'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.
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
advertising and
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 website
Be Found Online
(Peter's online business). 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 As the website is now old, and image wise, out
of date,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. No recording or
publishing company in Australia has shown any interest in the song over
the past eight years. If it wasn't for this website, our
Australian war heroes would have not
been heard matching once again across our great land through this
song. The global
aspect of the internet also 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 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. 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.
Companies
and businesses have asked to use the song leading up to (or on)
ANZAC Day. For
instance,
stores have asked to have it played over their in-store sound system
leading up to ANZAC Day.
A mining
company asked to use the song for their commemorative service. The
author of the song allows the song
to be
used at no cost if a
company or business wants to use it leading up to (or on) ANZAC Day for
commemorative
purposes. 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).
Many
Australians who lost their
lives in war weren't thinking they could save the world or defeat
evil regimes.
As in the trenches of France, and
the patrols in Vietnam,
or on the
Kokoda Track, Australians were looking
after their mates alongside
them. Many Australian veterans march on ANZAC Day in memory of
their
mates
left behind, and the ones that have passed on before them.
Click
hereto readcomments
regarding the
song. 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). Click hereto watch atribute to Australians who served and died
in Vietnam.
Click here to watch a video of
the song relating to the Korean War.
Click here to watch a video of
the song relating to the Second World
War.
Click hereto watch a video of
the song relating to the First World
War. Click here to watch a video of
the song relating to the Kokoda Track.
Click here to watch a video of
the song relating to the Gallipoli
Campaign.
Click here to watch a modern
day tribute to Australians
who serve and have died in places like
Afghanistan,
Iraq, East Timor and on peacekeeping and
humanitarian operations around
the world. Click here for Australian Army tribute (also
includes links to Navy and Air Force tributes). 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.
Topic
covered on the webpage: remembrance song music.sheet
music available for choir, piano, trumpet,
guitar and drums. ww1. ww2. aussie diggers. songs. music.
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