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As an ex serviceman I always think quite a lot about those that fell (rightly or wrongly) before I joined and those that have fallen since on this day.
I have many memories of doing cenotaph duty at the dawn service in Martin Place in Sydney for several years whilst posted there. The months of training to do the drill so it appeared seamless and all in time being upper most in my memory and the last words of the staff sergeant telling us not to F... this up as we started our entrance into Martin Place.
Though I must say in those days (the early 80s) the crowds were a lot smaller due to the unpopular recent action of Vietnam. I still cannot hear the bagpipes without it arousing an emotional response.
So as others have said I say lest we forget or else we are condemned to make the same mistakes.
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