I noticed, when editing my videos recognizing ANZAC Day, that I never once mentioned the Kiwis. I never meant to slight their sacrifices, and I want to recognize them now. They stood shoulder to shoulder with the diggers and fought bravely.
Thank you for your service Sir. Anzac Day is our day and I thank you for your reactions to the songs that we listen too and share every year in hopes that the Anzac Day march/parade will continue. My family attends the dawn service and the parade every year in honour of the Anzac spirit and three generations of our families service. Lest we forget.
@@noone6559 Australians have fought side by side with our Kiwi bothers and sisters .. and we always will be there for each other .. we are family!! But when it comes to Pavlova .. we invented it!!🙄
Australia’s population in 1914 was 4.9 million. Australia loss over 60,000 with over 156,000 injured in WW1 so a large proportion of the population. My grandfather who was only visiting Australia when war broke out joined up. He survived Gallipoli but was wounded on the western front in 1917. He was given 6 months to live due to his injuries and waited 12 months before marrying my grandmother. He died 1974. Lest we forget
My grandrather fought at Galipoly with his brother and went on to France .Unfortunatly his brother was KIA during the german offensive in april 1918 .They never found his body.
@@nicholasbryce1810 my other grandfather’s brother who was on the other side had this happen to him. The records show that he he was heard crying out then a shell landed where his cries were heard. His body was never recovered. They were all heroes no matter which side they were on. Lest we forget.
A little cultural context for you: A 'matilda' is essentially a backpack that contains everything you need to live (a cooking pot, food, bedding, change of clothes, soap, etc), to go 'waltzing matilda' is to live an itinerant life on the road, picking up work where you find it and enjoying a free life traveling and exploring. A matilda is also known as a 'swag', thus in Australian history a "swagman" would go "waltzing matilda" and live wherever the work took them. So when he sings in this "no more waltzing matilda for me" he's saying "even though we won the war, I lost my freedom anyway because of war." Also the song in the title of this "waltzing matilda" is a real song, and is probably the most well-known song in all of Australia (more people know the words to waltzing matilda than to the national anthem), so it's worth a listen to sometime when you get the urge.
Not many people know this fact: Waltzing Matilda is also the anthem for the USMC div1. It was adopted after their time in Melbourne. A fascinating read to google if interested.
The song is Australian but resonates with all English-speaking nations around the world. This video was presented by a Canadian. Australia was a little nation of just over 4million people at the start of World War 1. We raised an army of 400,000, every one of them was a volunteer. We suffered 250,000 casualties (over 60,000 dead). Their courage and abilities as soldiers were admired and respected throughout Europe and even by the Germans. They never surrendered any ground they took from the enemy and often spearheaded attacks. The toll on Australia as a nation was grievous.
Aussie here - this part of your comment "They never surrendered any ground they took from the enemy..." is not strictly true. We retreated at Gallipoli and in doing so gave back all that hard fought for land.
@@C0maT0ast They didn't take the land from the Turks in the first place and were ordered to evacuate by British command. The whole operation was a disaster by the British that should never have happened.
@@kennethdodemaide8678 The worst part about Gallipoli, is that the idea of an attack there was genius. The Turks were not the least bit prepared for an attack there until the plan leaked from the British High Command. If they had been able to keep it quiet (they were not used to information security at that point yet), it very well could have ended the war.
As others have mentioned ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp, we never forget New Zealand when we remember/talk about the ANZAC's. Also after Gallipoli there was so much repect between the Turks and the ANZAC's they were the first non allied forces to be allowed to march in the ANZAC parades and the Turkish government holds ANZAC day events every year
Lest we forget…… gen X Aussie baby here, and I know every word of that song by heart. On ANZAC day we need to remember, we have a dawn service for the fallen every April 25th. I pray this never happens again, but I am so fearful the world has forgotten and is doomed to repeat history.
Sadly it seems those who believe "Dolce Et Decorum Est" have won the cultural war and it will take another utterly senseless war to break their hold on our psyche.
'WW1 - 'The Great War'". Australia's total population at the time was about 4 million, and the 416,809 who enlisted for service represent 38.7 per cent of the total male population aged between 18 and 44. Of these, an estimated 58,961 died, 166,811 were wounded, 4098 went missing or were made prisoners of war, and 87,865 suffered sickness." Thank you to all service folk ❤ 🇦🇺 🤝 🇳🇿 LEST WE FORGET
Just the greatest song reflecting ANZAC day and what it means to an Australian, written by a Scotsman with the ability to look at it with the clear eyes. The use of the phrase 'Waltzing Matilda' is used so cleverly. It references both the song and it's original meaning which is to 'carry a pack around free in the bush' and as a general term of innocence. - just amazing. I love this song so much, I named my daughter Matilda.
I'm Australian and I love this song. I've actually sung it a number of times. I'm also an historian who has studied this topic. Australia lost around 60,000 dead in the entire conflict. Close to 10,000 lost their lives at Gallipoli, not 50,000. At the time, Australia had a population of about four and a half million. We actually had the highest casualty rate of the Entente forces in the Great War. It devastated a generation.
There were no Australian troops on the beach at Suvla.....That was a totally British action. Also there were no 'tin hats' at Gallipolli "Between 1916 and 1918, on the Western Front, the Australians wore the British issue Brodie pattern steel helmet as head protection while in the trenches.' They wore Caps and a few slouch hats at Gallipolli. Great song. Eric wrote with emotion...but it does contain some historical in accuracies. Landing at Suvla Bay 6 to 15 August 1915. Australian landing at Gallipoli 25th April 1915.
@@fretboardish I know all that. I'm an historian myself. It's the emotion that supersedes the historical accuracy. That's why it is such a moving song.
It's OK mate - we all cry. It's that sort of story. We have an avenue of Honour in my home town that is 23 Kms (14 miles) long. One tree for every person that served during WW1. 16 of them died on the first day at Gallipoli. Every family lost someone back then. Our population was only 4 million and 400,000 (10%) joined up.
