from the cliffs they faced and with such courage jumped into the shallow waters of Gallipoli making their way towards the beach.

 Their arrival at the Dardanelles is reminiscent of the ships the ships that sailed to Troy thousands of years before them. It was during the Bronze Age that lured the Mycenean warriors of old to heed the call of their warrior King. What is not known to the general public is that the Peninsula where the “many of the villages had contained a Greek population, but the Turks had cleared out the inhabitants out of Maidos and other towns near the scene of fighting and began moving them from the more distant villages. The goods of these peoples had been requisitioned by the Turks until they had little left, and they themselves fled for more security towards the British lines.” Many of the ANZACS doomed to die on the beach and they did as they struggled to make the beach head fighting their way up and through the numerous minefields and gullies of Gallipoli.

 The legend of ANZAC was born and since that time, the grief, sorrow and the stories of bravery, selflessness and courage under fire became legends in their own right. When they left the shores, it was done by stealth and without the enemy realising that they had left. However, in doing so, their gallantry under fire was without question. Numerous stories sprung up overnight and, in the messages, written back home to loved ones, told only part of the legend of the ANZAC warrior. The ANZACS carried that legend into the battle fields of the Western front where there was no question of the fighting abilities.

 The British, the French and American allies at the time were in awe of the Australian and New Zealanders in battle and there were many times when the ANZACS were put into the front line to resist the enemy. As the years went by, those who returned kept the promises made to their mates that if they survived, they would look after their mates’ families. As a result, the formation of Legacy and the Returned Services League (RSL) were formed to assist the families who had lost their loved ones on the battle fields of Gallipoli and that of the western front.

 The citizens of Australia and New Zealand outpouring of grief was such that many just could not cope the loss of its youth in such a short time. Busts of diggers, memorials, were to be found in almost every town in Australia and that of New Zealand. In 1934, the Shrine of Remembrance was officially opened by Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester (son of King George V) attracting a crowd in excess of 300,000 souls, who come to pay their respects to the fallen. Since that time, every RSL in Australia would stop and the ODE be heard in solemn silence.

 On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, all traffic in all the cities and town in both countries would come to a standstill and observe one minutes silence. As a youngster living in Windsor, a suburb of greater Prahran, I remember the police, standing in the street, stopping traffic and using their whistles if need to be to observe that minute’s silence. Those who lived near the town hall or government buildings looked up at the Australian flag of that period and saluted in our way. I am sad to say that I no longer see that respect being observed these days.

Today the defence forces of both nations have changed considerably throughout the years and now its common to see the see non-Anglo-Saxon names such as Papadopoulos, Kyritsis, Tsirigotis, Singh, Balsarini, Caligari, Solomon, Dougas, Kruse, Wasiu, Enchong, Lee, Nguyen and many, many more is a good demonstration how immigration have proven to be successful. Every member of the Australian and New Zealand communities who have served or continue to serve their nation in uniform, carry the ANZAC torch into the future. I foresee a bright future for both nations and look forward to ANZAC day with pride.


 Peter Adamis is a Writer/Journalist and Social Media Commentator. He is a retired Australian military serviceman, Industry organisational, Environmental & Occupational (OHS) & Training Consultant within the parameters of domestic and international political spectrum. Website: www. abalinx.com



 Peter Adamis
 is a Writer/Journalist and Social Media Commentator. He is a retired Australian military serviceman,
Industry organisational, Environmental & Occupational (OHS) & Training Consultant within the parameters of domestic and international political spectrum.
Website: www.abalinx.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

 

 

  
 

 



 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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