Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Tomorrow at 11 am we mark the 98th anniversary of the Armistice, the end of that bloody, terrible conflict now known as World War I. This year we particularly remember those Australians who died in battles at Fromelles, where 5,000 casualties from Australia occurred, and at Pozieres, where there were some 23,000 Australian casualties, almost 7,000 of whom were killed. The Australian war correspondent and historian Charles Bean wrote that Pozieres Ridge marked 'a site more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth'. We pause tomorrow to remember those brave Australians who went in the name of the people of Australia on this parliament's advice. Lest we forget.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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