(2353 Thurs BST) In Australia, in Melbourne, it’s now +9 hours, so 0853 EST and so the dawn service is over. NZ is two hours ahead of that, Perth in WA two hours behind. (0031 Fri BST)

 

ANZAC Day Dawn Service?

The photo below is of the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance, with the city in the background.

It seems that people are still turning out for the commemoration of the assault on Gallipoli in 1915, under British donkey General Sir Ian Hamilton, along with other armies:

In the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, the Allied forces involved consisted primarily of British, Australian, and New Zealand troops, along with a French contingent and smaller units from India and Newfoundland. The main Allied force was the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF), including the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). The primary Ottoman forces were the Ottoman Fifth Army, with reinforcements from other divisions.

The old question arises … just how long does one commemorate a battle, after the last combatant has died?

Certainly the sons and daughters remember it, possibly the great grandchildren. Let’s say a combatant returned and married in 1920-22 … child was born about 1921.

That son marries 1946-48 and the grandchild is born maybe 1950. That grandchild marries or not around, say 1977 and the great grandchild is born just before 1980 … an early Millennial. His/her child is born around, say, 2010, a Gen Zee. The latest you could expect is the great grandchild, unless the event has become like Trafalgar, in which case it will be observed centuries later.

Unless … unless … sadly …

Unless protesters also turn up, shouting out that this is first tribes aboriginal land or leftwing brats turn up with Hamas flags. Which I believe did happen.

Back to that question … for how much longer? For how many decades more?

H/T News dot com