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By Alistair Pope

The Charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the New 7 August 1915. Painting (cropped) by George Lambert, 1924.
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Men Such as These

02/06/202102/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1979 Views 0 Comments By Alistair Pope

Harold Rush woke with a yawn, A touch of grey light beckoned the dawn, The Light Horsemen were ready that day, Unafraid of entering the fray.

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Menin Gate at midnight – oil on canvas by Will Longstaff (1927). AWM ART09807
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A Thousand Men Are Marching By

24/01/202131/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1451 Views 0 Comments By Alistair Pope

A thousand men are marching by, A glassy stare in every eye, As they pass the sky grows red, We are not the living, but the dead.

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