"Lest We Forget" Lovely video, thank-you. Also a shout out to our New Zealand mates without whom there wouldn't be any ANZACs! On the 50,000 troops dying in the Gallipoli Campaign that total figure is a combination of Allied forces, Australians, New Zealanders, French and other British forces (Canadians, Brits, Indians and Irish). Much of the First World War was a total f**k up by senior commanding officers many of whom were so old they hadn't seen any real active service since the mid 19th century, and had absolutely no understanding of modern warfare. One statistic that has often struck me is the average lifespan for a lieutenant (junior officer) on the Western Front was 42 days, these were boys who were barely out of school. Even reading all the history I have and I cannot fathom a time where after finishing high school you were essentially dead before the end of your summer holidays.
At the start of WW1 many of the oficer cadets, desperate for some trigger time where sent to france and were lost early in the war. Made a big hole in the number of officers required. Many old men headed the call and re-enlisted after being retired but as you say were not familiar with the new style of warfare
My Grandfather fought in Gallipoli and then the battle of the Somme, Fromelles he only survived because he and his brother would save each other after trench collapses one bad one my Grandfather was on top his brother underneath him and another Aussie fella underneath him, my Grandfather dug himself out and his brother was crying out to hurry as he couldn’t breathe, and the poor bloke on the bottom of that mortar induced trench collapse didn’t survive, pure luck where in the stack they landed.
@@Sweetlyfe My grandfather was a Light Horse doctor. British advancing up a slope, one fell. My grandfather mounted and rode down from safety to treat the British officer, who got up and started running. The response from the ANZACS on the hill to the man who had put their doctor in harms way was "Shoot the bastard!!" Written in a letter to my grandfather in the 1960's.
@@nickabbott6278my grandfather’s brother was 12 Lighthorse. He served in Gallipoli and was Sqn B at Beersheba, being one of the first into the city after the charge.
Thank you for this reaction and thoughts on this our ANZAC Day. I'm an Aussie, but please don't forget to always include mentioning the New Zealanders who were with us. We were an awesome team.
When I was a child, I remember walking past Young and Jackson (a Melbourne pub) with my mum. It stank of beer and was filled with older men wearing overcoats often with arms and legs missing. They were WWI veterans
Hello. I love your reactions. Please don't worry about leaving NZ out, we Australians know that our cousins, New Zealanders, fought, hard. I'm a couple of days late, because I hate hearing The Last Post. It's the first thing I heard 5 minutes after my dad died. Anyway, getting off track, thank you for playing this. Cheers from Australia ❤
Have you ever heard of the Battle of Long Tan? And did you know ANZAC’s never lost a single battle in Vietnam. Also before Aussies went into Vietnam, they were put on a Vietnamese diet. This helped them hide better. The Vietnamese could smell the Americans because of their diet.
Yes, I am aware of the battle of Long Tan. I have read stories about it. I am also aware that they never lost a battle in Vietnam. I was not aware that ANZACs were put on a Vietnamese diet.
@@paulschmehl2124When I went to Vietnam and visited the tunnels, the guide told us how Aussies were the first to find them and go inside, as some of the soldiers were miners not afraid.
I am one who asked for this song. Thankyou. It is the most poignant song about war that i have heard. The Kiwis, ( New Zealander's ) lost more troops at Gallipoli on a population basis than anyone. The tenacity & courage they became known for in WW1 carried over into WW2. They were so feared by the Germans that on many occasions the allied commanders would make sure the German troops were made aware that they were going to be facing Kiwi soldiers.
Watching from Australia. Every year we go to the local dawn service for ANZAC day and Rememberance day. While i had no one on my Australuan side fight in war, both my brother and i were Army cadets, and my grandpa and uncles on my mothers side were USA navy and airforce vets. One of the things that does my heart good is seeing the decendants of our diggers marching with their medals. They will not be forgotten. We will remember them.
Great to see your understanding of the music and our respect for the men and women who have served to keep Australia safe. No glorification of war but to remember the sacrifice of our young Australians involvement in WW1 and all other conflicts we have been involved in.
WW1 casualties hit Australia hard. My mum has a news clipping from the local paper about my great-grandparent's wedding where it requests that guests respect the couple's wishes to change to a small private ceremony on account of both the Bride and Groom having both lost brothers in France the previous week.
I hate ANZAC day, I don’t go to the dawn services. After doing 8 years in the army, I have had to encounter numerous suicides, mates dying in training exercises that were easily avoidable. As a serving member I was forced to go to the dawn services each year on base. We couldn’t get out of it. I don’t do anything on ANZAC day. I know people that are very active on Anzac Day and People who just stay home. It’s a free country and we are lucky to make our own choices.
My Great Uncle was one of the New Zealand men who died in WW1. He was newly married but he still went and died in Belgium only months after he arrived.
My Great Grandfather fought in Gallipoli with the New Zealanders. He was wounded by a "Turkish shell". Recuperating in the UK he met my great-grandmother. Otherwise I wouldn't be here. Thanks Gallipoli. He was a farmer. Before and after WW1.
If you look on the website for the Australian War Memorial, there is actually a video of World War Two soldiers marching and singing “Waltzing Matilda” ❤️
It's definitely about WW1, and it was a horrendous experience for the troops. The Pogues did a version of this song - an Irish band - which I think is the best version of this song, and truly encapsulates the bitterness of the experience. Yes, people have to fight, but the bitterness was about how the troops were sacrificed without it seems, any real care for preserving their lives. For the troops, WW1 was the most horrendous experience, but WW2 was more clearly a fight against evil, and in general it wasn't as horrendous for allied troops, but absolutely a much more deadly war for civilians.
@ Dave Jensen " You must be older even than me, Dave. "Don't approach unkle Jim from behind" said Dad. Unkle Jim survived Changi and said, to me just the once, that he had it easy compared to the blokes who worked on the Burma Railway.
