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ANZAC Day Centenary

Yesterday I attended the school’s ANZAC Ceremony and it bought back many memories from years of marching with my Brownie troupe and also with various schools over the years. There is a very open, loving and peaceful comeraderie to these ceremonies and the Dawn Service.

This was the first service I’ve attended for a few years and I shed a quiet tear behind my sunglasses.  As a mum I cannot fathom sending any or all of my children off to war.  I am very grateful to live in a time where this isn’t required and hope as they grow older Humanity can find a way to restore peace all over the world.

Lest we forget.

The images below are simply scans of film I took in 1997. I attended the Dawn Service at ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli and spent days wandering around the beautiful city of Istanbul as a novice photographer. I loved this city, have the fondest memories of my time there and I hope to visit Turkey again one day to sip on that amazing apple tea (which never tasted the same when I bought some home….)

ANZAC Day Cermony in GallipoliRed Mosque, Istanbul, TurkeyOld City, Instanbul, TurkeyCemetery in IstanbulIstanbul cemetery and blue mosque

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