I couldn't let this one pass seeing I posted my one about D-Day.
From a fellow Australian who gathered together family members of the crew of a downed ww2 aircraft and met with them in England.
He has a quote to top mine.
Quote:
I was standing holding a torch to enable a UK man and his wife to read the Bastiaan plaque on the ramparts above the Menin Gate in Ieper, Belgium, just after the conclusion of the nightly 8.00pm Ceremony that is held there every night.
This man read the entire plaque and relief map that is on each of Ross' plaques, detailing the local actions, casualties and contributions, both tactically and strategically, by the Aussies (in this case in the Ieper area in WW1).
He then turned to me and said, "I didn't know Australians fought in WW1"!
I was gentle with him! We Aussies were labelled "British" in that war, as you know.
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