@@elizabeth10392 "It was a hell of a lot easier to survive in Changi than on the Burma Railway. Elizabeth, a wonderful name, the cousin of the New Testament Mary; our recently deceased Queen and dad's mum.
Lest we forget our Anzacs. We Skippies have a long friendship and bond with our Kiwi brother & sisters. We hang it on each other all the time but when it comes to the crunch we unite.
This song means so much. One of my uncles, who is a Vietnam Vet, talks about it - especially the line "soon no one will march there at all" is a plea. All Vets who can, march on ANZAC day - we hope and pray for the day when there is no more need for war - that they are no longer necessary. Thats part of what ANZAC Days is about - that one day we will no longer have to sacrifice the lives and health - both physical and mental- of our young people.
ANZAC day remembering our wounded and dead in all wars, Lest we forget, we won't, crying now writing this 😢, I played all the songs in the background while playing with my 3 year old grandson, when he is a little older he will be going to the Anzac Day March, his great great great grandfather was at Galipoli he came home, married and had children now I have a beautiful grandson, thank you.
Remembering Sgt R.Roberts, Nottingham & Derbyshire Sherwood Foresters (North Africa 1941), thank you for your reaction sir and for your service....Lest We Forget.
9th Bn Sherwood Foresters served at Gallipoli. My paternal grandfather was a sniper at Suvla Bay. And later at the Somme, then Paschendaele, then finally at the Kaiserschlacht in 1918, where he was gravely but not fatally wounded.
I’ve found that this song affects me more than “I Was Only 19”. I think it’s due to the loss of innocence and the greater loss of ANZAC lives at Gallipolli. A whole generation missed out on creating new families, careers and the usual social developments in life. I really appreciated your final words - very well thought out and expressed.
This Canadian Video uses the great song about the experiences of an ANZAC soldier. somewhat disrespecfully in my opinion. The shots of troops other than Aussies or Kiwi's should not be used to illustrate the story, but I understand the universal point. There were around 10,000 anzac casualties in this battle, not 50,000 dead. The Aussies lost far mor men on their subsequent battles on the Western front. Most of which were fought while the Americans were deciding if commerce with Germany was more important than Western allies. Some explainations of some of the terms used 'to 'Waltz matilda' was a term referring to what were referred to at the time as 'swagman', so our protagonist tells of being a young man walking through the countryside from farm to farm, looking for work. A Matilda was a slalg term for the swag (bundle of blankets and clothing they carried with them) One of our greatest poets/bush balladeers wrote a still very popular song called 'Waltzing Matilda' about such a swagman. So "Waltzing Matilda' refers to both tramping in the Bush, and a song. The bands were playing the tune as they borded the ship, after the initial landing/battle and when they returned to Sydney Harbour (Circular Quay), except what startedout as a jaunty, jolly ballad, turns into ever more mournful music as the realities set in. to hunt and tent pegs, a man needs both legs, means no more 'Waltzing Matilda'. Never knew there was worst things than dyin' At one stage there was an armistice called between the Anzacs and the Turks so the rotting bodies could be cleared from no mans land. 'We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs. then we started all over again' Truly one of the finest songs ever written.
Don't know why the visuals showed Canadians in an ANZAC song? The good think is that today more and more young people are turning out (and even marching with great granddad's medals) and honoring the legacy of the ANZAC's.
@@fionabaldwin2254 Yeh Na, still not an ANZAC country, or Turkey. Thus why are they using it? India, Turkey. France, Britain , New Zealand and Australia were the nations in that conflict (corrections accepted). Others, not involved, border on cultural appropriation. Am I wrong?
Thank you for not interupting the song. It disrupts the emotion of the lyrics. Aussie's, Kiwi's, Canadians all gave their young and so many never came home
Watching Kappy ❤. I had a Pop In WWI. He was a 5th lighthorseman; my Dad and 6 Uncles were in WWII. Very blessed they all came back to us. ❤❤ LEST WE FORGET. Did you hear Dylan Wright singing I Am Australian live this morning. Beautiful 😍 ❤🤩
I thank you and all those families whose relatives fought both in WW1 and WW2 who came from Australia and New Zealand whose fighting men gave there everything including there lives for sovereignty, democracy and freedom for nation's who were at the mercy from evil. I am British and I had relatives who were killed in WW2 in our Armed Forces of the UK. The UK owes soldiers, sailors and Airmen from many countries including Australia and New Zealand. We owe your nation's so much and our freedom. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴🤝🤝🤝🤝🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
@Dr_KAP 😍😍 Mum was in the army too and worked in the kitchen and in the uniform section at the Enoggera Army Barracks in Brisbane. She lost their first baby while Dad was in the Middle East. We mustn't forget what those left behind went through as well 💗💖 They ended up being married for 71 years when Dad passed at the age of 92 amd Mum was with us for another 5 1/2 years. They ended up having 8 children, and I'm the baby LOL!! 😍
I found this song in the '90s on a file-sharing network, forget which one, and it has never failed to bring a sense of sadness to me. I grew up in the '60s and sang Waltzing Matilda in music class, I can never hear it without thinking of this song. Another along the same line is "A Pittance of Time" by Terry Kelly.
The British generals used all the other nations troops as cannon fodder while they protected their own troops , it one of the reasons the ANZACS didn't like being under British generals in WWII , you reckoned you couldn't trust them .
My grandmother’s brother never came home from WW1. He died instantly after shell passed over him. We have copies of the eye witness reports which are very difficult to read. I feel like I knew him from a newspaper clipping about what his friends thought of him. He never came home to Australia - he’s buried in Belgium. My dad looked a bit like him 💞
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me." -Martin Niemöller
Thank you for your bravery in responding. Our elders need to use all their wisdom and experience to negotiate, outsmart and do anything they can to save the world's young people from violence.
