Remembering ANZAC Day 2024
As we mark ANZAC Day 2024, let us not only look to the past but also toward the future. Let us recommit ourselves to upholding the values of courage, sacrifice, and mateship that lie at the heart of the ANZAC legacy. Let us strive to build a world where peace reigns, where the lessons of history guide us toward a brighter tomorrow.
On this ANZAC Day, let us remember the words of Atatürk, spoken in tribute to the ANZACs who fell at Gallipoli: "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying on the soil of a friendly country. Therefore, rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours...
You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land, they have become our sons as well." Let us honour their memory, today and always.
ANZAC Day Lest we forget.