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[@paulschmehl2124]

I noticed, when editing my videos recognizing ANZAC Day, that I never once mentioned the Kiwis. I never meant to slight their sacrifices, and I want to recognize them now. They stood shoulder to shoulder with the diggers and fought bravely.

[@noone6559]

Our Kiwi brethren are our cousins and also brothers/sisters..... we stand together even when we fight over Rugby and pavlova :D

[@Prsboy78]

Thank you for your service Sir. Anzac Day is our day and I thank you for your reactions to the songs that we listen too and share every year in hopes that the Anzac Day march/parade will continue. My family attends the dawn service and the parade every year in honour of the Anzac spirit and three generations of our families service. Lest we forget.

[@zakhanson5720]

Lest we forget. Thank you to all who have will and may fight for their respected country. Your all bloody legends

[@kathdavies1220]

Aussies and Kiwi's will always have a special relationship.❤

[@davidhuett3579]

@@noone6559 Australians have fought side by side with our Kiwi bothers and sisters .. and we always will be there for each other .. we are family!! But when it comes to Pavlova .. we invented it!!🙄

[@shezza66]

Australia’s population in 1914 was 4.9 million. Australia loss over 60,000 with over 156,000 injured in WW1 so a large proportion of the population. My grandfather who was only visiting Australia when war broke out joined up. He survived Gallipoli but was wounded on the western front in 1917. He was given 6 months to live due to his injuries and waited 12 months before marrying my grandmother. He died 1974. Lest we forget

[@eclecticapoetica]

that’s 1.2 % of the entire population that died, possibly up to 6% of the male youth of Australia. that’s a hell of a lot.

[@jamesgudgeon4868]

A shout out to the New Zealand Diggers 🇳🇿 too 5:08 😢

[@ant13665]

yeah, they go all right.

[@davemcdonald10]

Yep we love our kiwi brothers just don't tell them

[@ScruffyIsMyName]

Thank you. Unlike other countries, we don't celebrate our victories, we commemorate our fallen. Tough time of the year for us.

[@kellip9586]

Lest we forget…… gen X Aussie baby here, and I know every word of that song by heart. On ANZAC day we need to remember, we have a dawn service for the fallen every April 25th. I pray this never happens again, but I am so fearful the world has forgotten and is doomed to repeat history.

[@mals4125]

We will remember them........................lest we forget.

[@xsveron1287]

lest we forget

[@meatpack4292]

The band played Waltzing Matilda is always a hard song to listen to, especially on ANZAC day.

[@ireneo4614]

As others have mentioned ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp, we never forget New Zealand when we remember/talk about the ANZAC's. Also after Gallipoli there was so much repect between the Turks and the ANZAC's they were the first non allied forces to be allowed to march in the ANZAC parades and the Turkish government holds ANZAC day events every year

[@nickabbott6278]

Just shows the respect that both sides did and continue to hold for each other.

[@BouncyMissSally]

A little cultural context for you: A 'matilda' is essentially a backpack that contains everything you need to live (a cooking pot, food, bedding, change of clothes, soap, etc), to go 'waltzing matilda' is to live an itinerant life on the road, picking up work where you find it and enjoying a free life traveling and exploring. A matilda is also known as a 'swag', thus in Australian history a "swagman" would go "waltzing matilda" and live wherever the work took them. So when he sings in this "no more waltzing matilda for me" he's saying "even though we won the war, I lost my freedom anyway because of war." Also the song in the title of this "waltzing matilda" is a real song, and is probably the most well-known song in all of Australia (more people know the words to waltzing matilda than to the national anthem), so it's worth a listen to sometime when you get the urge.

[@paulschmehl2124]

Thank you. I appreciate it so much when my viewer educate me.