The battle at Souvla bay was a particularly bad military tactic. The ANZACs landed in small boats on the shore of a bay surrounded by massive cliffs. The Turkish army (protecting their own land from invasion) were on top of those cliffs. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Thanks for sharing facts and the truth in such a heartfelt, honest and unbiased manner. Your words will be passed on to my son. Thank you for changing your entire life to keep us safe.
About 8000 ANZAC deaths at Gallipoli. My grandfather went there twice. Shipped out after a short time suffering from a good night in Cairo before deployment, recovered in Australia & returned to Gallipoli only to be shipped out with pneumonia. If he hadn’t he would have probably been killed at the Battle of Lone Pine bc only a couple of dozen of his battalion survived. He returned to his battalion in Flanders, lost his thumb to end his war.
Thank you for remembering Anzac Day and as an Australian. thank you for remembering the New Zealanders. My ancestors and contemporaries could not have done it without them
Remember also that in 1915 Australia only had a total population of just shy of 5 million. 50,000 in one battle was an almost unimaginable loss of young men for the newly formed nation.
9000 dead in that campaign poor choice of graphics. If the facts are convincing, don't mess with them. It only degrades your point nobody talks about the 80 000?? dead Turkish, defending their homeland on the Galipolli peninsula. My Light Horse captain grandfather had nothing but praise for his foe in Palestine.
My old Grandfather buried 4 of his brothers at Gallipoli. He was a member of the 10th light horse regiment, in a day before family members were not permitted to serve together. He was the only one of the brothers to return.
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The shared tradition of ANZAC between our two countries (AU, NZ) is something we're all proud of over here. To the diggers of old and the diggers still serving, lest we forget.
Nobody cheered, they just stood and stared and they all turned their faces away - that line gets me every time. Cant beleive we still send troops off to pointless wars when our leaders cant discuss and resolve issues
That's always a tough listen. I watched a documentary on Anzac Day night showing footage from WWI. It had been colourised. Brutal particularly with the narrative from men that were there. LEST WE FORGET
My great uncle Andrew Sameul Holland served on the Western Front, he left his family farm in Victoria, Australia in September 1915 and was killed 11 months later at Pozziers, France. He died the day my grandfather (his younger brother) turned 14. He rests eternal unknown in the soils of France, with only an inscription on a cenotaph to remember him. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
My grandfather served in Palestine in the 1st Light Horse in the middle East. It's still a mess, what will calm the tension. It's been more than a hundred years
Thank you had a tears in my eyes as I nearly always do listening to this. And the Young still answer the Call, thank you all for your service. Lest We Forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our Freedom
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I noticed, when editing my videos recognizing ANZAC Day, that I never once mentioned the Kiwis. I never meant to slight their sacrifices, and I want to recognize them now. They stood shoulder to shoulder with the diggers and fought bravely.
Our Kiwi brethren are our cousins and also brothers/sisters..... we stand together even when we fight over Rugby and pavlova :D
Thank you for your service Sir.
Anzac Day is our day and I thank you for your reactions to the songs that we listen too and share every year in hopes that the Anzac Day march/parade will continue.
My family attends the dawn service and the parade every year in honour of the Anzac spirit and three generations of our families service.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
Thank you to all who have will and may fight for their respected country. Your all bloody legends
Aussies and Kiwi's will always have a special relationship.❤
@@noone6559 Australians have fought side by side with our Kiwi bothers and sisters .. and we always will be there for each other .. we are family!!
But when it comes to Pavlova .. we invented it!!🙄
Australia’s population in 1914 was 4.9 million. Australia loss over 60,000 with over 156,000 injured in WW1 so a large proportion of the population. My grandfather who was only visiting Australia when war broke out joined up. He survived Gallipoli but was wounded on the western front in 1917. He was given 6 months to live due to his injuries and waited 12 months before marrying my grandmother. He died 1974. Lest we forget
that’s 1.2 % of the entire population that died, possibly up to 6% of the male youth of Australia. that’s a hell of a lot.
My grandrather fought at Galipoly with his brother and went on to France .Unfortunatly his brother was KIA during the german offensive in april 1918 .They never found his body.
@@nicholasbryce1810 my other grandfather’s brother who was on the other side had this happen to him. The records show that he he was heard crying out then a shell landed where his cries were heard. His body was never recovered. They were all heroes no matter which side they were on. Lest we forget.
A shout out to the New Zealand Diggers 🇳🇿 too 5:08 😢
yeah, they go all right.
Yep we love our kiwi brothers just don't tell them
Much love to our NZ brothers.
A little cultural context for you: A 'matilda' is essentially a backpack that contains everything you need to live (a cooking pot, food, bedding, change of clothes, soap, etc), to go 'waltzing matilda' is to live an itinerant life on the road, picking up work where you find it and enjoying a free life traveling and exploring. A matilda is also known as a 'swag', thus in Australian history a "swagman" would go "waltzing matilda" and live wherever the work took them.
So when he sings in this "no more waltzing matilda for me" he's saying "even though we won the war, I lost my freedom anyway because of war."
Also the song in the title of this "waltzing matilda" is a real song, and is probably the most well-known song in all of Australia (more people know the words to waltzing matilda than to the national anthem), so it's worth a listen to sometime when you get the urge.
Thank you. I appreciate it so much when my viewer educate me.
When you put a swag on your back and walk it sways from side to side, like its waltzing. Hence a waltzing Matilda.
Not many people know this fact:
Waltzing Matilda is also the anthem for the USMC div1.
It was adopted after their time in Melbourne.
A fascinating read to google if interested.
The song is Australian but resonates with all English-speaking nations around the world. This video was presented by a Canadian. Australia was a little nation of just over 4million people at the start of World War 1. We raised an army of 400,000, every one of them was a volunteer. We suffered 250,000 casualties (over 60,000 dead). Their courage and abilities as soldiers were admired and respected throughout Europe and even by the Germans. They never surrendered any ground they took from the enemy and often spearheaded attacks. The toll on Australia as a nation was grievous.
