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REMEMBRANCE DAY, a poem by Lee Emmett, Australia Other Memorial Day Poems Other War Poems DUAL CATEGORY THIS POET COUNTRIES Categories: Memorial Day Poems & War Poetry Viewed 696 times Author: Lee Emmett, Australia Share Poem REMEMBRANCE DAY logged on to Veterans’ website to find out a little bit more about ‘Remembrance Day’ and the first world war over sixty-one thousand Australians died in that terrible conflict one was my father’s father who did not come back we travelled to Villers Bretonneux where some ‘Diggers’ were deployed in the battle for Amiens British and Canadians alongside thirty thousand German troops captured in offensive which broke their line six and a half thousand casualties Aussies lost for eternal time huge wall commemorates soldiers who gave their all Claude Rupert Hewitt amongst the ones who fell soldiers who did not return by families are remembered red poppies are worn on eleventh of November Click to purchase Print 121752 0 Other Author Poems WILL YOU GIVE ANOTHER CHANCE MUSCLES RELAX SON Recent Site Documents What type of Valentine do you wish to have? Blog by: Mukeshkumar Raval Just Among Friends (A24) Blog by: Chris Johnson ARE LARGE PHARMACUTICAL COMPANIES PLAYING SCROOGE Blog by: Marcia Schechinger Code Red! (A tale of a media man) Short Story by: Edgar Eslit CONGRATULATORY SPEECH Blog by: Dowell Oba finally... Short Story by: bahar sarafrazi Why I Write About Monsters Blog by: Kristine Trudeau Wonder of Wonders Blog by: Rajaram Ramachandran One upon a time.. Blog by: Pattra Shuwaswat The Rockhill Cosmo and Her Butterfly-I Short Story by: Yarpei Shatsang         If you like this poem, post a message below to the poet!   To Respond, enter a note and then click the "Post Response" button below   Your Response:   Your Name   Your Country       Here are the previous Messages left about this Poem From Comment about poem or author Response Country Response Added     Send this poem to your Friends and Family           Use the following form to support the author by sending this poem to your friends, family and co-workers. Each time that you forward this poem to another friend of yours, the poet will earn marketing credits to get their poem pages displayed even more on the Internet.    Your Name:    Friend's Email:    Note:         Have this poem read to you by one of our Poets! Rate this Poem 1 - Average 2 3 4 5 - Award Winner Not Rated Yet HELP THIS AUTHOR OUT BY COPYING THE FOLLOWING HTML CODE INTO ANY WEBPAGE <a href = "http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=121752">Click here to visit VoicesNet.com to read the poem called "REMEMBRANCE DAY" by Lee Emmett, Australia</a>