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Anzac Day: Lest we forget

Today Australian and New Zealand communities all over the world join together  for ANZAC Day. In 2015 we joined the ANZAC DAY dawn service at Kranji War Cemetery. Two years later to the day we find ourselves back in Singapore. Today is a work day and not a holiday here so I am reposting as I join in saying 'Lest we forget' Our service was held at the Kranji War Memorial Cemetery, Singapore,  hosted by the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners. We weren't alone, we left our hotel at 5.30am,  and arrive in a steady convoy of taxis,  it's way too early for the trains! We walk in silence. The 4,500 gravestones at Kranji,  emerge from the shadows in silent observation of events. Once there, it is a well organised, dignified affair. Public to the left and right, official guests and dignitaries, straight up the middle. The Anzac Day dawn service is the same the world over; a military order, school children and scouts, national anthem