Thank you, my grandfather was in the 39th battalion and I know he would appreciate the generous remembrance of this song and pictures. For those who bitch and whinge on what could of or should of.... retrospect is a grand thing, but what happened happened. The 39th were militia and they fought and held a lot more than what the 2/14th will ever let past their own lay to claim, purely because they were a full time battalion.
The most moving experience of my trip to London last year over the week of our American Thanksgiving Day was my visit to the Australian War Memorial in London. I can understand why only the names of the towns that those Australians who have died and their campaigns and battles are listed on the memorial instead of their names. To build a memorial in London to all Australians who have died fighting for freedom would require buidling a wall all the way around London.
From the Daughter of one of those ragged bloody Aussies THANK You
Dad said in his words Most of the poor bloody Yanks were kids with no
training or experience they did their very best and what more can you ask.
The AIF had seen over 3 years of war by this time .But thank you again.
