ANZAC's Landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula,
from that moment on, they were doomed.
Never let it happen again,
"PEACE" is the only answer.
Remember over 8000 ANZAC's NEVER came back
from that one campaign alone
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun,
and in the morning
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
LEST WE FORGET
you'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me..............
and they're ghosts maybe heard as you march by that billabong............
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me!
Australian Memorial Park Fromelles
The Park is situated around the remains of fortifications on the part of the German line, which was captured by the 14th Australian Brigade and held overnight on 19-20 July 1916. The Park and the nearby VC Corner Cemetery, some 3 Kms from Fromelles, in northern France, are 8 Kms south of Armentieres, and 16 Kms west of Lille.
The central feature of the Memorial Park is the sculpture "Cobbers" by Peter Corlett of Melbourne. The sculpture is based on 3101 Sergeant Simon Fraser of 57th Battalion, a 40 year old Victorian farmer turned soldier who rescued many men from the battlefield, carrying a man of 60th Battalion. Later, Fraser, as a Lieutenant of 58th Battalion, was Mentioned in Despatches before being killed at Bullecourt on 12 May 1917. His name is recorded on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux.
Keep "COBBER" alive
The oxford dictionary wants to get rid of the Aussie slang term "cobber" meaning mate.
If we keep using it they cannot get rid of it so say hello to a cobber once a day and
Keep "COBBER" alive
Another cobber, Simpson & one of his Donkeys
Created by Jeffrey Hardman in Loving Memory of my Grandfather Trooper Jack "Ironbark" Ryan
may he and all ANZAC's that have passed on, Rest in Peace Lest We Forget
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