[@user-jl5lo6cx4g]

When you put a swag on your back and walk it sways from side to side, like its waltzing. Hence a waltzing Matilda.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

'WW1 - 'The Great War'". Australia's total population at the time was about 4 million, and the 416,809 who enlisted for service represent 38.7 per cent of the total male population aged between 18 and 44. Of these, an estimated 58,961 died, 166,811 were wounded, 4098 went missing or were made prisoners of war, and 87,865 suffered sickness." Thank you to all service folk ❤ 🇦🇺 🤝 🇳🇿 LEST WE FORGET

[@lynndally9160]

This song always reduces me to tears. Lest We Forget🇦🇺 🌺

[@pascalswager9100]

Me too mate 😢 We will remember them.... Lest We forget 🙏😭

[@mals4125]

Just the greatest song reflecting ANZAC day and what it means to an Australian, written by a Scotsman with the ability to look at it with the clear eyes. The use of the phrase 'Waltzing Matilda' is used so cleverly. It references both the song and it's original meaning which is to 'carry a pack around free in the bush' and as a general term of innocence. - just amazing. I love this song so much, I named my daughter Matilda.

[@pascalswager9100]

Naaawww beautiful 😊

[@C0maT0ast]

I love that every time he sang the words Waltzing Matilda he'd play a part of the tune on his guitar. I can think of no better a name for a daughter.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@malsa "Just the greatest song reflecting ANZAC day and w.." How’s little 'Tilly ? is it Tilly or Milly ?

[@xxillicitxx]

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams also named their daughter Matilda ❤️

[@michaelflanagan6583]

I'm Australian and I love this song. I've actually sung it a number of times. I'm also an historian who has studied this topic. Australia lost around 60,000 dead in the entire conflict. Close to 10,000 lost their lives at Gallipoli, not 50,000. At the time, Australia had a population of about four and a half million. We actually had the highest casualty rate of the Entente forces in the Great War. It devastated a generation.

[@firefker]

Wish we had a little more focus on History in Australian education, we might not have as much as most other nations but ours is still rich.

[@michaelflanagan6583]

@@firefker No argument from me. I've been on about promoting the importance of teaching history for ages.

[@Bobbydazzlla]

It's OK mate - we all cry. It's that sort of story. We have an avenue of Honour in my home town that is 23 Kms (14 miles) long. One tree for every person that served during WW1. 16 of them died on the first day at Gallipoli. Every family lost someone back then. Our population was only 4 million and 400,000 (10%) joined up.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

The song is Australian but resonates with all English-speaking nations around the world. This video was presented by a Canadian. Australia was a little nation of just over 4million people at the start of World War 1. We raised an army of 400,000, every one of them was a volunteer. We suffered 250,000 casualties (over 60,000 dead). Their courage and abilities as soldiers were admired and respected throughout Europe and even by the Germans. They never surrendered any ground they took from the enemy and often spearheaded attacks. The toll on Australia as a nation was grievous.

[@C0maT0ast]

Aussie here - this part of your comment "They never surrendered any ground they took from the enemy..." is not strictly true. We retreated at Gallipoli and in doing so gave back all that hard fought for land.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

@@C0maT0ast They didn't take the land from the Turks in the first place and were ordered to evacuate by British command. The whole operation was a disaster by the British that should never have happened.

[@suemoore984]

NZ had a population of just over 1 million in 1914. Our 2 young nations punched well above their weight and suffered terrible losses in the process 😢❤

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

@@suemoore984 So true.

[@Ishlacorrin]

@@kennethdodemaide8678 The worst part about Gallipoli, is that the idea of an attack there was genius. The Turks were not the least bit prepared for an attack there until the plan leaked from the British High Command. If they had been able to keep it quiet (they were not used to information security at that point yet), it very well could have ended the war.

[@NatalieO171]

"Lest We Forget" Lovely video, thank-you. Also a shout out to our New Zealand mates without whom there wouldn't be any ANZACs! On the 50,000 troops dying in the Gallipoli Campaign that total figure is a combination of Allied forces, Australians, New Zealanders, French and other British forces (Canadians, Brits, Indians and Irish). Much of the First World War was a total f**k up by senior commanding officers many of whom were so old they hadn't seen any real active service since the mid 19th century, and had absolutely no understanding of modern warfare. One statistic that has often struck me is the average lifespan for a lieutenant (junior officer) on the Western Front was 42 days, these were boys who were barely out of school. Even reading all the history I have and I cannot fathom a time where after finishing high school you were essentially dead before the end of your summer holidays.