Aussie here - this part of your comment "They never surrendered any ground they took from the enemy..." is not strictly true. We retreated at Gallipoli and in doing so gave back all that hard fought for land.
@@C0maT0ast They didn't take the land from the Turks in the first place and were ordered to evacuate by British command. The whole operation was a disaster by the British that should never have happened.
NZ had a population of just over 1 million in 1914. Our 2 young nations punched well above their weight and suffered terrible losses in the process 😢❤
@@suemoore984 So true.
@@kennethdodemaide8678 The worst part about Gallipoli, is that the idea of an attack there was genius. The Turks were not the least bit prepared for an attack there until the plan leaked from the British High Command. If they had been able to keep it quiet (they were not used to information security at that point yet), it very well could have ended the war.
Thank you. Unlike other countries, we don't celebrate our victories, we commemorate our fallen. Tough time of the year for us.
We will remember them........................lest we forget.
lest we forget
As others have mentioned ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp, we never forget New Zealand when we remember/talk about the ANZAC's. Also after Gallipoli there was so much repect between the Turks and the ANZAC's they were the first non allied forces to be allowed to march in the ANZAC parades and the Turkish government holds ANZAC day events every year
Just shows the respect that both sides did and continue to hold for each other.
This song always reduces me to tears.
Lest We Forget🇦🇺 🌺
Me too mate 😢 We will remember them.... Lest We forget 🙏😭
Lest we forget…… gen X Aussie baby here, and I know every word of that song by heart. On ANZAC day we need to remember, we have a dawn service for the fallen every April 25th. I pray this never happens again, but I am so fearful the world has forgotten and is doomed to repeat history.
No we won't. x
Sadly it seems those who believe "Dolce Et Decorum Est" have won the cultural war and it will take another utterly senseless war to break their hold on our psyche.
'WW1 - 'The Great War'".
Australia's total population at the time was about 4 million, and the 416,809 who enlisted for service represent 38.7 per cent of the total male population aged between 18 and 44. Of these, an estimated 58,961 died, 166,811 were wounded, 4098 went missing or were made prisoners of war, and 87,865 suffered sickness."
Thank you to all service folk ❤
🇦🇺 🤝 🇳🇿
LEST WE FORGET
Just the greatest song reflecting ANZAC day and what it means to an Australian, written by a Scotsman with the ability to look at it with the clear eyes.
The use of the phrase 'Waltzing Matilda' is used so cleverly. It references both the song and it's original meaning which is to 'carry a pack around free in the bush' and as a general term of innocence. - just amazing.
I love this song so much, I named my daughter Matilda.
Naaawww beautiful 😊
I love that every time he sang the words Waltzing Matilda he'd play a part of the tune on his guitar. I can think of no better a name for a daughter.
@malsa "Just the greatest song reflecting ANZAC day and w.." How’s little 'Tilly ? is it Tilly or Milly ?
Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams also named their daughter Matilda ❤️
The band played Waltzing Matilda is always a hard song to listen to, especially on ANZAC day.
I'm Australian and I love this song. I've actually sung it a number of times. I'm also an historian who has studied this topic. Australia lost around 60,000 dead in the entire conflict. Close to 10,000 lost their lives at Gallipoli, not 50,000. At the time, Australia had a population of about four and a half million. We actually had the highest casualty rate of the Entente forces in the Great War. It devastated a generation.
Wish we had a little more focus on History in Australian education, we might not have as much as most other nations but ours is still rich.
@@firefker No argument from me. I've been on about promoting the importance of teaching history for ages.
There were no Australian troops on the beach at Suvla.....That was a totally British action. Also there were no 'tin hats' at Gallipolli "Between 1916 and 1918, on the Western Front, the Australians wore the British issue Brodie pattern steel helmet as head protection while in the trenches.' They wore Caps and a few slouch hats at Gallipolli. Great song. Eric wrote with emotion...but it does contain some historical in accuracies. Landing at Suvla Bay 6 to 15 August 1915. Australian landing at Gallipoli 25th April 1915.
@@fretboardish I know all that. I'm an historian myself. It's the emotion that supersedes the historical accuracy. That's why it is such a moving song.
@@fretboardish Good points and, in a way, indicative. His "antiwar" dirge contains a lot more than just "historical" inaccuracies.
It's OK mate - we all cry. It's that sort of story. We have an avenue of Honour in my home town that is 23 Kms (14 miles) long. One tree for every person that served during WW1. 16 of them died on the first day at Gallipoli. Every family lost someone back then. Our population was only 4 million and 400,000 (10%) joined up.
"Lest We Forget"
Lovely video, thank-you. Also a shout out to our New Zealand mates without whom there wouldn't be any ANZACs! On the 50,000 troops dying in the Gallipoli Campaign that total figure is a combination of Allied forces, Australians, New Zealanders, French and other British forces (Canadians, Brits, Indians and Irish). Much of the First World War was a total f**k up by senior commanding officers many of whom were so old they hadn't seen any real active service since the mid 19th century, and had absolutely no understanding of modern warfare. One statistic that has often struck me is the average lifespan for a lieutenant (junior officer) on the Western Front was 42 days, these were boys who were barely out of school. Even reading all the history I have and I cannot fathom a time where after finishing high school you were essentially dead before the end of your summer holidays.
At the start of WW1 many of the oficer cadets, desperate for some trigger time where sent to france and were lost early in the war. Made a big hole in the number of officers required. Many old men headed the call and re-enlisted after being retired but as you say were not familiar with the new style of warfare
I did get to read General Birdsville's autobiography about 30 years ago. Shame he wasn't in charge instead of Hamilton.
