I have a great uncle that was killed at gallipoli He was shot while coming ashore from his landing craft.
Posts by barry
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3ANZAC DAY
by zeb inat early dawn on the 25th april 1915, french, british and dominion troops were delivered by small boats to storm the shores of the turkish peninsular with the objective of invading turkey and forcing that country out of the war and causing the end of the great war by many months.. the operation was a complete disaster.
the troops were landed not on the expected flat beaches but up against cliffs.
the turks were prior informed and the invading soldiers were shot to hell.
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Groanfest. Share your daftest jokes .
by jhine inlots of serious stuff being discussed on site .
i thought!it would be nice to make each other groan/ smile for a change .please share your corniest ,punniest , or daftest joke .. i will start with this shocker , borrowed from tim vine .. vandalism in a multi story carpark ....... ...................................,............................ wrong on sooo many levels !.
come on now share yours.
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barry
This is from a lawyer from our church . How can you tell when a Lawyer is lying? His lips are moving -
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barry
Koala drumsticks marinated in any smokey type sauce and well done oven cooked my favourite.
kangaroo is OK too but can have a gamey taste if the roo is too old
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Church of England Votes for Status Quo on Misogyny
by cofty inno not that status quo!.
the vote to appoint women bishops has been defeated by the house of laity of the general synod.. so it will only be male bishops wearing silly frocks for at least another 3 years.. bbc news ........
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barry
The Anglican church in Australia has female bishops and priests. My former church the SDA church is now having problems because some parts of the world will ordain female ministers but more conservative areas such as Africa will not. The general conference of SDAs is more conservative but individual conferences do ordain women and there has been some awkward moments in Australia when one women was ordained with two men and the general conference president officiated. Barry -
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Happy Australia Day
by Bungi Bill inhappy australia day to all here who reside in australia:.
- and for those who have actually got the day off, halve your luck!.
(yet again, i have drawn the short straw and am working today - oh, the joys of remote site fifo work!
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barry
I'm a bit surprised the Duke was given a Knighthood from Australia. i thought he would have enough awards and titles aready -
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American Sniper - courage or cowardice?
by Simon inthe movie american sniper is breaking box office records and of course there is some irony that a movie about a sniper is released on martin luther king day (who was shot by one).. but of course there is a world of difference between an assassin and a military sniper ... or is there?.
some are making a big stink about it and claiming that "snipers are cowards".
it seems unfair to me.
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Is is Muslim terrorist cafe seige Sydney...hundreds of hostages! looks bad.
by Witness 007 inlindt chocalate cafe martin place in city people pressed against the glass with hands up...this will not end well..
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barry
'more information has just come out about the events that ended the seige in Martin Place.
It is reported the gunman Man Haron Monis when he beleived he was losing control of the situation aimed his sawn off shotgun at the head of Tori Johnson at point blank range and pulled the trigger.
The reaction of the police was commenced when a police sniper announced 'window two hostage down".
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Is is Muslim terrorist cafe seige Sydney...hundreds of hostages! looks bad.
by Witness 007 inlindt chocalate cafe martin place in city people pressed against the glass with hands up...this will not end well..
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barry
Im Australian and I don't support Illridewithyou rubbish.
This cause assumes Australians are Islamophobic when Australians should be comforting the familys that have lost loved ones. Australians are not Islamaphobic. Muslims in Australia are treated like everyone else here and American Muslims that visit here are amased how much support muslims get and have sited Government funding for Islamic schools as an example.
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Is is Muslim terrorist cafe seige Sydney...hundreds of hostages! looks bad.
by Witness 007 inlindt chocalate cafe martin place in city people pressed against the glass with hands up...this will not end well..
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barry
Fulltimestudent,
I question your logic. You say 'It was not a terrorist action' but then you also say he was an 'ameteur and not a professional terrorsts'. So now you admit he is a terrorist with the question only if he is a prefessional or not.
Tell us all how would decide who is professional does he have a certificate or is a terrorist just a card carrying member ?
Thank you Simon for your excellent and sane assessment of this awful incident.
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Is is Muslim terrorist cafe seige Sydney...hundreds of hostages! looks bad.
by Witness 007 inlindt chocalate cafe martin place in city people pressed against the glass with hands up...this will not end well..
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barry
Three hostages have escaped from the cafe and there is only one gunman. The gunman dosen't seem like he is a professional. They should just shoot the bastard he's not worth a long trial and millions of dollars in legal aid.
It is not believed the gunman has explosives.
This Islamic problem reminds me of the movie mars attack some people just don't want to blame the muslim religion.