hang on, you're a kiwi?!??!?
don't worry, I won't hold that against you
thank you for inspiring me on this little treck for information!!
Mum and I just sat down to search for her grandfather's details on the net, we have never been able to get information due to a family feud. Said family decided that he should be put in a home and all of his posessions should be divided between them despite the will and the fact that he isn't dead yet. He is 96, and started to forget things about 3 years ago - fit as a fiddle otherwise! He has gone down hill fast, the last few phonecalls have been really hard for my mum, as he raised her through her troublesome teens.
We just found the WWII airforce archives with his details and found all the info we need to request more.
There was a show on cable last night about this guy who makes plaques, he started with Gallipoli cove after visiting and finding no information in english ... he hand sculptured a plaque with a message and had bob hawke launch it. He's since put them in about 15 different locations where australian's have fought.
He said "Just because Gallipoli failed, doesn't mean we should forget it."