“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Pic from www.awm.gov.au
SEE & HEAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Pz5KsyfN0….
Corporal Matthew Creek of the Royal Military College Band plays The Last Post at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. The Last Post is one of a number of bugle calls in military tradition that mark the phases of the day. In military tradition, the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day’s activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day….. Published on Apr 9, 2012
SEE http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Traditions/The-Ode
https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/customs/recitation/
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Gallipoli casualties (not including illness)….…….. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign |
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| Dead | Wounded | Missing & Prisoners | Total | |
| Ottoman Empire[5] | 56,643 | 107,007 | 11,178 | 174,828 |
| United Kingdom[228] | 34,072 | 78,520 | 7,654 | 120,246 |
| France[229] | 9,798 | 17,371 | – | 27,169 |
| Australia[230] | 8,709 | 19,441 | – | 28,150 |
| New Zealand[230] | 2,721 | 4,752 | – | 7,473 |
| British India[230] | 1,358 | 3,421 | – | 4,779 |
| Newfoundland[230] | 49 | 93 | – | 142 |
| Total Allies[228][230][229] | 56,707 | 123,598 | 7,654 | 187,959 |
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