[@BenedictFoley]

At the start of WW1 many of the oficer cadets, desperate for some trigger time where sent to france and were lost early in the war. Made a big hole in the number of officers required. Many old men headed the call and re-enlisted after being retired but as you say were not familiar with the new style of warfare

[@nickabbott6278]

I did get to read General Birdsville's autobiography about 30 years ago. Shame he wasn't in charge instead of Hamilton.

[@Sweetlyfe]

My Grandfather fought in Gallipoli and then the battle of the Somme, Fromelles he only survived because he and his brother would save each other after trench collapses one bad one my Grandfather was on top his brother underneath him and another Aussie fella underneath him, my Grandfather dug himself out and his brother was crying out to hurry as he couldn’t breathe, and the poor bloke on the bottom of that mortar induced trench collapse didn’t survive, pure luck where in the stack they landed.

[@nickabbott6278]

@@Sweetlyfe My grandfather was a Light Horse doctor. British advancing up a slope, one fell. My grandfather mounted and rode down from safety to treat the British officer, who got up and started running. The response from the ANZACS on the hill to the man who had put their doctor in harms way was "Shoot the bastard!!" Written in a letter to my grandfather in the 1960's.

[@roseanne74]

⁠@@nickabbott6278my grandfather’s brother was 12 Lighthorse. He served in Gallipoli and was Sqn B at Beersheba, being one of the first into the city after the charge.

[@anjab8816]

When I was a child, I remember walking past Young and Jackson (a Melbourne pub) with my mum. It stank of beer and was filled with older men wearing overcoats often with arms and legs missing. They were WWI veterans

[@martymcnab2118]

Thank you for this reaction and thoughts on this our ANZAC Day. I'm an Aussie, but please don't forget to always include mentioning the New Zealanders who were with us. We were an awesome team.

[@Robroy1985]

Thankyou

[@whiteswanlilly4119]

Watching from Australia. Every year we go to the local dawn service for ANZAC day and Rememberance day. While i had no one on my Australuan side fight in war, both my brother and i were Army cadets, and my grandpa and uncles on my mothers side were USA navy and airforce vets. One of the things that does my heart good is seeing the decendants of our diggers marching with their medals. They will not be forgotten. We will remember them.

[@orvillespencer1011]

US Navy here. Thanks for the good thoughts

[@pascalswager9100]

Nah never aye! No friggin way! It's to bloody important! Lest We forget 🙏

[@utha2665]

Lest We Forget 🥀

[@ChrisBright-qj6yx]

Great to see your understanding of the music and our respect for the men and women who have served to keep Australia safe. No glorification of war but to remember the sacrifice of our young Australians involvement in WW1 and all other conflicts we have been involved in.

[@badkitty1889]

Hello. I love your reactions. Please don't worry about leaving NZ out, we Australians know that our cousins, New Zealanders, fought, hard. I'm a couple of days late, because I hate hearing The Last Post. It's the first thing I heard 5 minutes after my dad died. Anyway, getting off track, thank you for playing this. Cheers from Australia ❤

[@matallens3006]

Thats a tuff song mate, i can see it across your face, you've been there buddy thanks for your service from an Aussie 🇭🇲🦘👍🙂

[@user-bx6tj7jf5b]

WW1 casualties hit Australia hard. My mum has a news clipping from the local paper about my great-grandparent's wedding where it requests that guests respect the couple's wishes to change to a small private ceremony on account of both the Bride and Groom having both lost brothers in France the previous week.

[@mothercabbagepatch3344]

That is so sad. The loss of life in WWI was devastating. I can't imagine what it was like for the families at home.

[@ozzybloke-craig3690]

Have you ever heard of the Battle of Long Tan? And did you know ANZAC’s never lost a single battle in Vietnam. Also before Aussies went into Vietnam, they were put on a Vietnamese diet. This helped them hide better. The Vietnamese could smell the Americans because of their diet.

[@paulschmehl2124]

Yes, I am aware of the battle of Long Tan. I have read stories about it. I am also aware that they never lost a battle in Vietnam. I was not aware that ANZACs were put on a Vietnamese diet.

[@petertrezise4545]

I had a friend who came back with a great love for pickled limes. He had a lot of Vietnamese recipes.

