april 25th
 

I or one of the aussies usually throws up a thread for ANZAC day every year, I thought I'd go ahead and do it this year.

Some information:

[url:60428]http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/Anzac/Anzacday.htm[/url:60428]

[quote:60428]ANZAC Day (25 April) is observed in New Zealand as a day of commemoration for those who died in the service of their country and to honour returned servicemen and women.

25 April is the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in 1915. On the first anniversary of that landing services were held throughout the country in remembrance of the 2,721 New Zealand soldiers who died during the eight-month Gallipoli Campaign. Since 1916 ANZAC Day has evolved to the observance we know today.[/quote:60428]

[img]http://www.silkroadhotels.com/travelandtour/anzactour/anzact1.jpg[/img]

Basically, the day means a bunch in NZ and Aussie, it's our veterans day/remembrance day type deal...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest We Forget.

24th here...but I know its 25 in NZ....


Lest We Forget

ANZAC sounds like a prescription drug...

is it an acronymn for something?

ZANTAC day?

you're in the future?

[quote="Sgt. Paine":46ecb]ZANTAC day?[/quote:46ecb]

[img]http://www.researchresources.net/zantac.jpg[/img]

[quote="Sgt. Paine":bceae]ZANTAC day?[/quote:bceae]

Nice way to show respect annoy:


ANZAC was the name given to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey early on the morning of 25 April 1915 during the First World War (1914-1918).

Lest we forget

[quote=DreadHead][img]http://www.researchresources.net/zantac.jpg[/img][/quote:70b2e]

Lest We Forget

[quote=DreadHead][/quote:ec8fc]

annoy:

ANZAC = Australian & New Zealand Army Corps

[quote=Tripper] annoy:

ANZAC = Australian & New Zealand Army Corps[/quote:06a56]

you guys are two seperate companies correct? But you are all in the same army..thats pretty weird.

[img]http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/chucktupp/landing.jpg[/img]

lest we forget.

May the Aussies/NZers kick many an ass.


Lest we forget.

Anyone who has a day named after them deserve three cheers beer:

[quote:87b28]''When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.``[/quote:87b28]

[img]http://www.et.byu.edu/~wheeler/benchtop/pix/poppy2.jpg[/img]

[quote=Nyck]you guys are two seperate companies correct? But you are all in the same army..thats pretty weird.[/quote:aac0d]

It's a tradition between our two militaries that began at Gallipoli in 1915. It's a big deal this year even more so than usual because it's the 90th annivesary of that bond. The ANZACs fought together in most 20th century conflicts right up to Vietnam.....

Thanks guys for keeping this thread somewhat civil.....Means a bunch to me.

np tripper. Your our brother from another mother...land. It just became 4/25 here in the states. so I think I brought the day in approprietly and now I go to bed.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":beed6]np tripper. Your our brother from another mother...land. It just became 4/25 here in the states. so I think I brought the day in approprietly and now I go to bed.[/quote:beed6]

The US has 4 or 5 time zones.

est. 4 time zones.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":4c660]est. 4 time zones.[/quote:4c660]

5 ... hawaii and alaska

[img]http://purple.caltech.edu/lloyd/gfx/princess/vizzini.jpg[/img]
Australia is entirely peopled with criminals...

Could you please rephrase that into a coherent sentence, you wobbling great piece of shit.

raise your flag with pride, may they rest in peace

[quote="Eight Ace":21631]Could you please rephrase that into a coherent sentence, you wobbling great piece of shit.[/quote:21631]

He is reffering to how England shipped a lot of criminals to Australia during the 1700's and 1800's. Sent for any offence from somethign as small as theft, to larger offences such as murder.

beer:

Nothing but respect for the ANZACS, man.

/salutes

[quote="Short Hand":056ec][quote="Eight Ace":056ec]Could you please rephrase that into a coherent sentence, you wobbling great piece of shit.[/quote:056ec]

He is reffering to how England shipped a lot of criminals to Australia during the 1700's and 1800's. Sent for any offence from somethign as small as theft, to larger offences such as murder.[/quote:056ec]
yea, plus its a reference to "The Princess Bride"

thnx 4 helping us out in vietnam trippar!!! rock:

[quote=KTOG]5 ... hawaii and alaska[/quote:3cf4f]
continental. Usually AK and HI are left out of the majority of things.

[quote=CoMaToSe][quote="Short Hand":806f0]He is reffering to how England shipped a lot of criminals to Australia during the 1700's and 1800's. Sent for any offence from somethign as small as theft, to larger offences such as murder.[/quote:806f0]
yea, plus its a reference to "The Princess Bride"[/quote:806f0]

Well there was no need for it in the thread.

Thanks everyone else. It was an awesome day, went to a midday service at the local memorial hall with some buddies, SO many young people nowadays, it's very cool, very respectful. On tv they played ANZAC/Gallipoli documentaries all day, on like 4 channels.... rock:

too bad kids dont do that out of respect in the sates.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":f94ee]too bad kids dont do that out of respect in the sates.[/quote:f94ee]

Do you guys get the day off?

We do, and I think that contributes to it...Although for some reason this year's felt like a spectactular day of events, whereever I went, something about anzac day was on the tip of everyones toungue. I was very proud of my country yesterday.

ya we get certain days off like Presidents day, Independance day, x-mas etc. But usually people are more concerned about how fun the days are. And really its just Independance day thats really patriotic.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":bd150]ya we get certain days off like Presidents day, Independance day, x-mas etc. But usually people are more concerned about how fun the days are. And really its just Independance day thats really patriotic.[/quote:bd150]

I meant for your memorial/remembrance/veterans day....Do you get that off?

^ Yes, both Memorial and Veteran's day.

400 000 Canadians went over seas in World War 1. 60 000 gave their lives. November 11th is our day of rememberence. We do not get the day off, but we still hold services. I find it hard to find anyone who does not own a poppy.