Comments on: Five diggers laid to rest today http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/10/04/five-diggers-laid-to-rest-today/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:04:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Johan R. Ryheul http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/10/04/five-diggers-laid-to-rest-today/#comment-1765 Johan R. Ryheul Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:40:20 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/10/04/five-diggers-laid-to-rest-today/#comment-1765 <p>A large number of photo's and some You Tube clips can be found here, on the Dutch/Flemish WW I Forum :</p> <p>http://www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?t=10901</p> <p>It was a very moving service. The whole weekend we will be remembering the Anzacs who fought and especially those soldiers who gave their live for our freedom.</p> <p>We will remember them ! </p> <p>Johan<br /> Admin Dutch/Flemish WW I forum</p> <strong>Editor's comment: </strong> Many thanks for that Johan, lots of really great photos. I'll also put the link to this on the main blog post for this topic. Cheers, Craig. A large number of photo’s and some You Tube clips can be found here, on the Dutch/Flemish WW I Forum :

http://www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?t=10901

It was a very moving service. The whole weekend we will be remembering the Anzacs who fought and especially those soldiers who gave their live for our freedom.

We will remember them !

Johan
Admin Dutch/Flemish WW I forum

Editor’s comment: Many thanks for that Johan, lots of really great photos. I’ll also put the link to this on the main blog post for this topic.

Cheers,
Craig.

]]> By: Richard Lesh http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/10/04/five-diggers-laid-to-rest-today/#comment-1764 Richard Lesh Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:23:01 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/10/04/five-diggers-laid-to-rest-today/#comment-1764 One cannot emphasize enough the wonderful spirit with which the Belgians and French continue to respect and treat with great solemnity all aspects of the sacrifice made by Australians in WW1 for their respective countries. In August 2007 my wife and I travelled to France and Belgium to visit the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials. It was my first trip to these areas and I was overwhelmed at the emotion it produced in me. We visited the Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke and the "Zonnebeke Five" is a current exhibition which traces all aspects of this discovery and the associated detective work, well worth the visit. As well, a recently produced AWM film using mostly Frank Hurley footage was playing . It too is excellent, though in the context of the Zonnebeke museum it did somewhat overemphasize Australia's role. My only criticism on our trip was at Le Hamel, where the Australian Memorial is in a state of disrepair. We were there on 8 August. Next year on the same date is the 90th anniversary of the Schwarze Tag of the German Army and I can only hope that the slow progress of repair being carried out is completed by then. On a brighter note , the Australian Memorial at Villers Bretonnneux was in excellent condition. One cannot emphasize enough the wonderful spirit with which the Belgians and French continue to respect and treat with great solemnity all aspects of the sacrifice made by Australians in WW1 for their respective countries. In August 2007 my wife and I travelled to France and Belgium to visit the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials. It was my first trip to these areas and I was overwhelmed at the emotion it produced in me. We visited the Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke and the “Zonnebeke Five” is a current exhibition which traces all aspects of this discovery and the associated detective work, well worth the visit. As well, a recently produced AWM film using mostly Frank Hurley footage was playing . It too is excellent, though in the context of the Zonnebeke museum it did somewhat overemphasize Australia’s role. My only criticism on our trip was at Le Hamel, where the Australian Memorial is in a state of disrepair. We were there on 8 August. Next year on the same date is the 90th anniversary of the Schwarze Tag of the German Army and I can only hope that the slow progress of repair being carried out is completed by then. On a brighter note , the Australian Memorial at Villers Bretonnneux was in excellent condition.

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