Anzac Day
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@JC haha no I dont recall that, was that in laurie Hall carpark too? Early 70s maybe? Building looks familiar and Parihaka in background?
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@taniwharugby said in Anzac Day:
@JC haha no I dont recall that, was that in laurie Hall carpark too? Early 70s maybe? Building looks familiar and Parihaka in background?
I don't recall it from my time in Whangarei either (1988-98)
This pic is the current location. The plaque is still there apparently
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@taniwharugby said in Anzac Day:
@JC haha no I dont recall that, was that in laurie Hall carpark too? Early 70s maybe? Building looks familiar and Parihaka in background?
Yeah right in that crappy corner at the western end. It must have been built in the early 70s at a guess to general derision. We may have been a town full of bogans but we knew shit when we saw it.
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Māori Battalion whānau set to receive medals 75 years on
At a ceremony today medals will be given to whānau of members of the Māori Battalion.
Well overdue
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Māori Battalion whānau set to receive medals 75 years on
At a ceremony today medals will be given to whānau of members of the Māori Battalion.
Well overdue
Very true. I got my Gulf War medal in the mail, was very pissed off!
Putting up with this sorta shit needs a bit more respect IMO! Not that it is a patch on what the WW2 guys went through
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@machpants said in Anzac Day:
Māori Battalion whānau set to receive medals 75 years on
At a ceremony today medals will be given to whānau of members of the Māori Battalion.
Well overdue
Very true. I got my Gulf War medal in the mail, was very pissed off!
Putting up with this sorta shit needs a bit more respect IMO! Not that it is a patch on what the WW2 guys went through
Shit mate, anyone who lays their life on the line for the sake of the rest of us at least deserves to get their medals presented in person
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@machpants said in Anzac Day:
Very true. I got my Gulf War medal in the mail, was very pissed off!
My ex-Father-in-Law had the same thing happen to him with his Oman medal - which he had to wait years to get. Was well pissed off.
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Lest We Forget.
There was something really special about last year's observation with the dawn vigil from your driveways.
Might do that again.
My post is prompted by this Twitty thread by Jim Kayes (who I have never forgiven for that poor taste crack about Alingi on the first episode of The Press Box all those years ago, but makes a good point here and in the following posts):
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Isn't there another thread? Sure the mods will join this up if necessary.
I do admit that I liked the driveway thing and will be putting the big poppy that we made back up tonight.
I don't want to lose the group show of support though so will probably still go up the road to dawn service.
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Isn't there another thread? Sure the mods will join this up if necessary.
I do admit that I liked the driveway thing and will be putting the big poppy that we made back up tonight.
I don't want to lose the group show of support though so will probably still go up the road to dawn service.
Is there? I couldn't see it. Sorry
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Isn't there another thread? Sure the mods will join this up if necessary.
I do admit that I liked the driveway thing and will be putting the big poppy that we made back up tonight.
I don't want to lose the group show of support though so will probably still go up the road to dawn service.
Is there? I couldn't see it. Sorry
This one
Surprisingly enough it's in off topic, rather than 'sports talk' where you've put this one, ironically
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A question please team.
Have taken leave today and just setting my out of office message, and I wanted to add some sort of salutation to recognise ANZAC Day, like you'd add "Have a Merry Christmas" etc.
Wishing a "Happy ANZAC Day" just doesn't seem appropriate, and adding "Lest We Forget" seems a bit pretentious coming from a pleb like me.
Appreciate thoughts.
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It will be a chilly one tomorrow but at least I'll been wrapped up warmly and won't be being shot at.
Hopefully the skies are clear because at dawn in Queenstown the Southern Cross sits right over the spot on the lake where the ceremony takes place. Pretty spectacular sight. -
A question please team.
Have taken leave today and just setting my out of office message, and I wanted to add some sort of salutation to recognise ANZAC Day, like you'd add "Have a Merry Christmas" etc.
Wishing a "Happy ANZAC Day" just doesn't seem appropriate, and adding "Lest We Forget" seems a bit pretentious coming from a pleb like me.
Appreciate thoughts.
Lest We Forget is fine by me
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@Machpants said in Anzac Day:
A question please team.
Have taken leave today and just setting my out of office message, and I wanted to add some sort of salutation to recognise ANZAC Day, like you'd add "Have a Merry Christmas" etc.
Wishing a "Happy ANZAC Day" just doesn't seem appropriate, and adding "Lest We Forget" seems a bit pretentious coming from a pleb like me.
Appreciate thoughts.
Lest We Forget is fine by me
Fine by me as well.
I do find it a funny phrase though.
"Unless we forget"?
I would think that "Let us not Forget" is more appropriate
