THE REAL ANZACS.
[Punch.] There tire plenty of. slouch-hutted soldiers in town, Doughty nn<l debonair, stalwart and brown; Some are from Weymouth or Salisbury Plain, Others have "pushed" in the Western campaign; Call them "overseas soldiers" or "downunder'' men, Declare that each one is as daring as ten; Call them "Cornstalks" or "Kernleaves" —all out Cor n light —■ But don't call them Anzacs, for that isn't right. The Anzacs —their ranks are but scanty all told — Have a -separate record illumined in gold. Their blood on Gallipoli's ridges they poured, Their souls with the scars of that struggle are scored; Not many are left, and not many are sound, And thousands lie buried in Turkish ground. These are the Anzacs; the others may claim Their zeal and their spirit, but never their name.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1672, 8 February 1917, Page 1
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133THE REAL ANZACS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1672, 8 February 1917, Page 1
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