Rod McDougall
President 2006-7
Rotary Club of Strathfield
The President's View
Wednesday 25 April 2007
Anzac Day falls on a Wednesday this year and our club meeting for this week has been cancelled.Perhaps Australia's most significant national day, Anzac Day is a day when, across Australia, we commemorate those who served in military conflict defending our country.
Many of us have first hand experiences with those who went to war on Australia's behalf. In my case my grandfather served in the first world war and my father in the second world war.
Our now well established tradition within Strathfield Rotary is to mark the day with an Anzac Day breakfast at Cape Cabarita. This year David and Margaret Croft have kindly organised the event. All members and their families are welcome. Please advise David if you are attending.
Our next club meeting will be 2 May 2007 when our gust speaker will be Andrew Starr of Aldi Australia.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
From "For The Fallen"
Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
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President Rod