ANZAC DAY 25th APRIL, 2011 - THEIR SACRIFICE IS REMEMBERED

The Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane

 The annual commemoration of ANZAC DAY, the 96th commemoration of the Gallipoli landing  to-day, is growing stronger and stronger as Australians and New Zealanders honour the men of the original Australia and New Zealand Army Corps and all our soldiers, sailors and airmen who have died in the two World Wars,the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq Wars  and in Afghanistan in the defence of right.

Despite the dwindling numbers of veterans, as age takes its toll, the number of Australians and New Zealanders honouring them grows and grows even at shrines as far away as Gallipoli itself, and across France , especially at Villers Bretonneux.

It is at Villers Bretonneux that the remains of my Grandma Beckmann's brother Billy Wilson were re-buried after he was in fact blown to pieces at Armentieres by a German shell. I believe hardly any Australian or New Zealand family escaped being touched by the terrible slaughter of World War I. Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord.

The Flame of Remembrance at the Shrine