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...rock. The patrol leader followed, carrying the radio. On the way - according to some of the men - he dropped his M-4 automatic rifle, and when he reached the depression knocked the scout out of the way. "You don't do that,'' says the trooper. "It's not the Anzac way. And you don't leave your weapon.'' The trooper says the leader told the scout to fetch his rifle, which he did under heavy fire...
Growing up in sydney in the 1970s and 1980s, i saw Anzac Day simply as the day when the shops weren't open and we'd turn on the TV and watch the parade. It was about seeing a lot of old men on television and feeling sad for them. But although we learned about the history of the day from our teachers, I never really felt any affiliation with it. It was just a day off school. I joined the army in 1985, thinking I would do the normal three-year contract as a way of putting myself through...
...Over the years since then I've learned a lot more about our military's achievements. I gave a talk to some bright young women at Sydney Girls High School earlier this month about Anzac Day. I told them it's a day of celebration, and whether you are in the military or not, it's about how you contribute to our country and its future. And I think Australians see that. I took two of my children to the service in Martin Place in Sydney last year and we couldn't get near the Cenotaph - there were so many...
...When we came back from Indonesia I told my unit that this was another page in our history. Every year, particularly as Australia's commitment to the world grows, we are adding pages to our nation's history. Anzac Day is like that: it's not just about the First World War or Anzac Cove, it's about that being a defining moment in a history that we are adding to all the time. It's a day when we celebrate who we are and what we can be. To me, being an Anzac is not only about being...
Most of all, the Bloke does not whinge. This is a combination of whining and cringing, commonly associated with Britons. In the antipodes we like it gritty. This is why Australia's biggest national holiday--Anzac Day--marks its worst military defeat. We know how to take a beating...