tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post2492708123854096671..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Beersheba 1917, Australian light horsemen and sporting heroesHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11962086026357712802017-11-19T02:07:29.712+11:002017-11-19T02:07:29.712+11:00My travel agent son organised a major gathering of...My travel agent son organised a major gathering of Australians in Beersheba and referred me to J-Wire (16th Nov). One of the participants laid a wreath in honour of Indigenous Soldiers of the Australian Light Horse, for the first time in 100 years. Three of the 12 indigenous participants rode in the re-enactment of the Charge in full Light Horse Uniform. One of the participants was able to visit the grave of his Great Uncle at the Beersheba War Cemetery, the first one in his family to do so.Helshttp://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70294937601406187852017-11-03T14:55:20.163+11:002017-11-03T14:55:20.163+11:00Ann
I am so glad you are familiar with the WW1 s...Ann <br /><br />I am so glad you are familiar with the WW1 stories, through your grandfather and 3 brothers. If I was their mother, I would have stopped them going, but clearly the very brave young men in your family wanted to Do Their Bit. <br /><br />My grandfather was a translator between the Russian, British and Australian armies in both Egypt and Palestine in 1916-7, speaking Russian Yiddish Polish German English and Hebrew. Nonetheless he still got a bullet in the kidney and lived the rest of his life with one functioning kidney.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37438038665392906702017-11-03T11:43:34.589+11:002017-11-03T11:43:34.589+11:00one of the many idiot 'presenters' on Aust...one of the many idiot 'presenters' on Australian TV called it "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" in error.<br />Preparing for a Remembrance Day presentation I have been deep in WW1 all week. so sad are the individual stories I can't bear it.<br />"delivering food to the front line in a horse limber, RSG was shot in the head. He calmed his horses and delivered the food before seeking help"<br />One of my studies was a doctor who earned a DSO, his 2 brothers also doctors also saw active duty WW1.<br />I just scanned/printed a letter to army admin from a mother whose boy had been killed on Gallipoli: said she did "not give permission because he was just 18 and his brother was already there"<br /><br />My grandfather was MID, his Light Horse brother was Military Medal, and they both got home with their 2 other brothers who served. All 4, and 89 others taken out of a small remote farming community, now even smaller with the remains of all the same families as then.<br />100 years, plus ca change.<br />Thanks for the great story of the cricketer, you always Value Add your topics for us dear hels.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32117055356250321402017-11-01T14:04:14.764+11:002017-11-01T14:04:14.764+11:00mem
"stupid inconsiderate things" ..yes...mem<br /><br />"stupid inconsiderate things" ..yes! I had only brothers, sons and heaps of male first cousins. Not a girl in sight :( I NEVER understood why teenage boys drove too fast, drank too much, thought with the organ below their belt, loved rough sports and didn't study for exams.<br /><br />Presumably nothing has changed since WW1.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76812335239661056202017-11-01T10:46:02.176+11:002017-11-01T10:46:02.176+11:00Seems to me that Tibby would still be making headl...Seems to me that Tibby would still be making headlines now if he was a young man now . He would probably be a rugby or AFL player and be up on charges of doing stupid inconsiderate things . Young men have always been a bit mad .memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520080648914042943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5252480135926928462017-11-01T09:38:04.622+11:002017-11-01T09:38:04.622+11:00Gerald
you are right! The morality of using viole...Gerald<br /><br />you are right! The morality of using violence to achieve political or even military aims is both dubious and often inept. I was thinking about that in Catalonia... will the central Spanish army round up all the pro-independent Catalans into prisons? execute them for treason? send the Catalan government into exile? Not the way to make Catalans love being Spanish, I would say.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-28734617652612682392017-11-01T09:30:16.946+11:002017-11-01T09:30:16.946+11:00bazza
otherwise-unknown country lads who had neve...bazza<br /><br />otherwise-unknown country lads who had never even visited the Big Smoke, travelling to the other side of the world for King and Country! Amazing!<br /><br />I read the Ben Stokes story and felt heartbroken that gay couples are still being attacked in public for their lifestyle choices. Stokes may have handled it badly, but he was a very brave man. By the way, red heads are gorgeous :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36919642401596612092017-11-01T09:23:10.318+11:002017-11-01T09:23:10.318+11:00Parnassus
I think that Gallipoli had been such a ...Parnassus<br /><br />I think that Gallipoli had been such a catastrophe between Feb 1915 and Jan 1916 that the Australians and New Zealand soldiers were beyond keen to capture Beersheba and show their military worth. It was also the first battle where the ANZACs fought under an Australian general, rather than a British general.<br /><br />Mind you, Beersheba could have been a catastrophe as well. The Turks and Germans in the trenches had machine guns that were not aiming at the right angle; the Australians on their charging horses had rifles and loud yells :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87499858117969489722017-11-01T09:15:40.303+11:002017-11-01T09:15:40.303+11:00J-Wire
thank you for the Recommended Article.
Po...J-Wire<br /><br />thank you for the Recommended Article.<br /><br />Politicians and dignitaries from Australia and New Zealand were a very welcome sight at the 100th anniversary of the 1917 battle for Beersheba. But having the Head of State from New Zealand was absolutely the right person to lead the national delegation.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-26107599620269086112017-11-01T03:24:52.860+11:002017-11-01T03:24:52.860+11:00Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubi...Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.<br /><br />Your article is very well done, a good read.Geraldhttp://www.greatmilitarybattles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-59862513967186634182017-11-01T00:53:28.555+11:002017-11-01T00:53:28.555+11:00The war in Europe must have seemed very remote to ...The war in Europe must have seemed very remote to those country boys. Their willingness to rush to the aid of the mother country (even by the Irish) seems remarkable. <br />The story about Tibby Cotter being bailed to play in a Test March resonates today with the story of Ben Stokes being delayed for selection for the Ashes Tour after a drunken night-club brawl. It turns out he was defending two gay men who were suffering homophobic abuse. It turns out that there are heroes.......and heroes.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s equanimous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14646121143634532012017-10-31T21:35:26.443+11:002017-10-31T21:35:26.443+11:00Hello Hels, Having just finished one of Paul Fuss...Hello Hels, Having just finished one of Paul Fussell's books about the ineptitude and horrors of WWII, it is interesting to balance this with the accounts of the intrepidity of soldiers such as those who captured Beersheba. It seems that Cotter lived his life to the fullest, and no wonder he was so admired and mourned.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-46857195238940400432017-10-31T18:57:37.156+11:002017-10-31T18:57:37.156+11:00New Zealand Governor General Patsy Reddy has visit...New Zealand Governor General Patsy Reddy has visited Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on her visit to mark the 100th anniversary of the WW1 battle for Be’er Sheva.<br /><br />"New Zealand's Governor-General Patsy Reddy meets Israel’s leaders",<br />J-Wire <br />http://www.jwire.com.au/governor-general-patsy-reddy-meets-israels-leaders/J-Wirehttp://www.jwire.com.au/noreply@blogger.com