Going to El Alamein tomorrow (04/05/06) - Page 3

Owen · 04-05-2006, 07:28 PM

Allie
Love the photos.Thanks for sharing.
Looks such a beautiful place.
Glad you had a good visit.

kfz · 04-05-2006, 07:55 PM

Great pics thanks for taking the time to share.

04-05-2006, 08:49 PM

Thank you. It looks a beautiful and peaceful place to be laid to rest.

Paul Reed · 04-05-2006, 09:21 PM

Excellent photos - many thanks for sharing them with us. The El Alamein museum looks fascinating!

spidge · 04-05-2006, 11:49 PM

Many thanks for sharing those wonderful photos and including the Australian memorial.

My dad always wanted to return to North Africa, sadly it wasn't to be.

Al London · 05-05-2006, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by spidge

Many thanks for sharing those wonderful photos and including the Australian memorial.

My dad always wanted to return to North Africa, sadly it wasn't to be.

Thanks spidge and everyone else for your nice comments. If anyone wants me to email them high res copies of any photo(s), just ask. I think some important Australian visitors were at El Alamein recently. The guide at the German memorial showed me some fresh flowers commenting that "the Australian General" had left them last week. If you look on Google News for stories about Australia and El Alamein http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr...in&sa=N&tab=wn there are a few stories coming back.

spidge · 05-05-2006, 09:42 AM

Thanks Allie.

It was actually the Governor General of Australia.

Very interesting story with the 4 veterans of the 9th division who went also.

http://minister.dva.gov.au/media_rel...docs/VA023.doc

Cheers

Geoff<O

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04-05-2006, 09:21 PM	#24 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,854	Excellent photos - many thanks for sharing them with us. The El Alamein museum looks fascinating! __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

04-05-2006, 11:49 PM	#25 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,942	Many thanks for sharing those wonderful photos and including the Australian memorial. My dad always wanted to return to North Africa, sadly it wasn't to be. __________________ 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

05-05-2006, 09:42 AM	#27 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,942	Australian Governor General in El Alamein Thanks Allie. It was actually the Governor General of Australia. Very interesting story with the 4 veterans of the 9th division who went also. http://minister.dva.gov.au/media_rel...docs/VA023.doc Cheers Geoff<O</O __________________ 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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04-05-2006, 07:28 PM	#21 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,686	Allie Love the photos.Thanks for sharing. Looks such a beautiful place. Glad you had a good visit.

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kfz Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 1,066	Great pics thanks for taking the time to share.

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Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	Thank you. It looks a beautiful and peaceful place to be laid to rest.

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