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Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
[B]And the Indians, Turkish, French, British...
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The point was that New Zealand is a part of ANZAC Day rememberence also. Spartak was not trying to diminish the sacrifices made by people elseware, he was raising awareness that this is not an Australian only holiday. Too many people forget this or don't care, because they think that New Zealand is say, the Hawaii of Australia. They're more the Canada to our United States.
ANZAC Day mainly commemorates the failed invasion of Gallipoli in WWI.
My grandfather and his four brothers served in WWII and my uncle served in Vietnam. Every ANZAC Day my uncle takes his grandson to the dawn services. If it wasn't for the respect i have for him i wouldn't be considering the military as a viable option for a career.
Lest we forget