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Australian Commonwealth Military Forces

There are hundreds of slouch hatted soldiers in town
Doughty and debonair stalwart and brown
​Some are from Weymouth, or Salisbury Plain
​Others have "pushed" in the Western Campaign
Call them overseas soldiers or "down under men"
Declare that each one is as daring as ten
Call them Cornstalks or "Fernleaves" N.Z. all out for a fight
But don't call them Anzacs as that's not right.

The Anzac - Their ranks are but scanty all told
Have separate record illumined with gold
Their blood on Gallipoli ridges they poured
​Their souls with the scars are scored
Their souls with the scars of that struggle are scored
Not many are left, not many are sound
​And thousands are buried in Turkish ground
Those are the Anzacs - The others may claim
​Their zeal, their spirit, but none their name.

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