Thread by @GrayConnolly

Good morning all on this 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time and #RemembranceDay2018 , the 100th anniversary of the Great War's Armistice.
(Mass for Allied soldiers in a gully on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Sep 1915)

As today (11 Nov 18) is #RemembranceDay #ArmisticeDay100

Please buy a red poppy & help ADF veterans & families

remembranceday.org.au/about-us/remem… …

Australia's Great War (1914-1919)
- 5m population
- 416,809 men enlisted
- more than 60,000 killed in action
- 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner

Memorial in Sydney on Cowper Wharf Road near where Australian families had farewelled husbands, fathers, sons and daughters for the Great War, who would often never be seen again. #RemembranceDay

Magnificent day in Bowral for #RememberanceDay #ArmisticeDay100

The Bowral war memorial has panels for every Australian war going back to the Boer conflict. The scale of the Southern Highlands’ contribution to Australia’s defence, given its small population, ensures a good turnout for Anzac and Remembrance Days.

Plaque for the Southern Highlands’ 100 who served in the Boer War in South Africa #Armistice #RemembranceDay2018 #RemembranceSunday

The Southern Highlands contributed also to Australia’s military effort in the Malayan insurgency and the Indonesian “Confrontation” period
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Bowral also contributed, strongly, to Australia’s military effort in Vietnam and there is a significant Vietnam veteran population in the Southern Highlands
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Catafalque party from the Royal Australian Navy marching on for Bowral's #RemembranceDay this morning. An excellent job done by the Senior Service. #ArmisticeDay #Armistice100