tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688441645485894936.post5116713534432160444..comments2023-10-04T01:23:20.411+11:00Comments on Banaghaisge: ANZAC DayBanaghaisgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239833799152483912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688441645485894936.post-53440105861606919382009-05-05T10:17:00.000+10:002009-05-05T10:17:00.000+10:00I think it's terrific we know what our families di...I think it's terrific we know what our families did for us, we have the War Records for some of our rellos and last night I ordered the WW1 records for my maternal Great Grandfather who I discovered was a Captain. My Dad fought at El Alamein and spent 25 years in the Army retiring as a Colonel, he's almost 93 and doing well.Pennie https://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688441645485894936.post-23968305752216087842009-05-04T11:42:00.000+10:002009-05-04T11:42:00.000+10:00Great stuff jasmine. Very well written, and the to...Great stuff jasmine. Very well written, and the tone just so. Not too maudlin, but none of that war is great stuff either. Would have made a good article for the weekend papers ay?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024818194249595884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688441645485894936.post-64524077006919797612009-04-26T13:19:00.000+10:002009-04-26T13:19:00.000+10:00My (pommie)father was too young for the first and ...My (pommie)father was too young for the first and too old for the second, and I don't think he ever forgave himself that his brother gave his life, also the husband of his favourite sister.<br />Lest we forget.<br />Lovely post. <br /><br />Lovely post,Birdydownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535089735964648581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688441645485894936.post-58433805185300930742009-04-25T18:29:00.000+10:002009-04-25T18:29:00.000+10:00Lest we forget indeed.
Lovely post,
GGLest we forget indeed.<br /><br />Lovely post,<br /><br />GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688441645485894936.post-88609286240364154652009-04-24T15:55:00.000+10:002009-04-24T15:55:00.000+10:00Jaz, Loved your family story and hold onto that su...Jaz, Loved your family story and hold onto that suitcase of photos. My maternal grandmother's only brother was killed at Leyte, Phillipines, when he was only about 19 or so. It took four months for his body to be sent back to San Francisco to be buried. He wrote lots of letters which my mom now has and is trying to organize. There was a book about Uncle Buddy's army company in Leyte that was included in the box of his stuff handed down. My dad happened to notice, while looking at the book last year, that the illustrations were done by a local art teacher/watercolor artist that my mom has known for 25+ years and was currently taking a class from. She emailed him and later brought the book for him to sign. It is an astoundingly small world still, sometimes!AnnieOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619125197850685345noreply@blogger.com