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Anzac Spirit Analysis

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The Australian and New Zealand soldiers fighting on the Western Front in World War I impeccably displayed the Anzac qualities and demonstrated what it truly meant to be an Anzac. The soldiers fighting on the Western Front were the true embodiment of the Anzac Spirit. (Awm.gov.au, 2015) The Anzac Spirit is made up of the qualities that the Anzacs have come to be known for. These qualities include comradeship, bravery, ingenuity, endurance and many more. Charles Bean wrote “By dawn on December 20th Anzac had faded into a dim blue line lost amid other hills on the horizon as the ships took their human freight to Imbros, Lemnos and Egypt. But Anzac stood, and still stands, for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship, and endurance that will never own defeat,” (Awm.gov.au, 2015) stating the qualities of the Anzac Spirit and how they should be valued above all others, as they “will …show more content…

The most obvious act of bravery would be the fighting itself – charging into enemy fire to protect innocent people – but there are other ways in which the Anzacs showed courage. One of the most famous examples of this would be the story of Simpson and his donkey. Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick was a field ambulance stretcher bearer, and it was his job to go into dangerous ground and retrieve and treat injured soldiers. Simpson is one of the most famous and remembered men as he not only fulfilled the requirements of his position, he did so without hesitation and without fear. He was said to be always singing and whistling, and seemed to be accepting of the extreme danger he put himself in to save others. Simpson was killed 24 days after his deployment, but in these extraordinary 24 days, he rescued over 300 men (Anzacs.net, 2015). The story of his bravery is only one among many. Courage was instilled in every man who fought in the war, and the Anzac Spirit lived in all of

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