They went with songs to the battle, they were young ( Read more... )

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.
- "For the Fallen", Laurence Binyon

A brief history of ANZAC Day.Lest we forget ( Read more... )

If my entry on the day didn't make it obvious, it was ANZAC Day a few days ago. I was thinking about how it's really the only holiday anyone takes seriously here. On ANZAC Day, people will actually go to the Dawn Services and there's a whole bucketload of respect for our heritage and those who have fallen in war. In comparison? Australia Day's ( Read more... )

I have explained the history of ANZAC Day before, so today, I wish to simply honour those who did not return. All told, New Zealand suffered the most deaths per capita of any country in World War I (despite the fact conflict never touched our soil), and the Australian military suffered the highest rate of casualties of any military involved in the ( Read more... )