knoath Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Couldn't get to the dawn service today, have paused to remember them though. Thanks for the pics, really helps to give you an idea of the hell that many endured. We will remember them. Lest we forget. Dick. Quote Cheers, Dick SCMR build thread Woodbrook Valley build thread "A Man's home is his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Be interesting to know ,do we have many vets as members of the forum? Me? Vietnam 69-70. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Terry, Thanks for doing your share, much appreciated. Quote 3 stooges, 2 apologists and 1 deep endless mess. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Of the 1418 crew on the Hood only three survived the action Bismark Hood Photo of the smoke cloud over Hoods position, probably taken from Prinz Eugen HMS Aurora Gazza,thanks for the photos,i haven't seen pics of thos ships for nearly 20 years,since the old man passed on.Where do you find all this stuff?Any way thanks again.cheers colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontheflipside Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Be interesting to know ,do we have many vets as members of the forum? Me? Vietnam 69-70. Terry Onya Terry. I wasn't called up (indefinite deferment was the letter I received - bit rusted now to be of any future help) but did loose a couple of mates over there. Quote I can't believe that I wanted to grow up Mount Salt Panorama Track Combined Road and Rally Track built near Salt Pan Creek Padstow - Sydney A quick build rally track 2017 WRP Round 11 at Mt Salt Panorama https://i128.photobu...zpss7sqiwfj.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 For those of you watching the history channel tonight .......... This was in the "Sydney Mail" 25th March 1915 Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontheflipside Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Some more great pics Gazza. This whole topic great to have another read today Edited April 24, 2010 by Ontheflipside Quote I can't believe that I wanted to grow up Mount Salt Panorama Track Combined Road and Rally Track built near Salt Pan Creek Padstow - Sydney A quick build rally track 2017 WRP Round 11 at Mt Salt Panorama https://i128.photobu...zpss7sqiwfj.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 6th Battalion A Comp B Comp D Comp E Comp G Comp H Comp South African Veterans Massed Bands 7th Battalion A Comp B Comp C Comp D Comp E Comp F Comp G Comp H Comp AIF Total Enlistments .......... 416,809 Total Embarcations ....... 331,946 Killed in Action ............... 39,908 Died of wounds .............. 13,601 Died of other causes ........ 5,832 POW & Missing ................ 4,057 Wounded ..................... 166,819 Sick & Injured ............... 88,170 Total Casualties ............ 318,387 NZIF Enlistments ................... 98,950 Deaths ......................... 17,000 At the out break of the war the then Prime Minister , William Morris Hughes, announced to Britain that Australia would give "To the last man and the last shilling". With a population at the time of only 4 million, well over 10% of the population and almost half the available male population (all volunteers) were in services, Conscription had been defeated twice and every one was a volunteer but that didn't stop some papers trying to shame others to join up, this one from Adelaide ........ It really is a sad pity that all the "mother's darlings" (or "mother's cowards") cannot be brought to a realisation of the great necessity of helping to keep their country free from an enemy... Oh! for conscription... Wake up young men and think of more than pleasure when the whole nation is bleeding for you and ask yourselves what are you doing in return? Then hide your shamed faces. ......... Total cost at the end of the war was 270 million Pounds and in 20 short years we were back to do it again. Most families lost someone they knew ........ some more than others Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 The poms had a very subtle way of recruiting .......... Through out the war the papers continued to publish photos of the killed and wounded in an effort to keep the ranks full The "River Clyde" was depicted as a "glorious action" ....... The real story is a little bit different .......... The SS River Clyde was a 4,000 ton collier built in Glasgow in 1905 and named after the River Clyde in Scotland. On April 25, 1915, the River Clyde was used as a Trojan horse for the landing at Cape Helles during the Battle of Gallipoli. The ship, carrying 2,000 soldiers, mainly from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 29th Division, and also, but often not mentioned, men from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers,was beached beneath the Sedd el Bahr castle at V Beach, Cape Helles, on the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula. However, the plan failed and the River Clyde, lying under the guns of the Turkish defenders, became a death trap. For the landing, the River Clyde was commanded by Commander Edward Unwin, a former merchant seaman and Royal Navy officer who had returned from retirement at the start of the war to command the torpedo gunboat, HMS Hussar, in the Mediterranean. The River Clyde had a battery of eleven machine guns from the Royal Naval Air Service under the command of Josiah Wedgwood mounted on the bow behind boiler plate and sandbags. Holes had been cut in the steel hull to provide sally ports from which the troops would emerge onto gangways and then to a bridge of smaller boats linking the ship to the beach. The hull was to be painted a sandy yellow as camouflage but the work was incomplete by the time of the landing. Three attempts were made to get ashore by companies of the Munsters, the Royal Dublins and The Hampshire Regiment but all ended in costly failure. Further attempts to land were abandoned and the surviving soldiers waited until nightfall before trying again. The efforts of sailors to maintain the bridge from the ship to the beach, and to recover the wounded, were rewarded by six Victoria Crosses. The recipients were Commander Unwin (aged 51), Midshipmen George Drewry (20) and Wilfred Malleson (18), Able Seaman William Williams (34), Seaman George Samson (26) and Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Tisdall (24) from the Royal Naval Division (RND). Of these men, only Williams died during the landing. Samson was severely wounded the following day. On his return to Scotland he was handed a white feather while