Have a dig for the diggers fella's

My word.

 

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Will be having an early night tonight. Dawn service in the morning then beers at the RSL and a bit of two up. Its these freedoms we take for granted that our fellow country men have fought and died for.

Never forget.

 

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Lest we forget these brave souls for the freedoms we enjoy

RIP my grandfather Colin who fought on the Kokoda Trail and also in Singapore

 

Nice work Gonz.

RIP to all the folks killed in the wars..

.....much prefer to see the Politicians, and Twatty British Officers who purchased their commisions in WW1, being slaughtered in hostile territory.

The Anzacs were slaughtered in the truest sense of the word.

 

Nowhere near to the extent of the English ****nuckle.
England 43,000
Australia 7594
NZ 2431

Research your topic before making grandiose statements ****:deal

 

my grandfather was a ****en character... other than shooting japs, he spent his time prospecting in New Guinea and got about 6 ounces of gold and opals before breaking his back in a logging accident and was saved by the fuzzy wuzzy angels... said he was on a stretcher whilst being shot at and those blokes never even thought about leaving him... my nan used to send him long necks of beer in hollowed out loaves of bread that he would trade for grenades and ciggies :rofl

as a kid i would wear his medals with pride... he had about 15 of them and i still well up thinking about how brave he was... i read a letter from a kid whose life he saved... the guy was 17 and my grandfather pulled him out of a river and ran nearly a km with him getting shot at with no way of defending himself

 

I'll paint a picture for you.. and YES, this is how things went.

Scene 1. The English garden.

A twatty spoilt little **** with well-to-do aristocratic parents is playing with his action figures on the lawn of a palacial British manor. Never having a single reason to accept responsibility for anything in his 20 years of life, the lonely paisty skinned, plum in mouth talking, uppity prancing brattish **** suddenly feels the need for war... In a demanding voice he yells...

"Mummy.. I want to be a Genewal" ... "I'll show them near-do-well's what a Bwave man I am"... '...and Mummy, a cup of tea please'..

Scene 2.. The Front..

A twatty English General with the stench of scotch on his breath parades his shiny white uniform towards the diggers from the height of a White Charger at canter.. Upon approach he utters in his finest spoilt brat pommy accent..

"Whoa Penelope"..... "There's a good horse.. Now, no pooh pooh's when I dismount pwease... It does embawass me!!"

Upon dismounting, the spoilt brat General demands.. "I am a Genewal.. you must sawute me..."

Two diggers turn to him and exclaim.. "**** off you ponce"
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Phil, as much as you might detest it, the common British officer was more than likely a spoilt little **** who purchased his commision. Whilst complaining about 'no clean water for their scotch', as diggers died in thier droves due to disease, and casualty rates soared in the slaughter yards- the propaganda machine kept printing out 'Glorious, Victorious and Heroic' headlines in the Oz newspapers.

Churchill bumbled around with 'send in another 5000 men' comments without thinking of anything to do with morals or blood shed... The bloke was a dope. Pure and simple. It just happened to a Mr. Murdoch (familiar name??? lol) who finally reported the autrocities in the local newspapers that stemmed the flow of volunteers and opened the eyes of Australians to the disgusting slaughter of thousands.. in a country we had no business being in in the first place. Now, with Murdoch making millions aware of the inhumane activities, the British wanted him tried for TREASON. For what????

Yes Phil, thousands upon thousands died from all countries.. Turkey itself had massive losses. The English casualties being enormous...

Perhaps some brains behing the bench would have been suited to those who made the decisions. They certainly failed in this issue. Perhaps Sir John Monash should have taken Churchills position... or the position of every serving British Officer.. He'd have filled the shoes quite easily.

 

Lest We Forget boys.

 

Just got up to watch dawn service crack a beer and have another $1000 on Kessler on betfair paying $1.77 ....... looks like all the poms backing froch hence the good price Kess.

P.S RIP diggers

 

P.S. It wasn't our war ****. :deal

 

Next time stick to the topic if you possibly can, idiot! Last time I read Australia declared war on the 4th of August 1914. Now I don't know what gutter you did your schooling in but the moment you declare war on someone it IS your ****ing war you spanner!

Pops - what is awesome is watching the news coverage of the Dawn Services with my boys after telling them what today is about, my 4 year old says he want's to go next year! I am a chuffed dad!