[@infin8ee]

My father told me you could smell their toothpaste(particularly the Americans) so...that was out. The things you don't consider .

[@nickabbott6278]

Yes, watch 'Gallipoli' Mel Gibson and 'Danger close'. these movies bookmark the two songs, waltzing and 19.

[@xxillicitxx]

​@@paulschmehl2124When I went to Vietnam and visited the tunnels, the guide told us how Aussies were the first to find them and go inside, as some of the soldiers were miners not afraid.

[@orvillespencer1011]

Haven't even heard the song yet, but wanted to thank you for honoring our Aussie brothers

[@Dr_KAP]

Lest we forget

[@mals4125]

We will remember them.

[@kathdavies1220]

❤

[@smeary10]

Eric, thank you, brother. As an ex Australian Army officer, my thanks bares weight more than you'll ever imagine.

[@phillip9468]

I am one who asked for this song. Thankyou. It is the most poignant song about war that i have heard. The Kiwis, ( New Zealander's ) lost more troops at Gallipoli on a population basis than anyone. The tenacity & courage they became known for in WW1 carried over into WW2. They were so feared by the Germans that on many occasions the allied commanders would make sure the German troops were made aware that they were going to be facing Kiwi soldiers.

[@AusExplorer]

I spent all day up at the pub today, hanging out with the cadets and buying drinks for the vets.

[@WesleyMediaHub]

🫡⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Lest We Forget” Thank you so much for your video Best regards Nigel WMH Team - Australia 🇦🇺

[@davejensen7922]

My ex’s dad spent three years in Changi prison during WW2 it changed him forever only the tough survived that place

[@elizabeth10392]

My 2nd Cousin also spent the war in Changi. He was never the same after either.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@ Dave Jensen " You must be older even than me, Dave. "Don't approach unkle Jim from behind" said Dad. Unkle Jim survived Changi and said, to me just the once, that he had it easy compared to the blokes who worked on the Burma Railway.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@@elizabeth10392 "It was a hell of a lot easier to survive in Changi than on the Burma Railway. Elizabeth, a wonderful name, the cousin of the New Testament Mary; our recently deceased Queen and dad's mum.

[@user-io7vx9sy1v]

ANZAC day remembering our wounded and dead in all wars, Lest we forget, we won't, crying now writing this 😢, I played all the songs in the background while playing with my 3 year old grandson, when he is a little older he will be going to the Anzac Day March, his great great great grandfather was at Galipoli he came home, married and had children now I have a beautiful grandson, thank you.

[@DanniScott-wd3lv]

Lest we forget. Honour our veterans, our heros, all those who have paid the ultimate price & those who continue to serve & sacrifice xx❤❤

[@r.fairlie7186]

I’ve found that this song affects me more than “I Was Only 19”. I think it’s due to the loss of innocence and the greater loss of ANZAC lives at Gallipolli. A whole generation missed out on creating new families, careers and the usual social developments in life. I really appreciated your final words - very well thought out and expressed.

[@malalexander3515]

Don't worry mate, I'm crying with you. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺

[@raylouis7013]

This song means so much. One of my uncles, who is a Vietnam Vet, talks about it - especially the line "soon no one will march there at all" is a plea. All Vets who can, march on ANZAC day - we hope and pray for the day when there is no more need for war - that they are no longer necessary. Thats part of what ANZAC Days is about - that one day we will no longer have to sacrifice the lives and health - both physical and mental- of our young people.

[@jemxs]

This is a hard one. The imagery is so vivid and descriptive. Hard not to feel this one.

[@leahlapham5634]

Thank you for thinking of us on our ANZAC Day. A very special day for Aussies and Kiwis ❤

[@shoresaresandy]

Lest we forget.

[@terrisjohnson710]

Thank you so much for posting this. Lest We Forget.

[@suemoore984]

We will remember

[@danbyron5136]

Remembering Sgt R.Roberts, Nottingham & Derbyshire Sherwood Foresters (North Africa 1941), thank you for your reaction sir and for your service....Lest We Forget.

[@ZoeBrain]

9th Bn Sherwood Foresters served at Gallipoli. My paternal grandfather was a sniper at Suvla Bay. And later at the Somme, then Paschendaele, then finally at the Kaiserschlacht in 1918, where he was gravely but not fatally wounded.