wearing civilian clothes. Tisdall was killed on May 6 when the 6th (Hood) Battalion of the RND, made its advance along Kanli Dere during the Second Battle of Krithia. Drewry, Samson and Williams had come from the Hussar along with Unwin. Malleson, who died in 1975, served on the battleship HMS Cornwallis. After the Helles beachhead was established, V Beach became the base for the French contingent and the River Clyde remained beached as a dock and breakwater. Her condensers were used to provide fresh water and a field dressing station was established in the hull. She remained a constant target for Turkish gunners on the Asian shore. In 1919, after the war had ended, the River Clyde was refloated and taken to Malta for repairs. As a tramp steamer, she was operated by Spanish shipping companies for another 50 years in the Mediterranean under various names, the last being Maruja y Aurora. In 1965 there was an attempt to purchase the River Clyde for preservation but in 1966 she was sold for scrap instead and broken up at Avilés, Spain. An account of the action from some one who was there ...... http://ww1.osborn.ws...yde_landing.htm Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I've posted this early as i won't be here for ANZAC Day Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Lest we forget. Anzac Day 2011 Quote 3 stooges, 2 apologists and 1 deep endless mess. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoath Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Just got home from the Dawn Service (Melb). I took my oldest son with me (8yo) for his first year. This year saw a very thick fog blanket the city and added a very eerie mood to the event. I myself have no direct relatives who have served that I know of, but my niece (10yo) was selling badges for the RSL beside her Grandfather, whose Father trained soldiers in Darwin before they left for their deployment (I believe for WWII). It's my 6th ANZAC Day at the Shrine, and something that I hope both my boys will attend with me in the future. The kids need to know what sacrifices our Diggers made and continue to make for our great country. Lest we forget. Quote Cheers, Dick SCMR build thread Woodbrook Valley build thread "A Man's home is his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Lest We Forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slots Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Forget we shall not. Quote Stu Old racers race harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 To all who have contributed and shall continue to do so, and to those who remain, thank you. His Lordship's late father was Transport Division. Always among the first in and the last to leave. Enjoy your day boys. Quote Computers. They'll never catch on. Tiny Tyers Targa - The build saga continues - Aging wood - A recipe for staining wood - Don't take a fence - Step by step paling fence - An old shed for my new cars - Wooden garage under construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargate_SG1 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 been up since 2am , to be at the flag raising . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Fantastic to see the crowds growing each year with the spectators, very humbling to be an Aussie Lest We Forget Quote Resized to 83% (was 1006 x 146) - Click image to enlarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoath Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) Me I myself have no direct relatives who have served that I know of Actually... I remember my Nan telling me that my Great-Grandfather was responsible for disabling 4 tanks, shooting 16 men, blowing up 4 trains and 5 supply trucks... then they thought "Bugger it, we'll send him overseas!!!" Seriously though... thanks to all those who have and still serve. Edited April 25, 2011 by knoath Quote Cheers, Dick SCMR build thread Woodbrook Valley build thread "A Man's home is his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewycat Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Today was the first Anzac day without my father he served in ww2 on the Quickmatch witnessed the first a bomb drop on japan was involved in recusing allied pow's off the Japanese mainland and various other utterly unbelievable situations we will never see the like of his generation again and we are the poorer for it rest in peace pop lest we forget Quote Reality what a concept V32 member Slightly one eyed Ford fan Trying to perfect the obscure art of Zen slot car racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) Today was the first day I took the kids to the local ANZAC memorial service, it certainaly will become a fixture in our lives. They lost a great grandfather in WW2 as a gunner for the RAF in a bomber of Italy who my son Jack's second name is in honour of. Edited April 25, 2011 by Rob Quote Regards Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 3days late i know but LEST WE FORGET,also the 23 young men who have left us from the middle east.Thanks for the you tube vids gazza,Eric Bogle and Andy Stewart always sends a chill up my spine when i listen to those tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenlaar Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I know it's more than late, but I was in France on Anzac Day last year (Villers-Bretonneux) and thought i'd share some photos of the service. It was very moving to be there in the flesh, and will be definitely heading to the 100th anniversary of both Gallipoli in 2015 and back to Villers-Bretonneux in 2018. I was over in Holland visiting my family and made the trip into France, and headed towards Amiens the day before. I took my 2 uncles and cousin (who toured Afghanistan for the Dutch) and they were surprised by the patriotism that was shown by even the younger school children from Sydney who attended. At 3am we left the town and drove to the memorial, it wasnt that bad at all maybe 5deg C, sat down for a good seat (10th row aisle) and Kevin Rudd was the honourary speaker. Estimated 3000 people, realistically 5000 ! no seats left and standing on the sides up to 5 deep. Anyway here are some pics... Thankfully we were only about 300mt away... Now the weirdest part... about 2 months ago I started to compile my wife's family tree, and find out that her Great Grandfather fought in WW1 at Villers and was one of the lucky ones to return home.... A wonderful experience that you must place on your 'bucket list' Brendan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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