{"id":8594,"date":"2010-05-04T23:53:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T12:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2010-05-04T23:53:25","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T12:53:25","slug":"anzac-day-in-belgium-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=8594","title":{"rendered":"Anzac Day Belgium Pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Families and Friends of the First AIF<\/strong><\/em> members Ivan and Marie-Claire Sinnaeve attended the Anzac Day Service held at the Menin Gate in Ieper and provided the photos in this report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8600\" title=\"Anzac Day 2010 Ieper_1\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The crowd at Menin Gate began to gather early for the Anzac Day commemoration that started at 11.00am<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8601\" title=\"Anzac Day 2010 Ieper_3\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8602\" title=\"Anzac Day 2010 Ieper_4\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo:<\/strong> Ivan \u2018Shrapnel Charlie\u2019 and the Last Post Association<br \/>\nBuglers at Menin Gate<\/p>\n<p>Wreaths were laid by the Australian, New Zealand and Turkish Ambassadors, Major General Brian Dawson, Australian Defence Forces and visitors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8603\" title=\"Anzac Day 2010 Ieper_5\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">At the conclusion of the service Ivan met the Australian Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxemburg, Dr Brendan Nelson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8604\" title=\"Anzac Day 2010 Ieper_6\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8605\" title=\"Anzac Day 2010 Ieper_7\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo:<\/strong> Mr Peter Kennedy the New Zealand Ambassador European Union, Belgium and Luxemburg, Romania and Bulgaria meets Ivan<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the Menin Gate Service the official party then moved to the Belgian War Memorial to lay wreaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8606\" title=\"Anzac Day 2010 Ieper_9\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/anzac-day-2010-ieper_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Belgium War Memorial, Ieper<\/p>\n<p>For more photos on the Ieper Anzac Commemoration Services click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoek.be\/wo1\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nThen follow the tab to &#8216;Events&#8217; then click on &#8216;You were there&#8217; and select Anzac Day Ieper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families and Friends of the First AIF members Ivan and Marie-Claire Sinnaeve attended the Anzac Day Service held at the Menin Gate in Ieper and provided the photos in this report. 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