My Grandfather fought in Gallipoli and then the battle of the Somme, Fromelles he only survived because he and his brother would save each other after trench collapses one bad one my Grandfather was on top his brother underneath him and another Aussie fella underneath him, my Grandfather dug himself out and his brother was crying out to hurry as he couldn’t breathe, and the poor bloke on the bottom of that mortar induced trench collapse didn’t survive, pure luck where in the stack they landed.
@@Sweetlyfe My grandfather was a Light Horse doctor. British advancing up a slope, one fell. My grandfather mounted and rode down from safety to treat the British officer, who got up and started running. The response from the ANZACS on the hill to the man who had put their doctor in harms way was "Shoot the bastard!!"
Written in a letter to my grandfather in the 1960's.
@@nickabbott6278my grandfather’s brother was 12 Lighthorse. He served in Gallipoli and was Sqn B at Beersheba, being one of the first into the city after the charge.
Thank you for this reaction and thoughts on this our ANZAC Day. I'm an Aussie, but please don't forget to always include mentioning the New Zealanders who were with us. We were an awesome team.
Thankyou
When I was a child, I remember walking past Young and Jackson (a Melbourne pub) with my mum. It stank of beer and was filled with older men wearing overcoats often with arms and legs missing. They were WWI veterans
God bless all you Aussies, wherever you may be, you tough buggers you.
Best wishes from Old South Wales.
Hello. I love your reactions. Please don't worry about leaving NZ out, we Australians know that our cousins, New Zealanders, fought, hard. I'm a couple of days late, because I hate hearing The Last Post. It's the first thing I heard 5 minutes after my dad died.
Anyway, getting off track, thank you for playing this.
Cheers from Australia ❤
Have you ever heard of the Battle of Long Tan? And did you know ANZAC’s never lost a single battle in Vietnam.
Also before Aussies went into Vietnam, they were put on a Vietnamese diet. This helped them hide better. The Vietnamese could smell the Americans because of their diet.
Yes, I am aware of the battle of Long Tan. I have read stories about it. I am also aware that they never lost a battle in Vietnam. I was not aware that ANZACs were put on a Vietnamese diet.
I had a friend who came back with a great love for pickled limes. He had a lot of Vietnamese recipes.
My father told me you could smell their toothpaste(particularly the Americans) so...that was out. The things you don't consider .
Yes, watch 'Gallipoli' Mel Gibson and 'Danger close'. these movies bookmark the two songs, waltzing and 19.
@@paulschmehl2124When I went to Vietnam and visited the tunnels, the guide told us how Aussies were the first to find them and go inside, as some of the soldiers were miners not afraid.
Thats a tuff song mate, i can see it across your face, you've been there buddy thanks for your service from an Aussie 🇭🇲🦘👍🙂
I am one who asked for this song. Thankyou.
It is the most poignant song about war that i have heard.
The Kiwis, ( New Zealander's ) lost more troops at Gallipoli on a population basis than anyone. The tenacity & courage they became known for in WW1 carried over into WW2. They were so feared by the Germans that on many occasions the allied commanders would make sure the German troops were made aware that they were going to be facing Kiwi soldiers.
Eric is a Proud Scotsman 🏴👊🏻
Watching from Australia. Every year we go to the local dawn service for ANZAC day and Rememberance day. While i had no one on my Australuan side fight in war, both my brother and i were Army cadets, and my grandpa and uncles on my mothers side were USA navy and airforce vets.
One of the things that does my heart good is seeing the decendants of our diggers marching with their medals. They will not be forgotten. We will remember them.
US Navy here. Thanks for the good thoughts
Nah never aye! No friggin way! It's to bloody important! Lest We forget 🙏
Lest We Forget 🥀
Great to see your understanding of the music and our respect for the men and women who have served to keep Australia safe. No glorification of war but to remember the sacrifice of our young Australians involvement in WW1 and all other conflicts we have been involved in.
WW1 casualties hit Australia hard. My mum has a news clipping from the local paper about my great-grandparent's wedding where it requests that guests respect the couple's wishes to change to a small private ceremony on account of both the Bride and Groom having both lost brothers in France the previous week.
That is so sad. The loss of life in WWI was devastating. I can't imagine what it was like for the families at home.
I hate ANZAC day, I don’t go to the dawn services.
After doing 8 years in the army, I have had to encounter numerous suicides, mates dying in training exercises that were easily avoidable.
As a serving member I was forced to go to the dawn services each year on base. We couldn’t get out of it.
I don’t do anything on ANZAC day.
I know people that are very active on Anzac Day and People who just stay home.
It’s a free country and we are lucky to make our own choices.
You fought for that freedom. You deserve it. One day, I'd bet, you will come to appreciate it. But I understand exactly what you are feeling.
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Thank you so much for your video
Best regards
Nigel
WMH Team - Australia 🇦🇺
My Great Uncle was one of the New Zealand men who died in WW1. He was newly married but he still went and died in Belgium only months after he arrived.
Eric, thank you, brother. As an ex Australian Army officer, my thanks bares weight more than you'll ever imagine.
Lest we forget.
Honour our veterans, our heros, all those who have paid the ultimate price & those who continue to serve & sacrifice xx❤❤
Lest we forget
We will remember them.
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Don't worry mate, I'm crying with you. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺
My Great Grandfather fought in Gallipoli with the New Zealanders. He was wounded by a "Turkish shell". Recuperating in the UK he met my great-grandmother. Otherwise I wouldn't be here. Thanks Gallipoli. He was a farmer. Before and after WW1.
If you look on the website for the Australian War Memorial, there is actually a video of World War Two soldiers marching and singing “Waltzing Matilda” ❤️
It's definitely about WW1, and it was a horrendous experience for the troops. The Pogues did a version of this song - an Irish band - which I think is the best version of this song, and truly encapsulates the bitterness of the experience.
Yes, people have to fight, but the bitterness was about how the troops were sacrificed without it seems, any real care for preserving their lives. For the troops, WW1 was the most horrendous experience, but WW2 was more clearly a fight against evil, and in general it wasn't as horrendous for allied troops, but absolutely a much more deadly war for civilians.
