'Can
You Hear Australia's
Heroes Marching?'is
a
national war memorial
song and a tribute
to
theANZAC
spirit of
mateship, courage and
sacrifice.
New
website for the song at http://www.australianwarheroes.com
You can link
to the
new website for the song or tell others about it. The success of the
song meant
it was
necessary to create a domain that was unique to the song and gave it a
permanent home
on the Internet. The song has over a
million hits
online with this website, YouTube, and
other
websites that include the song. Take a look at the
new website.
Over 1,000 people a
day view
videos relating to the song
on YouTube
alone. Peter's
YouTube channel has passedone million
video views, with most
viewing videos relating to
the song. Click hereto go to the YouTube channel. You can
see videos of the song for
WW1, WW2, the Vietnam War and more.
Click here
for other inspiring Australian Songs by the author of the war heroes
song
(this is a new website). Over
100,000
Australians
have lost their lives in the
service and defence of our country. Along
with their mates,
they're
marching once
again,
in the towns and cities,across
our great land.
The songistimelessand
honours the memory of those who have died in the service and defence of Australia
in war.
The marching
theme
of the
songis especiallypowerful
and supportsthe spirit
of ANZAC Day. The
song does not glorify war or
endorse conflict of any
kind. The song simply
highlights the sacrifice of
many Australians who died in the service and
defence
of our country in war.
The
song has
been used for
commemorative purposes across Australia by schools,
churches, choirs,
bands, councils, retirement homes, military
services, RSL
branches and ANZAC
tributes at NRL & AFL matches.
Radio
stations
throughout Australia have broadcast
the
song leading up to ANZAC Day and Remembrance
Day.
The song is also requested to be
played at funerals (for veterans).
The
words (lyrics) to the
song have
been requested
to
be used or read at commemorative ceremonies. You canclick hereto
download the words
to the
song (pdf file).
First World War 1914 - 1918.
Worst
day in Australia's history-In WW1 on The Western Front at the
Battle of Fromelles (19th of July
1916), Australia
experienced its worst day in history (not just military
history). A total of 5,533 casualties
(with 2,000 dead) in one night. The catch cry of the battle was "Don't forget me cobber" due to the
fact that
so many soldiers were left wounded in no man's land. For the 3
days and
nights after the battle, men risked
their lives to go into no man's land to save 300 of their wounded
mates. A
German soldier at Fromelles facing
the Australians was Corporal Adolf Hitler.
300,000
Australians served on The Western Front in atrocious conditions,
many of them having survived
the Gallipoli campaign. 53,000
died in
France and Belgium. About 18,000 have no known grave. There
were
152,171 Australians wounded - many soldiers being wounded more than
once. In the most successful period
of the Australian campaign, 27
March-5 October 1918, the AIF made up less than 10 percent of the
entire
British forces. It captured 23 percent of the prisoners, 23.5
percent of the enemy guns and 21.5 percent of
the ground taken from
the Germans. It must
be remembered that Australia at that time had a population of
only five
million, and before The Western Front, Australia had 26,111 casualties (with 8,141 killed) at
Gallipolli.
Something to think about
- In WW1, Australia's
population was 5 million, with the USA population at 100
million. Australia's number of war dead (over 60,000) was more than
half the USA's (117,000).
ANZAC stands for Australian and New
Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day is
held on April 25 and is the
anniversary of the first major military action by Australian and New
Zealand forces in the 1915 Gallipoli
campaign during the First World War.
In the
First World War, nurses were
recruited from both the nursing service and the civilian profession and
served as an integral part of the AIF. They served in Egypt and Lemnos
during the Gallipoli campaign, in
England, France and Belguin in support of the fighting on the Western
front, and in Greece Salonika,
Palestine, Mesopotamia and India. At least 2139 nurses served abroad
between 1914 and 1919, and a
further 423 worked in military hospitals in Australia, while 29 died on
active service. The First World War is often referred
to as 'The Great War' or the 'war
to end all wars'.
Click here to
go to
home
page. Peter
Barnes initiated this song in 2001. He is the author (and copyright owner) of the song
and he
created the concept, title and lyrics. You can contact Peter by email here
All
content on this page
and on the video remainsthe
property of
the respective copyright holders.
The song
may not be
used for any commercial purposes whatsoever. Peter
also holds copyright for 'Can you hear our heroes marching?'. Any change of the name of a country, for
instance, inserting
'America's', instead of
'Australia's' in the the song is in violation of copyright.
Topics
covered by this website include: ww1
war heroes.
first
world war. watch
a video of the song
for free on
youtube. remember the fallen. videos you can watch. lest we forget.
world war 1.