tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post2810859639218035557..comments2024-03-29T02:13:27.134+13:00Comments on The Lothians: ANZAC Day Remembrance 25th April 2013 Don001http://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-11892972198996358932018-02-02T07:36:25.341+13:002018-02-02T07:36:25.341+13:00Hi, Is this the Earland send-off photo in Dunedin?...Hi, Is this the Earland send-off photo in Dunedin? I don't have any other identifications but if it's that one I can get the photo out and have a closer look. I think I might have spares of that one too. Best you email me so I know who i'm talking to (link in right hand menu bar). If I don't have a spare I can do a high resolution scan.Don001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-57100180487984365002018-02-01T23:04:50.445+13:002018-02-01T23:04:50.445+13:00Hi Do I was trying to link you to a photograph on ...Hi Do I was trying to link you to a photograph on facebook of Service number 75498 Frederick William Andrews because I think Service Number 75377 Martin Patrick Forde could also be in the photograph, also possibly your uncle 1/01/2018 - would be great if you could ID them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-25602080351001111082013-04-18T14:32:19.202+12:002013-04-18T14:32:19.202+12:00Thanks Hels. I do also perceive, particularly in r...Thanks Hels. I do also perceive, particularly in rural country areas, that the expectation was that any young fit man should sign up. They were made a great fuss of and given expensive gifts but many young men must have felt put under extreme pressure from public expectations. I did try and write this Blog primarily based on what the men themselves said rather than my thoughts. But yes, the devastation of injury, mental or physical, and integrating back into "normal" life must have proved extremely difficult for some after experiencing such horrors. I wish I had had some extant correspondence that covered this subject. Sounds like a very interesting book reference, thank you. Don001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-44667255301877934022013-04-18T11:43:36.876+12:002013-04-18T11:43:36.876+12:00Well written, thank you. I am very ambivalent abou...Well written, thank you. I am very ambivalent about celebrating the glories of ANZAC Day. Yes those young boys (18 is a baby, really) were passionate about serving king and country. And yes they were very brave leaving the safety of home for goodness knows what tragedies overseas.<br /><br />But extraordinary bravery and self sacrifice only applied to people who willingly volunteered. The concept of conscripting everyone, and gaoling those who did not, was immoral and degrading. In the British army at least, young boys who left the trenches from shell shock were taken by their own commanders and put in No Man's Land for German guns to massacre.<br /><br />I also wonder what sort of welcome home the physically and mentally injured boys got in 1919. See The Great Silence by Juliet Nicolson which provides good quality research on the topic.<br /><br />Thanks for the link,<br />Hels<br />Art and Architecture, mainly<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com