"ANZACS." .
Apropos of the prohibition of the word "Anzac" lor trade and other purposes, "Punch" has tho-following: THE REAL ANZAC. There are plenty- of slouch-hatted soldiers in town Doughty and debonair, stalwart and brown; Some are from Weymouth or Salisbury Plain, Others have "pushed" in^he Western campaign; Call them "Overseas soldiers" or ' 'Down-under men, Declare that each one is as daring as ten; Call them "Cornstalks" or "Fernleaves"—all out for a fight— But don't call them -Anzacs, for that isn't right. The Anzacs—their ranks arc but scanty all told— Have a separate record -illumined in gold. .Their blood on Gallipoli's ridges they i poured, Their souls with the scars of that struggle .ire scored; ; ' Not many arc left, and -not many are ' sound, And thousands lie buried in Turkish ... ground. These are the Anzacs- the others may claim j Their zeal and their spirit, but never their name. -j
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Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14298, 28 December 1916, Page 2
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149"ANZACS." . Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14298, 28 December 1916, Page 2
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