Comments on: The poppy is for sacrifice http://gorey.com.au/archives/4085 Random thoughts and observations from Mount Gambier Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:09:01 +1030 hourly 1 By: Peter McFarlane http://gorey.com.au/archives/4085/comment-page-1#comment-53280 Peter McFarlane Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:20:55 +0000 http://gorey.com.au/?p=4085#comment-53280 An interesting post Michael. Both my Grandfathers served in WWI, and returned. My maternal Grandfather William (Bill) Bailey with the British army on the Western Front, and my paternal Grandfather Albert Leslie (Les) McFarlane with the AIF at Gallipoli, where after 10 days he was wounded and evacuated to hospital Malta. There are a couple of good websites that record service details of enlisted soldiers: - The AIF Project: http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/index.html and - Mapping our Anzacs: http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/ I have posted an extract from Grandfather McFarlane diary on this site at: http://our-anzacs.tumblr.com/post/92112874/pte-albert-leslie-mcfarlanes-gallipoli-diary An interesting post Michael.

Both my Grandfathers served in WWI, and returned. My maternal Grandfather William (Bill) Bailey with the British army on the Western Front, and my paternal Grandfather Albert Leslie (Les) McFarlane with the AIF at Gallipoli, where after 10 days he was wounded and evacuated to hospital Malta.

There are a couple of good websites that record service details of enlisted soldiers:

- The AIF Project: http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/index.html
and
- Mapping our Anzacs: http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/

I have posted an extract from Grandfather McFarlane diary on this site at:
http://our-anzacs.tumblr.com/post/92112874/pte-albert-leslie-mcfarlanes-gallipoli-diary

]]> By: Ebony http://gorey.com.au/archives/4085/comment-page-1#comment-53094 Ebony Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:35:16 +0000 http://gorey.com.au/?p=4085#comment-53094 Yes I also bought a poppy from the man outside the post office. It is just as well it wasn't as hot as today, last Friday, the poor legacy men & women would have had a struggle sitting in the heat. My grandfather always had poppy flowers in his garden at his house in Port Augusta. I can remember he never liked anyone to pick them to put in a vase, inside, because he said they dropped their petals, once picked. Yes I also bought a poppy from the man outside the post office.
It is just as well it wasn’t as hot as today, last Friday, the poor legacy men & women would have had a struggle sitting in the heat.
My grandfather always had poppy flowers in his garden at his house in Port Augusta. I can remember he never liked anyone to pick them to put in a vase, inside, because he said they dropped their petals, once picked.

]]> By: Rebecca http://gorey.com.au/archives/4085/comment-page-1#comment-53089 Rebecca Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:50:34 +0000 http://gorey.com.au/?p=4085#comment-53089 What a very interesting post. It's nice to learn some of your country's history and how you remember it. Thank you for sharing! What a very interesting post. It’s nice to learn some of your country’s history and how you remember it. Thank you for sharing!

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