‘Lest We Forget”..

[Tony Smith]

Let us also not forget that this is the anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong, the biggest battle fought by Australians since WW2, where 3RAR and the Canadians of 2PPCLI, supported by the NZ 25Pdrs of 16Bde RNZA fought an intense battle over 2 1/2 days where they were outnumbered 6:1, cut off, overrun and written off as annihilated, yet held the line and prevented a rout of the UN defences of Seoul.

Despite Australian losses of 32 KIA, Canadians 10 KIA and NZ 2 KIA (Forward observers in the 3RAR position), the communist forces lost over a third of their force and the Chinese Spring Offensive was broken, with the Chinese never able to venture that far south again during the war.

We remember not just the Aussies and Kiwis on Anzac Day, but all our Commonwealth Brothers-in-Arms .