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erilynThe honoured graves beneath the crest
Of Gabe Tepe hill,
May hold our bravest and our best,
But we have brave men still.
Banjo Paterson, "We're All Australians Now"
Of Gabe Tepe hill,
May hold our bravest and our best,
But we have brave men still.
Banjo Paterson, "We're All Australians Now"
Gaba Tepe was a Turkish position during the Gallipoli campaign
Someday, I want to travel to Turkey, not only to visit a beautiful country, but to pay my respects at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.
Travelling to World War 1 memorials in the Somme region in 2002 with my sister was incredibly moving. Visiting places like Le Halme, Poiziers and Vimy Ridge that I've read so much about. My great-grandfather died of wounds received there, as well as suffering immense psychological damage.
I've posted this before, but I took this picture in the Commonwealth cemetery at Poiziers. If it isn't clear, the inscription is "Two Australian Soldiers of the Great War...Known Unto God". So many of the graves were marked in a similar way.
