Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day 11.11.2011

Remembrance Day is a nationally recognised day of commemoration when we pause for one minute’s silence to remember the servicemen and women who gave their lives in wars, conflicts and peace operations.

As a sign of respect we carry on the tradition and stop at 11am on 11th November to reflect on the service and sacrifice of more than 102,000 Australians.

We also wear poppies and rosemary to pay tribute to those who sacrificed so much. The significance of the poppies has its origins in the poem In Flanders Fields written in 1915 by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a doctor in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps. While rosemary has been associated with the ability to improve the memory, and this is the perhaps the reason it became an emblem of remembrance.

Find a copy of Greece and Crete : Australians in World War II written by Dr Richard Reid in your campus RIC. 

For further information regarding Remembrance Day please access the Department of Veteran Affairs website.  www.dva.gov.au