Poem: Wilfred Owen

The sound track under the above is a
German Hymn to fallen soldiers
Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden
(“I once had a Comrade”)
Peter Lalor led the only revolution in Australia's history.His Grandson J.P. Lalor distinguished himself in the landing at Anzac Cove on 25th April 1915.Ironically his headstone in Baby 700 cemetary at Gallipoli carries a quote from Horace, the Roman Poet 2000 years ago which translates

How sweet and lovely it is to die for your country
The soldier poet Wilfred Owen wrote a poem of the same title. <Above>