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By Angus Green

Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a Bushmaster. Photo by Corporal Bernard Pearson.
Poets Corner 

Unsung

25/06/202125/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1863 Views 1 Comment By Angus Green

I’ve never been a hero though I’ve served with quite a few, just everyday Australians just the same as me and you.

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Families wave goodbye as HMAS Melbourne departs Sydney for a Middle East deployment in 2012. RAN photo.
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No Tears Dad

22/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2079 Views 0 Comments By Angus Green

He doesn’t show his tears As he brings the kids around The terminal loudspeakers yell All passengers boarding now.

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