Anzacs Tribute April 25th 2005

[Eric Salo]

Anzacs Tribute   April 25th  2005




For the Fallen
by Laurence Binyon


 They shall grow not old,
 As we that are left grow old.
 Age shall not weary them,
 Nor the years condemn




The Unknown Soldier


 That is surely at the heart of the Anzac story,
 the Australian legend which emerged from the war.
 It is a legend not of sweeping military victories
 so much as triumphs against the odds,
 of courage and ingenuity in adversity.
  

It is a legend of free and independent spirits
 whose discipline derived less from military formalities
 and customs than from the bonds of mateship
 and the demands of necessity.
  

Former Prime Minister of Australia,
the Hon Mr Paul Keating,
 at the Entombment of the Unknown Soldier
 at the Australian War Memorial, 1993
  




All the best,


Eric


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