They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Posted: April 25, 2013 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: 1915, 1983 Australian hits, ANZAC DAY, Ataturk, AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, dawn service, Gallipoli, Redgum - Only 19, remembrance, slouch hats, They grow not old, Turkish history, young and strong Leave a commentIn 1934, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish commander at Gallipoli, wrote a moving tribute to Anzacs who died at Gallipoli.
”Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives … You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours … you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.”
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