{"id":1640,"date":"2008-11-04T23:00:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2008-11-04T23:00:22","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T12:00:22","slug":"90th-anniversary-11-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"90th Anniversary."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Next Week – 90th<\/sup> Anniversary<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

11 November 2008 is the 90th<\/sup> Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which brought about the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front. When news of the end of the war reached the members of the A.I.F. it was often received with a mixture of excitement and caution until it could be officially confirmed. As illustrated by this extract from a soldier’s diary on The Australian War Memorials website:
\n“By JOVE!!! Crikey!!! What shall I say? We’ve just had a breathless bombardier … rush into the dugout, fall over the bed at the end and shout out some glorious news – can’t repeat it, as it’s strictly against orders to mention the subject … but you first note the date! Only hope this is dinkum as he swears it is! What a godsent Xmas box for the world!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

History tells us it was true and the day will be commemorated across Australia and the world. To see where you can attend a commemoration service check out our RECENT NEWS item Remembrance Day Venues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to share your Remembrance Day commemorations:\u00a0email your impressions\u00a0to <\/span>projectfffaif@yahoo.com.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Families and Friends of the First AIF<\/strong><\/em> thanks the Australian, UK and French governments for affording Australian and British soldiers – presently buried in mass graves at Pheasant Wood – dignified individual reburials in a new CWGC cemetery at Fromelles, and urge those responsible to ensure all necessary scientific and other means are employed to properly identify each soldier.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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