Remembrance Day
On Monday I was in a meeting with members of the Australian Defence Force as well as officials from the Australian Government Department of Defence. At 11:00 AEDT, a Brigadier read from a prepared sheaf and read from a letter written by a corporal of the AIF 6th battalion. The corporal was describing how gas masks saved lives and yet cost lives. The technology of the day meant that gas masks were cumbersome and unwieldy. The glass fogged during an attack making vision difficult and therefore dangerous.
Thinking about a holiday