[@shortanoar]

lest we forget

[@petavanlieshout9171]

If you look on the website for the Australian War Memorial, there is actually a video of World War Two soldiers marching and singing “Waltzing Matilda” ❤️

[@IAMisLove]

👍👍A sad song about the horrors of war.☹ 🖖❤

[@frustratedfriar9632]

And don't forget. After getting out of Gallipoli the Anzacs were refitted, given a short rest and then had to go through it all again in France!

[@MrLocomitive]

Don't know why the visuals showed Canadians in an ANZAC song? The good think is that today more and more young people are turning out (and even marching with great granddad's medals) and honoring the legacy of the ANZAC's.

[@fionabaldwin2254]

If you go to the video of the song, it explains why it does

[@nickabbott6278]

@@fionabaldwin2254 Yeh Na, still not an ANZAC country, or Turkey. Thus why are they using it? India, Turkey. France, Britain , New Zealand and Australia were the nations in that conflict (corrections accepted). Others, not involved, border on cultural appropriation. Am I wrong?

[@grahammills6544]

Granddad served at Gallilopi with the Auckland Mounted rifles. NZ lost 17 to 18,000 dead in WW1 with a population of 1million.

[@barrynichols2846]

My Great Grandfather fought in Gallipoli with the New Zealanders. He was wounded by a "Turkish shell". Recuperating in the UK he met my great-grandmother. Otherwise I wouldn't be here. Thanks Gallipoli. He was a farmer. Before and after WW1.

[@thegoldenbandicoot]

Thanks for the reaction. This is our unofficial Australia Day.

[@user-yt8hw4kl1g]

Thank you for your bravery in responding. Our elders need to use all their wisdom and experience to negotiate, outsmart and do anything they can to save the world's young people from violence.

[@mikhailv67tv]

Australia sent 400,000 to the Great War . 68,000 died . Many wounded. Australia only had a population of 5 million at the time

[@annabelmayo450]

Neither the UK nor the US ever acknowledged what Australia gave in WW 1.

[@AussieDebb]

Watching Kappy ❤. I had a Pop In WWI. He was a 5th lighthorseman; my Dad and 6 Uncles were in WWII. Very blessed they all came back to us. ❤❤ LEST WE FORGET. Did you hear Dylan Wright singing I Am Australian live this morning. Beautiful 😍 ❤🤩

[@adrianhughes8143]

I thank you and all those families whose relatives fought both in WW1 and WW2 who came from Australia and New Zealand whose fighting men gave there everything including there lives for sovereignty, democracy and freedom for nation's who were at the mercy from evil. I am British and I had relatives who were killed in WW2 in our Armed Forces of the UK. The UK owes soldiers, sailors and Airmen from many countries including Australia and New Zealand. We owe your nation's so much and our freedom. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🤝🤝🤝🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@AussieDebb]

@@adrianhughes8143 🥰

[@Dr_KAP]

That’s lovely Deb. My pop also served in WW1 and my Granny cooked for the hospital X

[@AussieDebb]

@Dr_KAP 😍😍 Mum was in the army too and worked in the kitchen and in the uniform section at the Enoggera Army Barracks in Brisbane. She lost their first baby while Dad was in the Middle East. We mustn't forget what those left behind went through as well 💗💖 They ended up being married for 71 years when Dad passed at the age of 92 amd Mum was with us for another 5 1/2 years. They ended up having 8 children, and I'm the baby LOL!! 😍

[@Dr_KAP]

@@AussieDebb aww that’s such a nice story, I love that. And of course you’re the baby, love that too !!

[@malalexander3515]

We will remember them. Lest We Forget.

[@laurawallis7093]

Thank you for this. My dad is an Aussie Vietnam vet.

[@michaelwebster8389]

It's definitely about WW1, and it was a horrendous experience for the troops. The Pogues did a version of this song - an Irish band - which I think is the best version of this song, and truly encapsulates the bitterness of the experience. Yes, people have to fight, but the bitterness was about how the troops were sacrificed without it seems, any real care for preserving their lives. For the troops, WW1 was the most horrendous experience, but WW2 was more clearly a fight against evil, and in general it wasn't as horrendous for allied troops, but absolutely a much more deadly war for civilians.

