It is ANZAC day in Australia - a day to remember all service men & women who have given their lives in war to protect the freedom of our country. We are in great debt to their bravery.
Last September, I had the privilege of accompanying a Year 5/6 group of children on a school excursion to Canberra, Australia's capital city. We visited the
Australian War Memorial and saw the Roll of Honour which lists every Australian who has died in war since 1885.
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Visitors are able to place red paper poppies beside the names of soldiers who have special significance to them.
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This Roll of Honour speaks powerfully of the magnitude of Australian lives lost in war - a list of more than 102,000 names. Lest We Forget.