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Wednesday, April 25, 2012





                                                         Would you like to share our day?

We attended our little towns Anzac march this morning and I thought I would share it with you...


For us(our family) today we remember especially my Grandfather William Joseph Burrows from 2nd world war,Uncle Ben who was a Rat of Tabruk ,my father in law Charles Adye Johnston who fought in Greece and was a prisoner of war for 3 years in Germany,his brother Herbert who was also captured ,my brother Robert Cornish from Vietnam war,my nephew Cris from Timor war,nephew Nic from Timor and Afghanistan wars.our son Michael who was active in the Army Reserves and now young Alexander is an Air Cadets..all came home safe only Pa and Bobs dad have left us now for a higher place,but for us it is a time for remembering all they did for our country,and forever we will be grateful.





 Someone always gets their head in the way lol...our local band from the next town..

 WE have only two oldies left at this stage,Roy Stadden is in the beret he is from the Uk but now an Aussie.
 Our towns Scout group..
 Our High School...we have a large Catholic High School in our town,their primary school is in the next large town and we are blessed that they built the High school here,kids travel from afar to attend.
 Our local little primary School....
 The local football kids and coaches..
 Frank Daily a local horseman....
 Our Fire Fighters,we have a large rural fire tem,their station is across from our Post Office.
 Listening to the Anzac talk and singing hymns...
 A flight officer from Williamstown Air Base,he was the guest speaker.
 The 12 year old  young lady who played the Last Post and she was wonderful,great work Kiralee.

This is a typical little Aussie group,Declan and twin sisters Charlett and Savanah they are special to me they live around the corner,Declan marched today with his school and when he saw me yelled out "hello caramel",how cute they never call me Carole they have always called me Caramel!


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  1. pembrokeshire lassApril 25, 2012 at 1:53 AM

    Thanks for sharing this special day. What a history of brave man you share! Even when leave us they are not forgotten whilst their names are on our hearts and tongues! It seemed strange to me to read this this morning as, we are on holiday in Devon and yesterday we had our own quiet moment when we stood beside a tank retrieved from the sea that stands as a memorial to 749 USA soldiers who died one night in a PRACTICE for DDay! it was not allowed to be spoken about as it would have compromised the actual assault and, somehow, got forgotten except for one man who kept at it, even wrote a book, until it was acknowledged! Sorry about that but it really hit me! I loved that the local school as well as other organisations were involved! Joan

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    1. carole johnstonApril 25, 2012 at 12:41 PM

      That is an amazing story Joan,a similar thing happened over here Darwin was bombed very badly,it is right up on the tip of Australia and it was bombed for so long but no one was allowed to speak about it,it was not in the news or papers the children were told not to talk about it..now years later it is all revealed! what a horrible time each place must have had and why the secrecy ...only those in charge at the time will know.

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  2. JohnDApril 25, 2012 at 2:15 AM

    Thanks for that - great to see a real Aussie town showing its heritage and spirit.

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    1. carole johnstonApril 25, 2012 at 12:38 PM

      Hi John...yes one in all in here at our little town it is wonderful to have community spirit,keeps us strong.

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  3. Cro MagnonApril 25, 2012 at 7:56 AM

    Good to see the children being respectful towards those who gave everything.

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    1. carole johnstonApril 25, 2012 at 12:38 PM

      There is such a wonderful thing happening over here the last few years,all the children are finally learning our history and not so much about America...how that ever happened who knows..but many young people now go to Turkey and to France for Anzac day it seems to be on their travel list and many go to PNG and walk the Kakoda track..it is important that we remember how we are blessed to have such a safe place to live.

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  4. KathApril 25, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    How lovely to have such a "sweet" name. Better than my nick name at school, which was Kipper LOL

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    1. carole johnstonApril 25, 2012 at 12:34 PM

      Kath that made me laugh..mine at school was Carolina Cornstalk as my last name was Cornish!So having Caramel is a big step up lol

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  5. UnknownApril 25, 2012 at 12:40 PM

    Your remembrance day is wonderful.

    A true celebration of heroism.

    Just a question: how long has the English guy lived in Australia? Did he fight with the British forces.

    Sft x

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    1. carole johnstonApril 25, 2012 at 1:41 PM

      He has been here many years but I am sure he fought with the British,next time I see him I shall ask,he is a very "English" man ...

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  6. kaeApril 25, 2012 at 5:02 PM

    Cornish? Did you have a relative/brother in Cassilis, NSW?

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    1. carole johnstonApril 26, 2012 at 2:14 AM

      My only brother is in Taree but could be an unknown relative ...it is not all that common I suppose.

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