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James Edward Ryan, probably taken in Egypt, early 1916. Photograph: courtesy of Beth Sutton
James Edward Ryan, probably taken in Egypt, early 1916. Photograph: courtesy of Beth Sutton
Sat 24 Apr 2021 16.00 EDT
Last modified on Sat 24 Apr 2021 16.09 EDT
This Anzac Day our politicians will again be front and centre of commemorations for Australia’s 62,000-plus first world war dead and those who died in all this country’s other conflicts.
That’s the thing about wars. Young (mostly) men get to die in them or endure the physical and mental scars while the (mostly) older men who send them get to commemorate while making old bones.
The Anzac who spoke truth to power and called for an end to the war Paul Daley
This Anzac Day our politicians will again be front and centre of commemorations for Australia’s 62,000-plus first world war dead and those who died in all this country’s other conflicts.
That’s the thing about wars. Young (mostly) men get to die in them or endure the physical and mental scars while the (mostly) older men who send them get to commemorate while making old bones.
You’ll likely hear a lot from our politicians about the necessary human sacrifice and endurance of the young Australian nation, from the hellfire of Gallipoli to the mud and viscera of the European western front, in the face of German tyranny and supposed continental threat.
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