Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

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

precisely, back-pack my aching arse (yes ARSE)

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.

thats like saying ww1 was a result of uk decision making lol. All the aussies who went were volunteers and good for them.

bollocks. it takes a coward to let another take his place and die instead of that timid soul. a white feather to you mate.

as a wounded ex p.o.w. i talk from experience- maybe u dont understand the depth of my statement or bogles lyrics

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?

on my 4th tour of 'nam

nice. Are you an aussie or yank?

irish, but lived in u.s many years