{"id":3602,"date":"2009-04-29T06:47:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2009-04-29T06:47:09","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T19:47:09","slug":"anzac-day-sydney-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=3602","title":{"rendered":"*ANZAC Day: Sydney, NSW. '09."},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing our coverage across Australia in small country towns and capital cities and throughout the world where people have gathered to commemorate ANZAC Day on 25 April.<\/p>\n

FFFAIF<\/em> members have been reporting from northern Queensland to Victoria and across the world in France, Belgium and England.<\/p>\n

FFFAIF<\/em> member Ray Hudson reports from\u00a0Sydney’s Cenotaph\u00a0( 33\u00b052’3.03″S, 151\u00b012’28.05″E)<\/p>\n

The Anzac Day March in Sydney <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>A record 19,000 people participated in the ANZAC Day march in Sydney from the cenotaph in Martin Place to Hyde Park.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney<\/p>\n

With the passing of all of the Great War veterans, a memorial horse, with boots reversed, leads the Battalion colours.<\/p>\n

\"Trump,<\/a>

Trump, the WW1 Memorial Horse<\/p><\/div>\n

Age shall not weary Pat Lee, aged 94, …..<\/p>\n

\"94<\/a>

94 year old Pat Lee<\/p><\/div>\n

but for others, who have paved the way for the next generation, they can rely on their supporters….<\/p>\n

\"Helping<\/a>

Helping hands<\/p><\/div>\n

and the descendants of their Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels have not forgotten either.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

A Descendant of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels<\/p><\/div>\n

The Vietnam Veterans proudly carry on the tradition ….<\/p>\n

\"Vietnam<\/a>

Vietnam Veterans and Peacekeepers<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0and the Veterans and Peacekeepers pass on the responsibility to the younger generation<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The next generation awaits the call<\/p><\/div>\n

who willingly carry the memories of the service and sacrifice of the Diggers.<\/p>\n

\"Carrying<\/a>

Carrying on the tradition with pride<\/p><\/div>\n

We pay tribute to their willingness when duty called,<\/p>\n

\"Tributes\"<\/a>

Tributes<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0they are not forgoten.<\/p>\n

\"<\/a>

... not forgotten<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0We salute their service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n

\"Saluting<\/a>

Saluting their service and sacrifice<\/p><\/div>\n

Lest we Forget<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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