ANZAC Day
 

The BBC news reminded me last night that today was ANZAC Day. I asked the "veterans" of my European history course if they remembred what today was -- and some of them did!

I googled ANZAC and came up with this quote from the last Australian survivor, Tom Matthews:

"If youve got a good enough reason to live, you just don't die."

He got to 100; I guess his reasons were good enough.

You lot Down Under, raise at least one Tooey's or Castlemaynes in their memory for me.

Bob Potter

another Anzac post
 

Hi BOB,

Here's a link for another thread started about ANZAC DAY I thought you might like to see that MAX HEDGES started:

http://mapleleafup.org/forums/showth...&threadid=3792

Karmen

The last surviving veteran from the Galipoli campaign was Alec Campbell, who died at the age of 103 in 2002. See http://www.anzacs.org/campbell.html for more info.

Thanks, Tony
 

The wording on the article was confusing. It sounded like Tom Matthews was the last surviving ANZAC who landed on the first day. I did see an article on Campbell while I was searching.

Still, the memory must be maintained. Some of us fight the fight in the classroom. It would be easier if parents fought alongisde us.

Bob Potter