Anzac Day
April 25, 2010
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
excerpt from "In Flanders Fields" - John McCrae (see link below)
(Image from Digger History web site - see below)
Full text of the Poems "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
and "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae (1872-1918)
Anzac Day Ceremonies - Dept. of Vetrans Affairs links to Ceremonies in Austrlia and overseas - 2010
Digger History - A History of The Poppy of Remembrance
Australian War Memorial - Commemoration, Red Poppies
Australian War Memorial - Anzac Day Tradition
Australian War Memorial - Gallipoli Pages
National Library of Australia - Despatches from Gallipoli
Australian Govt. Depatrment of Veterans' Affairs Site - Gallipoli and the ANZACS
Stories from 244 West Australians about their wartime experiences - ANZAC - A Grateful State Remembers
New Zealand perspective - New Zealand and ANZAC Day + link to the Gallipoli Campaign
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - CWGC site
Gallipoli Memorials - Gallipoli Graveyards and Cemeteries
Wikipedia - The Gallipoli Campaign
Australian Government, great links - Australia at War
Interactive 3D Documentary, ABC web site - Gallipoli the First Day
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