PRAISE FOR ANZACS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18388, 4 May 1934, Page 7

PRAISE FOR ANZACS

SIR lAN HAMILTON’S ADDRESS SYDNEY, April 27. Sir lan Hamilton's Anzac Day message, broadcast from London at 4 p.m. was relayed throughout Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. On July 30, 1914, Sir lan Hamilton said, Sir John French (who later became Lord French) wrote to him saying that the two of them should stand side by side again, as they had stood beiore, and that lie would never forget the glorious little battle they fought together in the Boer War. However, when lie pressed their long-standing friendship later in order to get reinforcements for Gallipoli, Sir John Front'll was told there was nothing doing in that connection.

Sir lan said lie hail never seen soldiers fight as the Anzacs fought at the Dardanelles. Wolf’s capture of the heights of Abraham was easy compared with the work done at Gallipoli. He hinted that they were on the verge ol a wonderful victory, and would have achieved it with the aid of reinforcements. The Turkish Eimpiro for a few hours was rocked to its foundations.

In describing Anzac Day in London, -Sir lan said the old country was breaking all records. There were wonderful flowers at the Cenotaph and the church services were crowded. Sir William Birdwood was there paying, his tribute.