ANZAC Requiem
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Good morning, members!
As I have said in today's newsletter, we will be running a newsletter Dawn Service for those members of ours who have been unable to attend a Dawn Service. We will begin the service with an adapted version of the ANZAC Requiem, thanks to the incredible people at the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee. If you could please take a moment to read the ANZAC Requiem below.
On this day, above all days, we remember the Australian men and women who died or suffered in the great tragedy of war. On the morning of April 25th, 1915, Australian and New Zealand troops landed under fire at Gallipoli, and it was then and in the violent campaign which followed, that the ANZAC tradition was forged. The elements of that tradition have inspired and offered an enduring example to later generations of Australians.
Each and every year we pay homage not only to those original ANZACs, but to all who died or were disabled in their service to this beautiful country. They enrich our nation’s history. Their hope was for the freedom of mankind and we remember with pride their courage, their compassion and their comradeship. They served on land and sea and in the air, in many places throughout the world. Not only do we honour the memory of those Australians who have fallen in battle; we share the sorrow of those who have mourned them and of all who have been the victims of armed conflict.
On this day we remember with sympathy those Australians who have suffered as prisoners of war, and those who, because of war, have had their lives shortened or handicapped. We recall staunch friends and allies, and especially those of the first ANZAC Day. May we and our successors prove worthy of their sacrifice.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, members. Next up in our newsletter Dawn Service we have an extremely special ANZAC Day Poem which was written by one of our very own members, Dennis Ringrose, Ex Sherwood Foresters & Royal Warwickshire Regiments. You can read Dennis' touching poem by clicking here.
As I have said in today's newsletter, we will be running a newsletter Dawn Service for those members of ours who have been unable to attend a Dawn Service. We will begin the service with an adapted version of the ANZAC Requiem, thanks to the incredible people at the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee. If you could please take a moment to read the ANZAC Requiem below.
On this day, above all days, we remember the Australian men and women who died or suffered in the great tragedy of war. On the morning of April 25th, 1915, Australian and New Zealand troops landed under fire at Gallipoli, and it was then and in the violent campaign which followed, that the ANZAC tradition was forged. The elements of that tradition have inspired and offered an enduring example to later generations of Australians.
Each and every year we pay homage not only to those original ANZACs, but to all who died or were disabled in their service to this beautiful country. They enrich our nation’s history. Their hope was for the freedom of mankind and we remember with pride their courage, their compassion and their comradeship. They served on land and sea and in the air, in many places throughout the world. Not only do we honour the memory of those Australians who have fallen in battle; we share the sorrow of those who have mourned them and of all who have been the victims of armed conflict.
On this day we remember with sympathy those Australians who have suffered as prisoners of war, and those who, because of war, have had their lives shortened or handicapped. We recall staunch friends and allies, and especially those of the first ANZAC Day. May we and our successors prove worthy of their sacrifice.
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