ANZAC Day 2011 - Share your photos!

[Private_collector]

It's that time of year again when we have opportunity to pay our respects to those men & women who gave so much, and those that ultimately gave their lives.

Poor weather and Easter weekend seem to have conspired to diminish the crowds in Gympie this year. This was mildly disappointing, but still decent numbers turned up to enjoy the march. Rain fell for entire period of the parade and those of us that participated...........well we got a bit wet.

Some damp clothes is a very small price to pay when you think about it!

This year saw the inclusion of a beautiful Blitz FAT restored by Gympie local, Mr Lloyd McCarthy.
I believe this is the first time this truck was displayed in a Gympie ANZAC Day parade. Try as I might, Lloyd seemed to duck every attempt for me to catch a decent photo with his truck. That, combined with a dodgy camera kept the number of good photos low.

Next year......New camera.



Oh yeah, some guys had jeeps too.............guess they couldn't get hold of a Blitz

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Albury Parade seems to be bigger every year, no matter what the weather (superb today) or the Holiday arrangements.
Some attempt to cordone off the bystanders from the road this year, which made it a little lonely out in the middle, with many off the calls to my diggers being missed unless yelled at full voume. Due to Melb. incident last year I suspect.
Horses lead off, with a fine flyover by the KittyHawk, up the main street to Monument Hill and return, followed shortly after by the the Harvard. Terrific sounds and appreciated by all (except maybe the horses...)
We only ever use open smaller vehicles, which keeps the diggers in full view, and in attempt to make it easier to get in and out of. Would hate to see a digger falling off a ladder! This means I will never parade the Blitz or the Humber, but the Champ does its bit.
We also nipped back over the Border and did Wodonga Parade, my passenger served in both the German Army, and Australian Army. Unusual career.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DIGGERS
Rich.

[hrpearce]

Great weather in Batlow today, 3pm march, crowd about the same as last year.

[Keith Webb]

That vehicle is absolutely amazing. What a credit to Lloyd.

Would love to see more pictures of it.

[Private_collector]

I hear you Keith,

I would have loved to take dozens of pics of this, BUT my digital camera chose ANZAC Day to fail!
Having tried numerous times to remedy, and having nil results, I had to make do with the ones which are now posted on MLU.

I retrieved all usable photos from the camera the moment I got home.

If anyone would like a free digital camera with 5mp, by all means drop in here anytime........and bring your SCUBA gear, it's lying in about 20ft of water at bottom of my dam.

GOOD LUCK, Jacques!

Where is everybody elses postings?

I know we Australians and New Zealanders all went to an ANZAC service somewhere.

P.S: Don't forget to keep a set of F60 plates for me Keith.

[Bob McNeill]

Great day, for the first ever, our son AND my dad got to march TOGETHER, the weather held off for most of the march in Sydney, with light showers nobody cared. Dads unit folded thru lack of living members two years ago, so Ian asked him to march with him and his unit, both very proud to say nothing about me and Marg.

[Ken Hughes]

ANZAC Day here in Dunedin ,South Island New Zealand,sorry no photos,but we had a very good turn out for the dawn service in Dunedin,formed up by 0615 hrs ,i was privilleged to march with the vetrans this year, and the service was under way by 0630hrs .
This year we had reps from England,Australia as well as New Zealand there,with their flags and anthems being sung!.
It was bloody cold at dawn and afterward we went to HMNZS TOROA (a shore establishment)for a well enjoyed breakfast and warm up ,it was good to catch up with old shipmates as well and tell lies etc.
We travelled by C8AX Ambulance and were the only old military vehicle there,a very poor turnout from the local club this year

[Jeff Gordon]

I do a parade at Gaythorne RSL at 6am
then my local Samford one at 8am
then off to Brisbane city for the big one.
This year I did two trips around on the first trip I had a nice guy who was a POW for 3 years and was in great condition. In the photo attached.

The second trip I had a post war RAAF police officer and a hell of a nice guy too.

Half way through the parade a elderly female nurse marching said she could no go any further so an ambulance officer picked her up and put her in the back of a Jeep in front of me and the crowd cheered like mad!

We had a great club turn out.
approx 25 Jeeps
Chev staff car
C15 chev
dodge 3/4 ton radio van
studie 6x6
post war gmc 6x6

Cheers
Jeff

[Darrin Wright]

Hi all,
well on the 25 Apr it was ANZAC Day in Melbourne, I took in my Dodge Command Car and there were a couple of other Dodges, some Landrovers and quite a few Jeeps. The morning started off very foggy and cold, but the sun did come out and it was an excellent day. I managed 2 trips down the parade route with old diggers (veterans) in the back waving to people and thier friends.
I had one old Polish veteran come up to me and confirm that my vehicle was a Dodge Command Car, he then went on to tell me that he drove them through Europe during the war and that he preffered to drive the 6x6 Dodge as it would stop in the snow and ice. The little 4x4s would jump/bounce and skip across the ground- too rought!
I also had the son of a US veteran come up to me and he said that he had never actually seen a Dodge Command Car and that his father was a supply officer in a supply company in an Artillery Regt in Patton's 3rd Army and his dad used to sleep across the front seat of the Command Car.
All very interesting.

[jim sewell]

For Anzac day in Perth we mustered 10 jeeps, 3 Land Rovers, 2 Champs and a Blitz.
Jim S.

Hanno, note the Badge on the grill.
Jim

[Ganmain Tony]

Drove my truck from Ganmain to Batemans Bay for Anzac Day.

Not far....about 10 hours by Blitz with a very hospitable stopover at Yass which happens to be the halfway point in the journey.

Took my Grandfather (who is a 21st light horse veteran of WW2) in the parade.

This is the second year Ive been able to do this. A very lucky and fortunate moment for me.

Good way for the old girl to get the acid test as well.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by jim sewell

Hanno, note the Badge on the grill.

Jim!

Excellent to see that badge on a proper army truck on a day like that.

Thanks,
Hanno

PS: if one looks closely, one can see the KTR badge on Jim's Chevrolet grill in the picture below:

Originally Posted by zemsi

... another Aussie MLUer who's convoying with Lang. Jim and Sandy from Perth