I once encountered someone at an event I was running who asked incredulously “Er, was Australia actually involved in the war?!”
It is perhaps as well that I don’t recount here my reply. :-(
However, as one Briton that is profoundly grateful for the role played by Australia in protecting my country’s freedom, I humbly direct readers to the following news items from today.
We really, really do “remember them”.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10679715
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/19/2958313.htm?site=news
The perpetual remembrance of these men is the splendid and remarkably little known Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Anyone that’s ever done a tour of Maidenhead with me will recall their headquarters there, They are not a UK government agency but are funded jointly by the governments of the Nations involved in the First World War. They too are worthy of investigation and recognition.
http://www.cwgc.org/
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