ANZAC Day – Gallipoli Centenary

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ANZAC for me is:
The dawn service at the Invercargill Cenotaph
Irish coffee at the Bluff RSA
Listening to the Last Post at Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium
Standing on Chunuk Bair in the Gallipoli Remembrance and crossing the Dardanelles with great mates
Being in Jonathan Tucker’s 1990 Invercargill Repertory production of Once On Chunuk Bair
Sprinkling Bluff water on Victor Spencer’s grave at Mud Huts in Belgium
Being with my Great Grandmother McCulloch, who lost a brother and a husband to the war, on ANZAC day

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6 thoughts on “ANZAC Day – Gallipoli Centenary

  1. Thank you for sharing these thoughts – just this morning my husband noticed ‘Anzac Day’ on a calendar here, and neither of us knew its significance. Your tribute is lovely and now we too will stop and remember your country’s and your family’s brave and honorable defenders.

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