You are absolutely right.
Granddad served at Gallilopi with the Auckland Mounted rifles. NZ lost 17 to 18,000 dead in WW1 with a population of 1million.
My ex’s dad spent three years in Changi prison during WW2 it changed him forever only the tough survived that place
My 2nd Cousin also spent the war in Changi. He was never the same after either.
@ Dave Jensen " You must be older even than me, Dave. "Don't approach unkle Jim from behind" said Dad. Unkle Jim survived Changi and said, to me just the once, that he had it easy compared to the blokes who worked on the Burma Railway.
@@elizabeth10392 "It was a hell of a lot easier to survive in Changi than on the Burma Railway. Elizabeth, a wonderful name, the cousin of the New Testament Mary; our recently deceased Queen and dad's mum.
Lest we forget our Anzacs. We Skippies have a long friendship and bond with our Kiwi brother & sisters. We hang it on each other all the time but when it comes to the crunch we unite.
This song means so much. One of my uncles, who is a Vietnam Vet, talks about it - especially the line "soon no one will march there at all" is a plea. All Vets who can, march on ANZAC day - we hope and pray for the day when there is no more need for war - that they are no longer necessary. Thats part of what ANZAC Days is about - that one day we will no longer have to sacrifice the lives and health - both physical and mental- of our young people.
ANZAC day remembering our wounded and dead in all wars, Lest we forget, we won't, crying now writing this 😢, I played all the songs in the background while playing with my 3 year old grandson, when he is a little older he will be going to the Anzac Day March, his great great great grandfather was at Galipoli he came home, married and had children now I have a beautiful grandson, thank you.
Australia sent 400,000 to the Great War .
68,000 died . Many wounded. Australia only had a population of 5 million at the time
Neither the UK nor the US ever acknowledged what Australia gave in WW 1.
Haven't even heard the song yet, but wanted to thank you for honoring our Aussie brothers
Remembering Sgt R.Roberts, Nottingham & Derbyshire Sherwood Foresters (North Africa 1941), thank you for your reaction sir and for your service....Lest We Forget.
9th Bn Sherwood Foresters served at Gallipoli. My paternal grandfather was a sniper at Suvla Bay. And later at the Somme, then Paschendaele, then finally at the Kaiserschlacht in 1918, where he was gravely but not fatally wounded.
I’ve found that this song affects me more than “I Was Only 19”. I think it’s due to the loss of innocence and the greater loss of ANZAC lives at Gallipolli. A whole generation missed out on creating new families, careers and the usual social developments in life. I really appreciated your final words - very well thought out and expressed.
This Canadian Video uses the great song about the experiences of an ANZAC soldier. somewhat disrespecfully in my opinion. The shots of troops other than Aussies or Kiwi's should not be used to illustrate the story, but I understand the universal point. There were around 10,000 anzac casualties in this battle, not 50,000 dead. The Aussies lost far mor men on their subsequent battles on the Western front. Most of which were fought while the Americans were deciding if commerce with Germany was more important than Western allies.
Some explainations of some of the terms used 'to 'Waltz matilda' was a term referring to what were referred to at the time as 'swagman', so our protagonist tells of being a young man walking through the countryside from farm to farm, looking for work. A Matilda was a slalg term for the swag (bundle of blankets and clothing they carried with them)
One of our greatest poets/bush balladeers wrote a still very popular song called 'Waltzing Matilda' about such a swagman. So "Waltzing Matilda' refers to both tramping in the Bush, and a song. The bands were playing the tune as they borded the ship, after the initial landing/battle and when they returned to Sydney Harbour (Circular Quay), except what startedout as a jaunty, jolly ballad, turns into ever more mournful music as the realities set in.
to hunt and tent pegs, a man needs both legs, means no more 'Waltzing Matilda'. Never knew there was worst things than dyin'
At one stage there was an armistice called between the Anzacs and the Turks so the rotting bodies could be cleared from no mans land. 'We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs. then we started all over again'
Truly one of the finest songs ever written.
This is a hard one. The imagery is so vivid and descriptive. Hard not to feel this one.
Thank you so much for posting this.
Lest We Forget.
We will remember
Don't know why the visuals showed Canadians in an ANZAC song? The good think is that today more and more young people are turning out (and even marching with great granddad's medals) and honoring the legacy of the ANZAC's.
If you go to the video of the song, it explains why it does
@@fionabaldwin2254 Yeh Na, still not an ANZAC country, or Turkey. Thus why are they using it? India, Turkey. France, Britain , New Zealand and Australia were the nations in that conflict (corrections accepted). Others, not involved, border on cultural appropriation. Am I wrong?
We will remember them. Lest We Forget.
Lest we forget.
Love your empathy. Thank you for your service also ❤
Thank you for thinking of us on our ANZAC Day. A very special day for Aussies and Kiwis ❤
Thank you for not interupting the song. It disrupts the emotion of the lyrics. Aussie's, Kiwi's, Canadians all gave their young and so many never came home
I spent all day up at the pub today, hanging out with the cadets and buying drinks for the vets.
Watching Kappy ❤. I had a Pop In WWI. He was a 5th lighthorseman; my Dad and 6 Uncles were in WWII. Very blessed they all came back to us. ❤❤ LEST WE FORGET. Did you hear Dylan Wright singing I Am Australian live this morning. Beautiful 😍 ❤🤩
I thank you and all those families whose relatives fought both in WW1 and WW2 who came from Australia and New Zealand whose fighting men gave there everything including there lives for sovereignty, democracy and freedom for nation's who were at the mercy from evil. I am British and I had relatives who were killed in WW2 in our Armed Forces of the UK. The UK owes soldiers, sailors and Airmen from many countries including Australia and New Zealand. We owe your nation's so much and our freedom. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴🤝🤝🤝🤝🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
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That’s lovely Deb. My pop also served in WW1 and my Granny cooked for the hospital X
@Dr_KAP 😍😍 Mum was in the army too and worked in the kitchen and in the uniform section at the Enoggera Army Barracks in Brisbane. She lost their first baby while Dad was in the Middle East. We mustn't forget what those left behind went through as well 💗💖 They ended up being married for 71 years when Dad passed at the age of 92 amd Mum was with us for another 5 1/2 years. They ended up having 8 children, and I'm the baby LOL!! 😍
@@AussieDebb aww that’s such a nice story, I love that. And of course you’re the baby, love that too !!
