ANZAC CELEBRATION
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In approximately a month’s time we shall be commemorating Anzac Day, on which our loved ones fell for others. We will always remember them, but their war is over. Their comrades returned, but is their war finished? No'. A large percentage are fighting yet for loved ones (children, etc.) and for existence. They were there first to help us, but are we there to help them? Soon we shall be remembering two great sacrifices—the Crucifixion and the fallen dead—so with the atmosphere of these occasions Jet us bring to memory these words, “ Peace on earth, goodwill towards men,” and do a little in return for the wounded and all those in poor circumstances who returned. War is an abominable curse, organised to satisfy the greed of different bodies and nations, so let us hope we shall not see the time again when ploughshares are beaten into swords. It’s carry on and carry on, And carry on all day, And if they cannot carry on They’ll carry them away, To slumber sound Beneath the ground, Poor soldiers, dead and gone, Till Gabriel shouts on Judgment Day, “ Get out and carry on.” I am, etc., L.A.P. March 30.
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Evening Star, Issue 21992, 30 March 1935, Page 19
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202ANZAC CELEBRATION Evening Star, Issue 21992, 30 March 1935, Page 19
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