Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well done, Geoff. I always was particularly moved when seeing AU and NZ graves at Arnhem, a place I visited every year when I lived in the Netherlands. I mean, European and British graves is what you expect, but to see people who came from the other side of the world to help liberate us and made the ultimate sacrifice is very poignant indeed. Cheers, nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Apr 24, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > During World War One, Australian and New Zealand Forces served with > distinction. On April 25th 1915 they were part of forces landing at > Gallipoli for a long and brutal campaign that was ultimately unsuccessful. > That date is now known as ANZAC day and commemorates the service of all of > our military from that day forward. > My Grandfather, Walter Spencer Waugh, served his country from 1914 to 1919 > and fought in the Gallipoli campaign as well as what was then known as > Palestine. The Australian Light Horse is perhaps best known in that last > campaign for taking part in what was perhaps the only mounted infantry > charge in history at Beersheba against Turkish forces. Although mounted > they > were not equipped as cavalry and charged the Turkish positions with only a > long bayonet in hand. > > In the National Archives of Australia, our family was able to find a > photograph of my Grandfather with his mates, roasting 'liberated chickens' > on their bayonets over an open fire in a desert position. I have done > considerable restorative work on a scan that I was able to obtain. My > granfather enlisted as a Private and was ultimately commissioned to > Lieutenant, surviving the War. He is at the left of this photograph > http://www.pbase.com/image/123893253 > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >