Ode Of Remembrance Anzac War Memorial

by Joan Stratton

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Ode Of Remembrance Anzac War Memorial

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Joan Stratton

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Mixed Media - Photodigi - A Blend Of Photography And Digital Art

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Ode Of Remembrance Anzac War Memorial by Joan Stratton - A simple statue of an Australian Imperial Forces WW1 Digger aka Anzac stands easy at the top of the column of Honour, listing the names of the fallen, his rifle resting in hand to his side butt resting on the ground, some statues have their rifles reverse arms used as a mark of respect at funerals and on occasions of mourning. He is looking out towards the rising sun with eternal hope in his eyes. He conveys meaning and sentiment that words may not convey, remembering our war dead, their honour, mateship, courage, sacrifice, respect and valour of our Australian and New Zealand Soldiers and Armed Forces.

The clock set at 0425 the time of the first landings on the shores of Gallipoli under the heavy fire of Turkish machine guns at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915, aka the landing at Gaba Tepe, or the Arıburnu Battle to the Turks. These landings began the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula and the land phase of the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War by the forces of the British Empire.

The Gallipoli land campaign which was abandoned eight months later in January 1916 with approx. 250,000 causalities on each side is often considered to be the beginning of Australian and New Zealand national consciousness. The anniversary of the landings ANZAC DAY, the 25 April, is our most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in the both countries, surpassing Remembrance Day (Armistice Day).

In honour of my maternal grandfather (Australian 2nd & 3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squad, 1st Double Squadron 1914-1919) and great grandfather (Australian 7th Battalion 2nd Regiment & 5th Battalion 1914-1915) fought in the First World War, along with numerous relatives and all who severed, especially to those who paid the ultimate price.

FOR THE FALLEN by Laurence Binyon
fourth stanza of the poem referred to as ODE Of REMEMBRANCE

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

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.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night.

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

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May 3rd, 2020

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