(apologies for X posting, am posting on the lists in case others are interested) Well have arrived back home after attending the Dawn Service here at Kranji War Memorial in Singapore...... It was a very moving experience from the Maori culteral group display, to the service, the lone piper, the laying of the wreaths by the various High Commissioners, Heads of Defence Forces from everywhere, High School Captains of the International school and even the Australian and NZ Football Club of Singapore thru to the usual Gunfire Breakfast! Kranji War Memorial honours the men from Britain, Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka, India, Malaya, the Netherlands and New Zealand who gave their lives for freedom in World War II. We were all seated behind the marked graves of 4,000 servicemen who died during the Japanese Occupation that stand in neat rows on manicured lawns. Another 24,000 names of soldiers and airforce men who died but whose bodies were never recovered are inscribed on 12 columns. There is usually around 7000 people that attend the Dawn Service In Singapore a bit different to other Dawn Services we have experienced at Maree where there were just FIVE of us or the ones at Melbourne of around 30,000.....but each and everyone of them are just as special to help us all remember the courage, endurance and mateship that are still relevant today that was established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. I have posted a couple of photos taken this morning on my blog. See URL below: Leone Fabre 9 Bukit Batok Central Link, #18 - 07, The Jade Singapore 658074 mob: (+65) 9231 6053 home: (+65) 64 02 62 54 http://leonefabre.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/leonefabre/sets/ ,