ANZAC DAY
' (To the Editor.) Sir,—As an Anzac I would like to express the opinion of every returned soldier I have met,'also my own humble opinion as a returned soldier, in regard to the observation of Anzac Day on April 23.- On April 25, 1915, a part of the New Zealand-- Division landed near Gaba Tepe, in Gallipoli Peninsula. Many brave and noble young lives were lost that day; many a mother lost her son, and many a woman was widowed. Those of us who survived that day grieved for many a brave comrade. Now, sir, conscientiously we cannot observe April 23 as Anzac Day, because we were all safe in Mudros (Lemnos Island) on that,date. When-April 25 arrives, wo must observe that day and no other. Christmas Day comes on December. 25, and who would dream of observing it on December 23, or who would observe St. Patrick's. Day on March 15 ? No' true Irishman would, neither will an Anzao observe Anzac Day on April 23. —I am, etc., ■ : • iiNZAC.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19170417.2.51
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3056, 17 April 1917, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
171ANZAC DAY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3056, 17 April 1917, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in