25 Apr 2016, 03:27#1
Lest we forget .. ANZAC day still means a lot to us Kiwis and Aussies when we remember our dead, I would include the SA soldiers from both world wars too seeing as how especially in the Western Desert in WW 2 they often fought alongside each other .They even played the odd game of rugby too it seems but thats just what 2 rugby mad nations do even in the midst of war I guess .NZ had a population of just over a million in WW1 and had over 100,000 serving ,42% of military aged men served and 17,000 were killed and 41,000 were wounded .12,000 died in WW2 .
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
25 Apr 2016, 05:25#2
The ceremony before the Highlanders/Sharks game was very dignified. As we look back on a hundred years since WW1, the last of the men who experienced WW2 are leaving us. It's inconceivable that European nations will fight their neighbors again. Sadly that ceasefire doesn 't include the rest of the world. We are in dangerous times once again.
JWJust_win
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JWJust_winCaptain18,570 posts
25 Apr 2016, 06:58#3
Glad we still have ceremonies to remember the lives given & changed in past wars. Visiting the grave of WWI and WW2 is a very sobering experience. Looking back it seems strange that NZ would send to many men so far to fight a war but that reflects the economic powers of the day & how the rest of us were aligned.
Res pect & thanks to all those who served & gave up their lives.
DEDenny
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25 Apr 2016, 10:56#5
Fallen Diggers helped change the history of the world.......long will we remember them.
DBDbDraad
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DBDbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
25 Apr 2016, 18:54#7
I surely hope that in a 100 years we don't have something similar, but it seems like we might be remembering even bigger sacrifices. Hope I'm wrong.
