April 25 - ANZAC Day
November 11 - Remembrance Day
"Waltzing Matilda" is a very famous Australian folk song and a "Matilda" was the name given to the pack that Australian farm workers carried on t...
April 25 - ANZAC Day November 11 - Remembrance Day
"Waltzing Matilda" is a very famous Australian folk song and a "Matilda" was the name given to the pack that Australian farm workers carried on their backs.
To "Waltz Matilda" meant to carry your pack of belongings through the bush.
The song "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle is about 50,000 Australian soldiers who fought against Turkish troops and died in the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I.
Mixed with pictures from Gallipoli are pictures of past and present Canadian troops because this song and slideshow was played during a Remembrance Day assembly at a Canadian public school.
Information about this song was taken from this web page (which is NOT mine) that talks about Eric Bogle's performance of this song:
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The english are responsible for the deaths of too many, as for modern day warfare it is a walk in the park compared to what the old diggers had to endure. RIP
Brilliant video! I remember when "Veterans Day" November 11 - Remembrance Day/Armistice Day was still called "Armistice Day" here in the US. One of my most vivid childhood memories was of my father pausing in the middle of cooking breakfast at 11:00 a.m. on one Armistice Day long ago to pause for a moment of silence. He burned the damned eggs and bacon but the lesson was well learned. And now I think about those soldiers who lived long enough to see their war forgotten.
Let me apologise for being so harsh earlier i had no idea you were ex forces. But i am a serving soldier and i have fought in three wars so i understand all to much about bogles lyrics. But i will stick by my comments about cowards who would let a man die in his place. We had two guys do it when we went in to iraq and they were my least favourite men on earth at that point in my life. What campaign were you wounded in if you dont mind me asking?
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