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Today Australian and New Zealand communities all over the world join together  for ANZAC Day. In 2015 we joined the ANZAC DAY dawn service at Kranji War Cemetery. Two years later to the day we find ourselves back in Singapore. Today is a work day and not a holiday here so I am reposting as I join in saying 'Lest we forget' Our service was held at the Kranji War Memorial Cemetery, Singapore,  hosted by the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners. We weren't alone, we left our hotel at 5.30am,  and arrive in a steady convoy of taxis,  it's way too early for the trains! We walk in silence. The 4,500 gravestones at Kranji,  emerge from the shadows in silent observation of events. Once there, it is a well organised, dignified affair. Public to the left and right, official guests and dignitaries, straight up the middle. The Anzac Day dawn service is the same the world over; a military order, school children and scouts, na...

Ukamirra is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning sunset. Today is Anzac Day Anzac Day billboard in front of Flinders Street Station, Melbourne Anzac Day  is a national  day  of remembrance in  Australia  and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all  Australians  and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Anzac _ Day Lest we forget Today Victoria Remembers.  In most ceremonies of remembrance across our nation  there is a reading of the Ode Poem: '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' For the Fallen: Laurence Binyon Thank you for joining me on my April A to Z Challenge U is for Ukamirra

Today we joined Australian and New Zealand communities  all over the world  for an ANZAC Day dawn service. Our service was held at the Kranji War Memorial Cemetery, Singapore,  hosted by the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners. We weren't alone, we left our hotel at 5.30am,  and arrive in a steady convoy of taxis,  it's way too early for the trains! We walk in silence. The 4,500 gravestones at Kranji,  emerge from the shadows in silent observation of events. Once there, it is a well organised, dignified affair. Public to the left and right, official guests and dignitaries, straight up the middle. The Anzac Day dawn service is the same the world over; a military order, school children and scouts, national anthems, wreath layers from all walks of life and usually a slightly dodgy bugler or bagpipe players, and despite the former, a haunting last post. Followed by an uplifting Gunfire Breakfast. ...

What date is ANZAC day? Answers: A. 28 April B. 25 April   C. 25 March D. 26 January E. None of the above You can’t become Australian without knowing the answer. It was one of the questions that had me thumbing through the answer booklet, during my on-line Australian citizenship practice test... I was excited to attend my first ANZAC Day ceremony, as an Australian citizen. Luckily jet lag worked in our favour, as we were in Hong Kong on a stop over.  We were up bright eyed and bushy tailed, at the crack of dawn. What is ANZAC day?  ANZAC Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. It was a typical dreary, slightly muggy, Hong Kong day as we gathered at the Cenotaph. The tall buildings of Central emerge statuesque in the half light of dawn, towering above the small monument below. The flags on the shine are limp and lifeless.  The t...