Lest we forget.

[Dennis]

Thank you to all those who have served and continue to serve, along with your families and your loved ones.

Your courage and sacrifice have guaranteed us the freedoms we enjoy today.

Lest we forget.

Dennis.

[Rainmaker (Matt)]

Lest We Forget

[RB (Andrew)]

Lest We Forget

[Crater101 (Warren)]

According to history, the last shot of World War One was fired on 11 November, 1918.
During World War One, 61,720 Australians died and over 135,000 were wounded.

"At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
Lest We Forget."

[Dave882 (David)]

Lest we forget

[Startrek (Martin)]

Lest we forget
Grandfather served in France and Egypt with the light horse 1914 - 1918
Uncle was a POW in Changi 1942-1945
Dad was 12 when WW2 started so couldn’t actively serve

[h0ughy (David)]

To those in current and past armed services duties, thank you for your service and lest we forget

[JA]

In his pre-teen years my dad fought as an Italian Partisan in WW2. He's now 95 and taking it easy.

Lest we forget.
God bless them all.

[Buck]

A couple of entries in my father's diary while on active service in New Guinea - after retuning from active service in the Middle East in WW2.

Tuesday 16th Feb 1943

Whilst on “hurt party” at rifle range unlucky enough to receive fragmentation of .303 in stomach. Bullet struck iron stanchion of target and spattered. Morris struck on head and bled like a stuck pig, Whittle nasty gash in arm. Only when I was attending to others did I notice stomach covered in blood. Never felt it hit me. At hospital had a pleasant five minutes whilst the doctor probed for it. Found it on the fourth attempt and stitched the hole.

Tuesday 11th May 1943

On demolition job in town, pulling down wrecked buildings and incidentally scrounging anything worthwhile for the tent.
Air raid alarm, yellow, about 11.00 hrs and few minutes later the red. Left bomb alley (definite target spot) and moved a few hundred yds or so up to the next cross street. Standing in shade of coconut tree when we sighted nine bombers in perfect formation of threes. Over 10,000 ft., so Bofors didn’t open up. George Bowman mentioned the fact that in a few seconds they would be overhead and when in that position, we, immediately underneath, would be comparatively safe. Also mentioned that when on hearing the sound of a bomb falling you had roughly 4 seconds to make ground. However, before the “few seconds” passed, Keith Wilson gave a shout of “here they come” and with one thump we hit the ground, simultaneously with the “swoosh” of the bomb as it dropped. Landed about 150 yds away and the rest kept falling towards village of Mopah, so we were safe. One ammunition dump hit and explosions for about ½ hr filled the air as small arms ammunition burnt. Found out later, and saw for self, that anti-personnel bombs were used (daisy cutters), and about six houses along main street burnt out. Good bombing either side of the road, but owing to a queer twist of fate, a petrol dump that was hit failed to burn or explode. Remarkable and unexplainable. At end of raid one 62nd chap emerged from a deep drain on side of road covered in greuy mud. Made one glorious dive when heard the bomb falling. No sign of yanks during raid, gone to earth when yellow warning given, but one in a jeep made a bad mistake to be caught at the end of the red warning and the speed in which he travelled down main rivalled that of the jap’s planes.

Thanks Dad,

Paul