'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 2
million hits
online with this website, YouTube, and
other
websites that include the song. Take a look at the
new website.
This website started
back in the mid 90s, well before Google was even thought of. In
the
beginning it was a website Peter Barnes put
together for
info about his
Adelaideadvertising/
marketing business. If you want a business or organisation easily found on search engines
like Google with the keywords you want, then take a look at the
websites at Be Found Online
and Find Business Online and Found
Online There are also capital city websites like Sydney,Melbourne Victoria, Darwin Northern
TerritoryandBrisbane Queenlandfor
business or organisations. Since
2001 the war heroes song has
taken
over more and more of
this website. As the website is now old, and image wise, out
of date,
it was necessary to
create a website for the song independent of this one. The
website is
kept alive today, mainly
because it still gets a lot of visitors looking for the song.
The global aspect of the internet has allowed many people from other
countries to
hear the
song. For instance a publishing house in Norway asked for the
song.
"The
Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug is about to publish a new series
of English schoolbooks for
8-10th grade in the Norwegian market. In this new series, called
Key English, we want to make use of the song
"Can You Hear Australia's
Heroes
Marching". Over 1,000 people a
day view
videos relating to the song
on YouTube
alone. Peter's
YouTube channel has passedtwo 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.
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).
Sheet music is available for free for commemorative purposes and
include, full arrangement,
choir, solo voice, piano, guitar (bass & electric), trumpet, drum
kit. Email the author here for
the sheet music to be emailed to you. The
heroes song
was created from Peter's experience invisiting the
Adelaide River War Cemetery (114
kms south of Darwin)in the Northern Territory and seeing
the
graves of
Australians who gave their lives in the service and defence of their
country. Peter felt he
should do
something within his capabilities to honour
the memory
of such incredible sacrifice.
A total of 434 war
graves marked by bronze plaques are contained in
the Adelaide River
War Cemetery. The burials are made up of 14 airmen of the RAF, 12
unidentified men of the
British Merchant Navy; one soldier of the
Canadian Army; 18 sailors, 181 soldiers and 201
airmen of the
Australian Forces and seven men of the Australian Merchant Navy.
The
Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing honours a further 292
Servicemen and
women lost to the north of Australia. The adjacent civil
section contains the graves of the
nine Post Office staff killed on 19
February 1942 during the bombing of Darwin, one of 63
separate
occasions from that date. The civilian casualties of WW2 include those
of 31
Indigenous Australians.
"To stand on my homeland, surrounded by
our war dead, who fought heroically to defend Australia and their loved ones
down the track, was a profound experience and initiated
the creation of the song."
Peter Barnes NEW: You
can watch a video of the Adelaide River War Cemetery here Click herefor the 4 minute version of the song (has
additional words).
Click herefor 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).
"Dale
Lawther's
father, Alan
Dale Lawther, a WW2 veteran, passed away early in the morning on New
Years Day this
year. Dale had asked if the song could be played at her
Dad's funeral which I heartedly
approved.
Dale was kind enough to send me photographs of her Dad and she said, 'Everyone has
commented on your song, they
all loved it and thought it very apt.' Dale's email touched me deeply
and I asked her if I could do a web page in
memory of her Dad. You can click herefor the web page
'In memory of Alan Dale Lawther - An Australian hero'." Peter
Barnes (Author)
The
author of the song will create a web page with video, the same
as for Alan
Lawther, for other
Australians who have served Australia in war and have passed away. This
includes Australians who died in
war service. You can contact the author here
for information to be sent to you if you have a loved one or
family member that you want remembered in such a way.
Nearly a million Australians, both men and women, served in the
Second
World War. They fought in campaigns
against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North
Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east
Asia and other parts of the Pacific. The Australian mainland came under
direct attack for the first time.
Over 30,000 Australian servicemen were taken prisoner in the Second
World War and 39,000 gave their lives.
Two-thirds of those taken prisoner were captured by the Japanese during
their advance through south-east Asia
within the first weeks of 1942. While those who became prisoners
of the Germans had a strong chance of
returning home at the end of the war, 36 per cent of prisoners of the
Japanese died in captivity.
For most of this war, nurses were the only
women to serve outside of
Australia in any capacity, except for the
Australian Women's Army
Service (AWAS). Between 1939 and
1945, 71 Australian women lost their lives
during active service
overseas. 3,477 AANS nurses served, and 71 never returned.
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: ww2
war heroes.
second
world war. watch
a video of the song
for free
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