webfact Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Anzac Day service held in Kanchanaburi Breaking News April 25, 2019 19:32 By EPA-EFE // EPA-EFE PHOTO The Anzac Day ceremony at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery on April 25 marked those who died in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, principally in the Gallipoli landings in Turkey during the First World War and the Allied soldiers who died building the death railway between Thailand and Myanmar. // EPA-EFE PHOTO The railway was built for the Japanese during the Second World War using about 200,000 Asian labourers and more than 60,000 allied prisoners of war, among them thousands of Australians, New Zealanders, Dutch, British, Americans and forced labourers from several Asian countries. Many thousands died from overwork, violence, starvation and disease without proper medical facilities. Australians and New Zealanders remember their war dead at war sites across the world. // EPA-EFE PHOTO // EPA-EFE PHOTO Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30368386 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-04-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgarbo Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 What has the ill-fated ANZAC expedition at Gallipoli in WW1 to do the Death Railway in WW2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newatthis Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 32 minutes ago, jgarbo said: What has the ill-fated ANZAC expedition at Gallipoli in WW1 to do the Death Railway in WW2? Anzac day is a day of remembrance for all those Aussies and Kiwis who died in all wars; not just Gallipoli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Dog Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 7 minutes ago, newatthis said: Anzac day is a day of remembrance for all those Aussies and Kiwis who died in all wars; not just Gallipoli. On Anzac Day 1987 Hellfire Pass was dedicated after being reclaimed from the jungle by returning POW's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phredd Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 On one of the graves the Soldiers Wife had inscribed "One day, my beloved Husband, I may understand." I'm 74 and still don't. Mans inhumanity to Man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, jgarbo said: What has the ill-fated ANZAC expedition at Gallipoli in WW1 to do the Death Railway in WW2? Dead Aussie and Kiwi brave servicemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Phredd said: On one of the graves the Soldiers Wife had inscribed "One day, my beloved Husband, I may understand." I'm 74 and still don't. Mans inhumanity to Man! I have two relatives buried there and another still unfound. I'm 73 and i still don't understand either ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Lest we forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Hats off to the Aussie Embassy for doing a great job organizing this every year with support from the Kiwis. Also to CWGC which maintains the cemeteries in Thailand and in the rest of world superbly. I have an uncle who lies in a CWGC grave in Greece - died of wounds as a 23 year-old 2nd lieutenant in the Battle of Leros, cut off from the main force which they didn’t know had already surrendered to the Germans. Lest we forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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