ANZAC--April 25

[drover]

Wherever you are ......... just spare a thought those who wore the uniform.
Lest We Forget.

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Bill the Bastard. Bill was massive. He had power, intelligence and unmatched courage. In performance and character he stood above all the other 200,000 Australian horses sent to the Middle East in the Great War. But as war horses go he had one serious problem. No one could ride him but one man - Major Michael Shanahan. Some even thought Bill took a sneering pleasure in watching would-be riders hit the dust. Bill the Bastard is the remarkable tale of a bond between a determined trooper and his stoic but cantankerous mount. They fought together. They depended on each other for their survival. And when the chips were down, Bill's heroic efforts and exceptional instincts in battle saved the lives of Shanahan and four of his men. By September 1918, 'Bill the Bastard' was known by the entire Light Horse force, who used his name not as an insult, but as a term of endearment. Bill had become a legend, a symbol of the courage and unbreakable will of the Anzac mounted force. There was no other horse like Bill the Bastard.

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Anzac or ANZAC?

Is it "Anzac" using lower-case letters or entirely upper-case "ANZAC"?

In short, use Anzac, not ANZAC - unless you are specifically referring to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps as an army formation, ie to the corps itself, in which case use ANZAC.

"Anzac" is historically the correct way to write expressions such as "the Anzacs", "an Anzac", "at Anzac", "to Anzac", "the Anzac sector", "Anzac Cove", "the spirit of Anzac". That is how the soldiers and those reporting about them in 1915 and 1916 generally wrote the expressions. During 1915 the original upper-case acronym "ANZAC" was very soon made into into the upper- and lower-case "Anzac". (See Background of the word 'Anzac' on the Department of Veterans' Affairs website.) Although the expression "A.&N.Z.A.C." led to the upper-case "ANZAC" as the original acronym, the word "Anzac" with only an upper-case "A" was what was actually used for people (ie, the Anzacs, an Anzac) and locations (eg, Anzac Cove) at Gallipoli at that time.

"ANZAC"

Upper-case ANZAC should be used where the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps as an army formation or battle grouping is being referred to, as in "the landing of the ANZAC", "the ANZAC landing", "the ANZAC forces" or, if the writer has the corps in mind rather than the soldiers themselves, "the landing of the ANZAC troops".

http://www.anzacwebsites.com/general/anzac-capitals.htm

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Anzac Biscuits



Ingredients (makes about 2 dozen)

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup plain flour

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup dessicated coconut

125 g butter

1 tablespoon golden syrup

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons boiling water

Directions

Mix oats, flour, sugar and coconut together.

In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the syrup and butter together. Mix the soda and the boiling water and add to the melted butter and syrup. (Or just put it in the microwave)

Add butter mixture to the dry ingredients. Drop the mixture by teaspoons on greased biscuit tray. Bake for 12-15 minutes. 180°C
Have done this with a camp oven a few times !

[drover]

or Upper case when you want to attract attention.

Good book "Bill The Bastard"................