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The anniversary of Gallipoli is ANZAC Day.
Which is as it ought to be; each country that sent men and women into the meat grinder that was the First World War has its signpost, has the memory of one battle which stands for all the pain and loss and shame and stupidity and horror of that war. For Canadians, it's Ypres. For Australians, it's Gallipoli.
Nevertheless, there were Canadians -- well, they are, to our great benefit, Canadians now -- at Gallipoli. The Royal Newfoundland were there.
And on that excuse, and because relatively few of my Australian friends have the webspace and bandwidth to post mp3s, I shall, with apologies for any presumption on my part, and for the fact that this version is,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
damned_colonial tells me, Just Wrong, take the liberty of posting this for Anzac Day:
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda...
Which is as it ought to be; each country that sent men and women into the meat grinder that was the First World War has its signpost, has the memory of one battle which stands for all the pain and loss and shame and stupidity and horror of that war. For Canadians, it's Ypres. For Australians, it's Gallipoli.
Nevertheless, there were Canadians -- well, they are, to our great benefit, Canadians now -- at Gallipoli. The Royal Newfoundland were there.
And on that excuse, and because relatively few of my Australian friends have the webspace and bandwidth to post mp3s, I shall, with apologies for any presumption on my part, and for the fact that this version is,
damned_colonial tells me, Just Wrong, take the liberty of posting this for Anzac Day: And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda...
