The Unknown Soldier
At the end of World War One, thousands of Australian soldiers were buried in battlefield cemeteries overseas. Those whose identities were not known were buried in graves marked with simple words:
"An Australian soldier of the Great War - known unto God."
In 1993, the remains of an unknown Australian soldier from the Adelaide War Cemetery, near Villers-Bretonneux in France, were exhumed and reburied at the Australian War Memorial on November 11, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War One. During the ceremony, Prime Minster Paul Keating said even though the nation did not know the soldier's identity, "He is all of them. And he is one of us."
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ANZAC DAY (100 Years) {Completed}
Historical Fiction"These heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives.... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore REST IN PEACE... ....You. The mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears.... After having l...
