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Why we should all remember ANZAC Day

Steve Kyritsis, President of the Hellenic RSL Sub-Branch in Melbourne Victoria, gives his opinion on the importance of ANZAC Day

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Why we should all remember ANZAC Day
13 Apr 2012
Steve Kyritsis
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ANZAC DAY is a day of remembrance, a day of great sadness, a day embedded forever in the Australian psyche. A time when leaving ones shores was an adventure to fight the good fight. The pain, the sorrow the grief and the absence of loved ones can never be replaced by monuments or words carved in stone. But they who have fallen will always be remembered in the hearts and minds of the Australian people. Their day is ANZAC Day. Therefore spare a thought for those left behind to pick up the pieces while their loved sleep in distant lands far from home. We Australians of Hellenic origins recognize only too well the sacrifices a nation must undertake to preserve the word "freedom". There are many of Australia's sons buried in the bosom of Greece, the islands of Crete, Limnos, Cyprus and in the hearts of all Hellenic people. May this year be the year where we recognize each other as brothers in arms and remember the fallen of a bygone era. Lest we forget. Peter Adamis - An Ordinary bloke - Watsonia
Submitted by Abalinx on Fri, 2012-04-20 22:04.
ANZAC Day is in so many ways holy within the Australian culture. It is engraved in the very fabric of our nation. It is not a day where we honour death and destruction, where we idolise killing but where we pay our respects to those brave people who sacrificed so much so that we could live happily and safely today. It commemorates battles where Greek Australians were themselves involved, fighting under the Australian flag for their new nation. But it also represents every other conflict where Australians have been involved. I joined the Australian Navy as a young adult but I never went to war. My father served with Hellenic forces in Korea and was wounded. I am Secretary of a RSL branch where most of my members saw service in World War 2. Men who went to war as even younger men than the age that I joined up. Men who never wanted war but only to serve and protect their nation, their homes, and the future for their families. Steve Kyritsis' article is a great homage to these valiant men. He has written something that honours their service. On their behalf, we all thank him.
Submitted by atkenos on Sun, 2012-04-15 07:20.

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