A cross and a poppy for every soldier who didn’t come home.
The Spriggs Park memorial for the fallen of WWII
The eternal flame.
Categories: On Life
ANZACs – one hundred years and every year.
Looking Forward To
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At last the media is starting to show war as it really was and not glorifying it. We certainly need to have this day of remembrance for all those young men and women who went away 100 years ago, many thinking it was going to be an adventure.
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I hope you’re right, Pauline. But I think there’s quite a bit of simplification going on. All the focus at the moment is on Gallipoli. Terrible though it was, NZ lost many more soldiers on the Western Front, including tow of my great uncles, and two of John’s. Here’s a link to one of a series of very interesting posts from Mathew Wright about this subject.
https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/remembering-the-whole-of-new-zealands-first-world-war/
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Thanks for the link Jill, what an horrific number of wasted lifes
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Really like the eternal flame shot reflected on the glass.
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Me too, it’s my favourite.
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Very pleased to see the memorials in your area. Thank you.
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Thanks! Your post was a lovely tribute as well.
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