[@paulschmehl2124]

You are absolutely right.

[@ggmiethe]

Lest we Forget the Australian and New Zealand Corps

[@wtls000]

Aussie who’s never heard the song or served. I cried my eyes out. Thank you for the vid sir.

[@user-py1ut4vx9p]

Lest we forget. 🇦🇺❤️

[@tessedwards6717]

Love your empathy. Thank you for your service also ❤

[@braddblk]

I found this song in the '90s on a file-sharing network, forget which one, and it has never failed to bring a sense of sadness to me. I grew up in the '60s and sang Waltzing Matilda in music class, I can never hear it without thinking of this song. Another along the same line is "A Pittance of Time" by Terry Kelly.

[@matthewseeber8529]

I believe these stories are taught to our youth on a regular basis in our schools so these men didn't die in vain ..

[@bernadettelanders7306]

My grandmother’s brother never came home from WW1. He died instantly after shell passed over him. We have copies of the eye witness reports which are very difficult to read. I feel like I knew him from a newspaper clipping about what his friends thought of him. He never came home to Australia - he’s buried in Belgium. My dad looked a bit like him 💞

[@karentony3397]

Thank you. Luv from Australia ❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️

[@brendoncrofts6714]

Cheers digger much respect .lest we forget

[@charisma3814]

Thanks for sharing facts and the truth in such a heartfelt, honest and unbiased manner. Your words will be passed on to my son. Thank you for changing your entire life to keep us safe.

[@waynepeel3368]

Thank you for remembering Anzac Day and as an Australian. thank you for remembering the New Zealanders. My ancestors and contemporaries could not have done it without them

[@Island-lava]

Remember also that in 1915 Australia only had a total population of just shy of 5 million. 50,000 in one battle was an almost unimaginable loss of young men for the newly formed nation.

[@nickabbott6278]

9000 dead in that campaign poor choice of graphics. If the facts are convincing, don't mess with them. It only degrades your point nobody talks about the 80 000?? dead Turkish, defending their homeland on the Galipolli peninsula. My Light Horse captain grandfather had nothing but praise for his foe in Palestine.

[@tommiesunshine9215]

As an Aussie, thank you for sharing this

[@cateplink1633]

My Great Uncle was one of the New Zealand men who died in WW1. He was newly married but he still went and died in Belgium only months after he arrived.

[@ggmiethe]

The Battle of the Somme listed 1 million casualties. - men and boys - in one battle.

[@paulschmehl2124]

The landscape of that area is permanently scarred, and they are still finding UXOs in 2024 from that battle. It was beyond horrific.

[@cazgreene3055]

Thank you so much for your closing words and comments about war xxx

[@jeffmcmahon3278]

And 'Waltzing Matilda' should be our national anthem.

[@robertantonides]

Thank you for not interrupting this beautiful song

[@user-xe6wk2ys3f]

For clarification, some 60,000 Australians died in WWI. The largest death toll was on the western front. Gallipoli accounted for just under 9,000 dead but many more wounded. To put it in context, 330,000 Australians fought in the war so you can work out the attrition rate. The war was a catastrophe for a nation of less than five million.

[@systemsrenegade9888]

The British generals used all the other nations troops as cannon fodder while they protected their own troops , it one of the reasons the ANZACS didn't like being under British generals in WWII , you reckoned you couldn't trust them .

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

ANZAC - Australia and New Zealand we are brothers and sisters

[@user-br7lx6rx1p]

My old Grandfather buried 4 of his brothers at Gallipoli. He was a member of the 10th light horse regiment, in a day before family members were not permitted to serve together. He was the only one of the brothers to return.

[@paulschmehl2124]

His parents must have been devastated.

[@peterjulianphotos4659]

My great uncle Andrew Sameul Holland served on the Western Front, he left his family farm in Victoria, Australia in September 1915 and was killed 11 months later at Pozziers, France. He died the day my grandfather (his younger brother) turned 14. He rests eternal unknown in the soils of France, with only an inscription on a cenotaph to remember him. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

[@user-qh1vh6wh3c]

Thank you for reacting to this beautiful song and for your insights!

