In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In…
Category: Anzac
Alfred John Jones (1894 ‒ 1916)… forever 21
Alfred John Jones was born in the Tasmanian town of Zeehan to an ordinary family, and like many ordinary young men of his era, when war broke out he rallied to the call. Alfred enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 29 Oct 1915. Despite his boyish looks, he was 21 on enlistment – in…
Looking forward to AnzacAtHome. Not much more to say. Lest we forget.
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