Quote Originally Posted by nedwalk View Post
i,m happy to report beano, that i was more than impressed by the turn out here at the dawn service, for a country town per capita i reckon it was huge, and more so the young faces in the crowd,and although the numbers and ranks are thinning, the nrxt generation were marching proudly, i grew up seeing the poor old buggers who were gassed on flanders field march so proudly to be replaced by the brave soles who did the kokada trail [my unkles] and now the poor buggers on 'peace' keeping duties includeing my brother in law,
yep for most it is just a day off, but there as many remembering what the day off is all about
My dad was always heavily involved in the RSL and Anzac day was the big day of the year. He almost single handedly ran a footy "lightening premiership" to raise money for the widows and servicemen of returned soldiers for years.
He lives in the city now, but he'd have been there today at the dawn service. He was never a man for the main march, doesn't like the drinking afterwards.
Funny, when I was 20 the government put all our birth dates in a barrel and if your birthday came out it was Nasho and off to Vietnam for you. I suppose missing out on that was my once in a lifetime lottery win.