I am pleased to see that this article is now allowed on this site. I know many years ago my comments on this matter were not welcomed on this site and as a result I resigned my
membership on EO as a form of protest, but as Australia's death toll in Afghanistan has increased significantly it seems that thankfully management has had a change of heart and I thank them for that.
It just saddens me as an ex serviceman that we are still losing our men in Afghanistan in what seems to some is a futile exercise, but unfortunately its necessary for us to continue to enjoy the way of life we are so lucky to have in this country.
I salute each and every Australian who has made the supreme sacrifice in all conflicts that we have been involved in, and I do this not just on ANZAC Day, but each and every day.
Lest we Forget
Finding this article on here is very relevant at the moment as I am in
Darwin and even though I have been here before with the military, my wife has never been here, but her father was here during the air raids by the Japanese in 1942/3 and going to the new Defence Of
Darwin exhibition as
well as some of the old WW2 defence sites has given her a new appreciation of what her father endured up here.
Its also relevant to me because on the way here we stopped at the War Memorial in
Canberra and I donated my aunts WW2 diaries and photo's from when she was in the Middle East as a nurse. I also had an uncle who served in New Guinea with the army and both my parents were in the RAAF, although they did not serve overseas.
Once again, a big thank you to whoever was responsible for allowing this article on this site.