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Subject: [Leica] ANZAC day
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:40:45 +0930
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Fantastic piece of history Geoff.  There is a family resemblance; I
would have guessed that fellow on the lest was your relative had I
been asked.

Tomorrow I'm going to have a drink and think about the dozen or so of
my relatives who enlisted and saw active service.

Marty


On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> During World War One, Australian and New Zealand Forces served with
> distinction. On April 25th 1915 they were part of forces landing at
> Gallipoli for a long and brutal campaign that was ultimately unsuccessful.
> That date is now known as ANZAC day and commemorates the service of all of
> our military from that day forward.
> My Grandfather, Walter Spencer Waugh, served his country from 1914 to 1919
> and fought in the Gallipoli campaign as well as what was then known as
> Palestine. The Australian Light Horse is perhaps best known in that last
> campaign for taking part in what was perhaps the only mounted infantry
> charge in history at Beersheba against Turkish forces. Although mounted 
> they
> were not equipped as cavalry and charged the Turkish positions with only a
> long bayonet in hand.
>
> In the National Archives of Australia, our family was able to find a
> photograph of my Grandfather with his mates, roasting 'liberated chickens'
> on their bayonets over an open fire in a desert position. I have done
> considerable restorative work on a scan that I was able to obtain. My
> granfather enlisted as a Private and was ultimately commissioned to
> Lieutenant, surviving the War. He is at the left of this photograph
> http://www.pbase.com/image/123893253
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
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