[@cazgreene3055]

I love that you encourage people to also follow and support the original artists ❤️

[@paulschmehl2124]

That was a suggestion from one of my commenters. I took it to heart.

[@Rallylabs]

This song still chokes me up every time if I really listen to it.

[@user-py1ut4vx9p]

Thankyou for this review 🇦🇺❤️

[@infin8ee]

That's always a tough listen. I watched a documentary on Anzac Day night showing footage from WWI. It had been colourised. Brutal particularly with the narrative from men that were there. LEST WE FORGET

[@bringbackcommonsense528]

Lest we forget our Anzacs. We Skippies have a long friendship and bond with our Kiwi brother & sisters. We hang it on each other all the time but when it comes to the crunch we unite.

[@angelamosley4588]

Thank you so much for reacting to this. . We are very proud of our boys that have served for Australia, over the years in various wars. My dad served during World War II. Australians will always be grateful for USA who came to our aid in World War II. (Britain abandoned us.). Lest we forget.

[@larainecurry4566]

After they were bombed by the Japanese, it wasn't to save us .

[@francismcknight724]

Yeah, this one really hits you in the feels.

[@ChrisBright-qj6yx]

My grandfather served in Palestine in the 1st Light Horse in the middle East. It's still a mess, what will calm the tension. It's been more than a hundred years

[@user-ld4xx1el6q]

Thank you for your service and welcome home!

[@graemekelly]

Thank you had a tears in my eyes as I nearly always do listening to this. And the Young still answer the Call, thank you all for your service. Lest We Forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our Freedom

[@jacquimott386]

The battle at Souvla bay was a particularly bad military tactic. The ANZACs landed in small boats on the shore of a bay surrounded by massive cliffs. The Turkish army (protecting their own land from invasion) were on top of those cliffs. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.

[@harding10B]

Great song and Canadians should feel free to use it I don’t think the diggers would mind.

[@pascalswager9100]

Amen.

[@chrisbirt1667]

Waltzing implies roaming/walking in a carefree way. A Matilda is a pack with basic essentials/bedding/cooking gear usually carried on the back similar to a hobo’s gear

[@davidcruse6589]

Its a hard one to listern to Just remember if its to much Or if trggers you don't worry about doing these Look after yourself first as can't help other if it make you ill Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍

[@luke6575]

I hate ANZAC day, I don’t go to the dawn services. After doing 8 years in the army, I have had to encounter numerous suicides, mates dying in training exercises that were easily avoidable. As a serving member I was forced to go to the dawn services each year on base. We couldn’t get out of it. I don’t do anything on ANZAC day. I know people that are very active on Anzac Day and People who just stay home. It’s a free country and we are lucky to make our own choices.

[@paulschmehl2124]

You fought for that freedom. You deserve it. One day, I'd bet, you will come to appreciate it. But I understand exactly what you are feeling.

[@danielcorbett3294]

There is not an Aussie from any state that knows we owe our freedom to the ANZACS.. i am so grateful and respect Thier sacrifice for our freedom and free choice. Lest we forget.

[@JusCals]

This is as real as it gets.

[@garywatson5617]

Australin War Memorial. A How many Australians died at Gallipoli? The estimate provided by the Australian War Memorial is 8,141 but, as is the case with virtually all casualty figures, this number has varied somewhat over the years and slightly different figures are cited in other sources. I was looking for ANZACS but it only gave Australian casualties. This maybe a combined figure.

[@andrew7648]

2779 New Zealanders died at Gallipoli.

[@doubledee9675]

This is an intensely moving song.

[@maddyspinks]

We didn’t have a official national anthem until the early 80’s (I can remember the exact year as it was before my time, I was born in 96) my mum remembers that when she was in primary school (1977-83) that every Monday-Thursday they would gather around the flag in the playground and sing waltzing Matilda but then on fridays they’d sing god save the Queen, both were accepted as unofficial anthems but waltzing Matilda was more popular as it was uniquely Australian where as god save the Queen is just the British anthem. We have our own official anthem now but most don’t like it and a good majority would prefer ‘We Are One’

[@kathdavies1220]

The truth of war......Lest we forget ❤