On Anzac Day “we will be thinking about the 60,000 who entered permanent social isolation in war cemeteries and we can expand our thoughts tomorrow to a whole bunch of first responders,” former Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove says.
Anzac Day has grown over the years from a parade of returned servicemen and women, to become one of Australia's most important national occasions, honouring military personnel across many conflicts.
Tomorrow's commemoration of Anzac Day will be different but no less reflective of the service of so many in our nation's history who have taken up arms to protect our freedom, and our values.
Sir Peter said prior to the coronavirus he was “looking forward to tramping down the road with my veterans group” but will have to settle instead for wearing his regimental tie.
“Tomorrow morning, I will be out on the balcony of our home unit listening out for the strains of the last post ringing out across the lower north shore”.
Sir Peter said it has been “such an amazing time and such a weird set of circumstances”.
“Australia feels like it’s been through the ten plagues of Egypt, the only thing we haven’t had are the grasshoppers,” he told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
However he said “what’s been decreed for gatherings tomorrow is entirely correct” and it was important to “park our reunions”.
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