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Originally posted by Tony Smith
You might be forgetting the Australian and New Zealand regard for Gallipoli, and although this wasn't our "cock-up" to begin with, it was far from a victory in any sense. The commemoration services at dawn each April 25th see thousands of Aussies and Kiwis fly a third of the way around the world to Turkey just to attend the ceremony.
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Quite so Tony, but that wasn't the point.
Do the Aussies and Kiwis dress up in period gear, fly a third of the way round the world and re-enact the battle?
I think not.
I think they attend to pay their respects for their fallen and attend the ceremony.
This is not what I was referring to as a strange British trait.
R.