25-04-2022, 06:39 AM
Today, Anzac Day, our thoughts turn to those who were the original Anzacs who landed in the now-named Gallipoli cove in Turkey, and now all those who have served in the Australian armed forces and/or perished in conflicts. We commemorate through Anzac Day services and observances, and in the case of radio amateurs by a friendly 'contest' using the likes of AM - amplitude modulation, and CW.
Late last year or early this year, my XYL became aware of a new book "The First Ashore" (details below) and, since we knew my grandfather, Walter Edward Latimer, was amongst the first ashore there, ordered it. To our surprise, he was on the very first boat. There are a lot of details about the event, and more particularly the people, well researched and written. Not light reading but quite informative to the point that we learned what happened to him before his return in 1918.
What happened in war was something soldiers rarely spoke about, and whether my parents ever knew, we as children were never told. The revelations in the book make this Anzac Day even more personal since I didn't ever meet my grandfather, and my grandmother died when I was about 4 years old - so I don't remember her as other than a wizened old lady with white hair in a bedroom in our house. My grandfather survived WW1 despite being shot and gassed but returned to Australia a man changed by war.
There are probably many others of you out there who have a similar family history, and today I am thinking about you also, for those who have been lost in conflict - and those who have managed to return, yet those we don't seem to put as much emphasis on.
Doug VK4ADC
The First Ashore
ISBN: 9780645362008
Category: Australasian & Pacific history
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 08-12-2021
Language: English
Publisher: Peter Burgess
Country of origin: Australia
https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/...er-burgess
Late last year or early this year, my XYL became aware of a new book "The First Ashore" (details below) and, since we knew my grandfather, Walter Edward Latimer, was amongst the first ashore there, ordered it. To our surprise, he was on the very first boat. There are a lot of details about the event, and more particularly the people, well researched and written. Not light reading but quite informative to the point that we learned what happened to him before his return in 1918.
What happened in war was something soldiers rarely spoke about, and whether my parents ever knew, we as children were never told. The revelations in the book make this Anzac Day even more personal since I didn't ever meet my grandfather, and my grandmother died when I was about 4 years old - so I don't remember her as other than a wizened old lady with white hair in a bedroom in our house. My grandfather survived WW1 despite being shot and gassed but returned to Australia a man changed by war.
There are probably many others of you out there who have a similar family history, and today I am thinking about you also, for those who have been lost in conflict - and those who have managed to return, yet those we don't seem to put as much emphasis on.
Doug VK4ADC
The First Ashore
ISBN: 9780645362008
Category: Australasian & Pacific history
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 08-12-2021
Language: English
Publisher: Peter Burgess
Country of origin: Australia
https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/...er-burgess
Doug VK4ADC @ QG62LG51
http://www.vk4adc.com
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