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18-07-2007, 04:11 PM
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Three more to the list.
__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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23-07-2007, 10:35 PM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire
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 | Hi Spidge, Just emailed you 6 cemeteries in France and 7 cemeteries in the U/K. Only 2 need to be completed. I'll see what i can do about them for you. Hope to have somemore for you soon. Cheers Mike
__________________ In rememberance of all the men from Didcot who served and died for their country in both world wars. Bless all historians for trying to keep their memories alive Lest we Forget |
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24-07-2007, 02:00 AM
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| Geoff, our friend got back from Libya yesterday and she was able to get some pics of Aussies buried there. She was really impressed with the quality of the cemetery and how well it was kept. She's been to Gallipoli as well and said her visit on the weekend left her almost as awestruck. She wasn't able to get all of the headstones but she went with a colleague who is willing to follow up the missing ones later. Btw, I'm still waiting for a sunny Sunday morning so I can visit the Perth War Cemetery!
__________________ Cheers Andy Apres moi le deluge But there are deeds that should not pass away....And names that must not wither - Byron HMAS Sydney II - lost with all hands and waiting to be found |
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24-07-2007, 02:14 AM
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Much appreciated.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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24-07-2007, 02:16 AM
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It has been cold and wintry in Vic as well.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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24-07-2007, 02:27 PM
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| Hi all, This is an up to date list of those photos received or offered to be supplied. If anyone can fill in any of the gaps, please let me know. Thanks again everybody. GO TO POST #79 FOR THE UPDATED LIST AS AT 28/7/07
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 28-07-2007 at 08:27 AM. |
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25-07-2007, 12:27 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire
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| Hi Geoff, Sent Cottesmore, Barrow, Whicham and Eggewaartskapelle in Belguim this evening. Hope they are all ok. Mike
__________________ In rememberance of all the men from Didcot who served and died for their country in both world wars. Bless all historians for trying to keep their memories alive Lest we Forget |
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