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On this eleventh day of the eleventh month, please take a moment at eleven am to pause and consider those who served and sacrificed to preserve our way of life during World War I, the "Great War", the "War to End All Wars". During the five year period from 1914-1919 approximately 15 million people were killed, soldiers and civilians alike.
It was during this war that Australia emerged as a world power, no longer simply part of the British Empire, and it was actually an Australian who suggested a period of quiet respect on this Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day. In this time of terrorism and uncertainty about the future, consider that humanity as a whole has faced far worse in the past, and triumphed - but not without great sacrifice. Lest we forget.
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