Anzac day here in Australia

smiley said:
they're just splitting hairs - ignore them and my apologies as a grown on the vine aussie?? I do feel strong emotions during the day ANZAC though I was born elsewhere - but my always enduring tear producing sorry is for all the horses maybe bare one who were left behind either to be given to a few locals or more often needed to be shot and killed because the aussie govt wouldn't pay for their transportation home - they had however paid for them to go to war and sometimes die for Australia - I mourn; mourn and mourn
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The truth about what happened to the war horses of the Australians in WW 1 can be found here -

They shot the horses – didn’t they? | Australian War Memorial
 

Kadee said:
I just googled how long will an Anzac biscuit last and it said 5 days …..rubbish …in some cases they took weeks to reach solders ….and I’ve kept then for weeks in an old biscuit tin @Warrigal
I believe they were sent to serving solders in tins.

My hubby was named after his uncle who died in the war ,and visited his uncles grave in Adelaide river cemetery in Darwin
His uncles name is also on the wall in Canbera and we’ve been there each year for the last 3 years ( in winter ) and someone places a poppy on his uncles name each year.
He was hubs ~ fathers only brother
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I have located, on the Wall of Remembrance, the names of two of my father's brothers who didn't return for WW II. I place a poppy for each uncle every time I visit Canberra.
 

smiley said:
I'm too emotional to read that - is it wot I said in a nutshell?
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No, it is not. Some older horses were put down. The story of the rest can be read in the historical account. It is nowhere near as harrowing as we have been led to believe.

As well as horses, the donkeys used to carry supply to the troops were a problem when the war ended. I heard that they were all euthanised but now I have my doubts.

I will endeavour to find the answer.

Edit - I've found a reference that talks about the fate of donkeys in WW 1

The Tragic Fate Of Donkeys In World War I: A Devastating Loss On The Frontlines | PetShun
 
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In 2015 we were at Gallipoli at the tail end of the 100th anniversary celebration of the battle. There's a definite feeling of reverence and sorrow there.

A plaque there says:

‘THOSE HEROES THAT SHED THEIR BLOOD AND LOST THEIR LIVES… YOU ARE NOW LYING IN THE SOIL OF A FRIENDLY COUNTRY. THEREFORE REST IN PEACE. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JOHNNIES AND MEHMETS TO US
WHERE THEY LIE SIDE BY SIDE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY OF OURS… YOU, THE MOTHERS, WHO SENT THEIR SONS FROM
FARAWAY COUNTRIES WIPE AWAY YOUR TEARS; YOUR SONS ARE NOW LYING IN OUR BOSOM AND ARE IN PEACE. AFTER
HAVING LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS LAND THEY HAVE BECOME OUR SONS AS WELL.’

KEMAL ATATURK
 
Thanks Kadee. It's been quite a few years since I visited Canberra and the War Memorial Museum. I've not seen several of the features in your photos.
 

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