Waltzing is walking Matilda is a swag or bag with all your stuff in💀💀💀
I found this song in the '90s on a file-sharing network, forget which one, and it has never failed to bring a sense of sadness to me. I grew up in the '60s and sang Waltzing Matilda in music class, I can never hear it without thinking of this song. Another along the same line is "A Pittance of Time" by Terry Kelly.
Waltzing Matilda is the official march of the U.S 1st Marine division.
Aussie who’s never heard the song or served. I cried my eyes out. Thank you for the vid sir.
The British generals used all the other nations troops as cannon fodder while they protected their own troops , it one of the reasons the ANZACS didn't like being under British generals in WWII , you reckoned you couldn't trust them .
My grandmother’s brother never came home from WW1. He died instantly after shell passed over him. We have copies of the eye witness reports which are very difficult to read. I feel like I knew him from a newspaper clipping about what his friends thought of him. He never came home to Australia - he’s buried in Belgium. My dad looked a bit like him 💞
lest we forget
As an Aussie, thank you for sharing this
The Battle of the Somme listed 1 million casualties. - men and boys - in one battle.
The landscape of that area is permanently scarred, and they are still finding UXOs in 2024 from that battle. It was beyond horrific.
RIP to my Great Uncle Ralph lying in Shrapnel Valley, Gallipoli x
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me."
-Martin Niemöller
Thank you for this. My dad is an Aussie Vietnam vet.
Thank you for your bravery in responding. Our elders need to use all their wisdom and experience to negotiate, outsmart and do anything they can to save the world's young people from violence.
The battle at Souvla bay was a particularly bad military tactic. The ANZACs landed in small boats on the shore of a bay surrounded by massive cliffs. The Turkish army (protecting their own land from invasion) were on top of those cliffs. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Thank you so much for your respect. The ANZAC legend is a huge part of our national identity and is treated with reverance by all generations.
Thanks for sharing facts and the truth in such a heartfelt, honest and unbiased manner. Your words will be passed on to my son. Thank you for changing your entire life to keep us safe.
And don't forget. After getting out of Gallipoli the Anzacs were refitted, given a short rest and then had to go through it all again in France!
Thank you so much for your closing words and comments about war xxx
👍👍A sad song about the horrors of war.☹ 🖖❤
About 8000 ANZAC deaths at Gallipoli. My grandfather went there twice. Shipped out after a short time suffering from a good night in Cairo before deployment, recovered in Australia & returned to Gallipoli only to be shipped out with pneumonia. If he hadn’t he would have probably been killed at the Battle of Lone Pine bc only a couple of dozen of his battalion survived. He returned to his battalion in Flanders, lost his thumb to end his war.
Thanks for the reaction. This is our unofficial Australia Day.
Thank you for remembering Anzac Day and as an Australian. thank you for remembering the New Zealanders. My ancestors and contemporaries could not have done it without them
ANZAC - Aussies and Kiwis - big family.
Remember also that in 1915 Australia only had a total population of just shy of 5 million. 50,000 in one battle was an almost unimaginable loss of young men for the newly formed nation.
9000 dead in that campaign poor choice of graphics. If the facts are convincing, don't mess with them. It only degrades your point nobody talks about the 80 000?? dead Turkish, defending their homeland on the Galipolli peninsula. My Light Horse captain grandfather had nothing but praise for his foe in Palestine.
ANZAC - Australia and New Zealand we are brothers and sisters
My old Grandfather buried 4 of his brothers at Gallipoli. He was a member of the 10th light horse regiment, in a day before family members were not permitted to serve together. He was the only one of the brothers to return.
His parents must have been devastated.
I believe these stories are taught to our youth on a regular basis in our schools so these men didn't die in vain ..
Cheers digger much respect .lest we forget
Have you heard Green Fields of France? Its my ANZAC day staple. I ALWAYS cry when I hear it.
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The shared tradition of ANZAC between our two countries (AU, NZ) is something we're all proud of over here. To the diggers of old and the diggers still serving, lest we forget.
Nobody cheered, they just stood and stared and they all turned their faces away - that line gets me every time. Cant beleive we still send troops off to pointless wars when our leaders cant discuss and resolve issues
Great song and Canadians should feel free to use it I don’t think the diggers would mind.
That's always a tough listen. I watched a documentary on Anzac Day night showing footage from WWI. It had been colourised. Brutal particularly with the narrative from men that were there.
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Thank you for not interrupting this beautiful song
My great uncle Andrew Sameul Holland served on the Western Front, he left his family farm in Victoria, Australia in September 1915 and was killed 11 months later at Pozziers, France. He died the day my grandfather (his younger brother) turned 14. He rests eternal unknown in the soils of France, with only an inscription on a cenotaph to remember him.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
And 'Waltzing Matilda' should be our national anthem.
Thankyou for this review 🇦🇺❤️
My grandfather served in Palestine in the 1st Light Horse in the middle East. It's still a mess, what will calm the tension. It's been more than a hundred years
This song still chokes me up every time if I really listen to it.
Thank you had a tears in my eyes as I nearly always do listening to this. And the Young still answer the Call, thank you all for your service. Lest We Forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our Freedom
At the going down of the sun. We will remember them.
Thank you for reacting to this beautiful song and for your insights!