I have been to many ANZAC Day services but the most memorable was ANZAC Day, Lake Taupo, New Zealand in 1977.
I was there as an ANZAC Fellow representing Australia. I organised my participation in the march with the local President of the Returned Serviceman’s organisation.
Although the 24th of April had been a balmy day at Lake Taupo, the dawn service the next morning turned out to be the coldest I have ever experienced, despite my wool suit.
ANZAC Fellowships are awarded to people in Australia and New Zealand who display exceptional prowess in their field of work who, by visiting each other’s country, expand their knowledge and share his knowledge within their profession when they return to their home country.
Standing in my shoes, instead of some wool lined work boots, trying to concentrate on the service, I was shivering like an autumn leaf about to fall when I realised this must have been how those young soldiers felt in the trenches of Gallipoli.
Fellowship, which is a sharing of aims or interests, should be encouraged by both countries throughout their communities as the sharing of information is a binding and lasting experience. There are very few ANZAC fellowships awarded each year. In fact there was only one awarded in Australia the year I applied, mine being for Agricultural Education.
I found in my working life that the ANZAC Fellowship exposed me to a range of subjects and tasks that I might not have had the opportunity to develop working on my own. This experience, it appeared to me, was similar to the experience of the ANZAC soldiers all those years ago when facing their adversaries.
This fellowship also carries the potential to extend goodwill amongst the troops and their leaders in better satisfaction of the ‘job at hand’.
In my case, when I returned to Australia I wrote a report for the Committee and further developed the Farm Apprenticeship course at Benalla Technical School.
While I have always thought the many and varied ANZAC services were to commemorate the fallen soldiers in battles to protect Australia and therefore us, I find many of the present commemorations very jingoistic in nature and no longer go to ANZAC services. I do, however, plant red poppies in our garden to give a fine display during November for Remembrance Day.
As far as I know, Anzac Fellowships are no longer given by Australia or New Zealand, which is a shame as it was a strong way of continuing that bond of fellowships between our two countries.
I was there as an ANZAC Fellow representing Australia. I organised my participation in the march with the local President of the Returned Serviceman’s organisation.
Although the 24th of April had been a balmy day at Lake Taupo, the dawn service the next morning turned out to be the coldest I have ever experienced, despite my wool suit.
ANZAC Fellowships are awarded to people in Australia and New Zealand who display exceptional prowess in their field of work who, by visiting each other’s country, expand their knowledge and share his knowledge within their profession when they return to their home country.
Standing in my shoes, instead of some wool lined work boots, trying to concentrate on the service, I was shivering like an autumn leaf about to fall when I realised this must have been how those young soldiers felt in the trenches of Gallipoli.
Fellowship, which is a sharing of aims or interests, should be encouraged by both countries throughout their communities as the sharing of information is a binding and lasting experience. There are very few ANZAC fellowships awarded each year. In fact there was only one awarded in Australia the year I applied, mine being for Agricultural Education.
I found in my working life that the ANZAC Fellowship exposed me to a range of subjects and tasks that I might not have had the opportunity to develop working on my own. This experience, it appeared to me, was similar to the experience of the ANZAC soldiers all those years ago when facing their adversaries.
This fellowship also carries the potential to extend goodwill amongst the troops and their leaders in better satisfaction of the ‘job at hand’.
In my case, when I returned to Australia I wrote a report for the Committee and further developed the Farm Apprenticeship course at Benalla Technical School.
While I have always thought the many and varied ANZAC services were to commemorate the fallen soldiers in battles to protect Australia and therefore us, I find many of the present commemorations very jingoistic in nature and no longer go to ANZAC services. I do, however, plant red poppies in our garden to give a fine display during November for Remembrance Day.
As far as I know, Anzac Fellowships are no longer given by Australia or New Zealand, which is a shame as it was a strong way of continuing that bond of fellowships between our two countries.
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