[Editor: A poem published in the Camperdown Chronicle, 6 May 1933.] Anzac Immortelles Hark the silence — to-day is Anzac Day, Time but deepens the heart-wounds of the world’s Great War. But our dear ones who passed beyond the grave with victory, We mortals see with vision imperfected The snow-white altar or self sacrifice afar. […]
The Call From the Dardanelles [poem, 6 October 1915]
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[Editor: A poem published in The Referee, 6 October 1915.] The Call From the Dardanelles I stood on the deck of a troopship At the Gate of the Dardanelles, Midst the thunder of warships’ cannon And the bursting of giant shells. Where men were dying in Britain’s cause, To open the Sultan’s door, Shrapnel, rifle, […]
Anzacs [poem, 28 April 1942]
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Anzacs When you look back through the ages, Turning over history’s pages, You’ll find brave deeds of men In every war; But no breed of man looms bigger, Than the rough and ready Digger — My hat’s off to the Anzacs, It’s those guys I’m speaking for. The above poem was written by a corporal […]
Anzacs [poem, 23 April 1953]
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Anzacs From the cities, and the townships; From the mining camps they came; From all comers of their homeland, To defend their country’s name. And they counted not the hardships Of the game they had to play; They just played it, hard as ever, In the real colonial way. Oh! they left a gleaming milestone; […]
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