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Anzac
Memorial Service
A SamoaLive! dedication for the men
and women who fought
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Celebrate Your Own
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- Message by the President of the
Samoan RSA,Afioga Faamausili Moli Malietoa 2001
- Message by the President
of the Samoan RSA, Afioga Faamausili Moli Malietoa 2002
Order of 2002 Service
5:45am Parade Falls In, In front of the RSA Club in columns of
threes, then marched by Parade Commander to World War 1
Memorial.
5:30am Distinguished guests arrive. HH the Head of State
Arrives and is met by the Vice President and remain standing
to the east side of the town clock.
5:55am Padre begins memorial service.He says a few words and
then says" The Returned Services Association pays tribute to
its comrades" He pauses for a short time and says
" Lord God of Hosts
Be With Us Yet
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget"
Pauses again and then recites
"They Shall Grow Not Old As We Are
Left To Grow Old
Age Shall Not Weary Them
Nor The Years Condemn Them
At the Going Down of the Sun
And in the Morning
We will Remember Them"
All present to repeat the last line
"We will Remember Them"
6:20am Parade marches to the World War II Memorial where
President of RSA and National Women's Council lay wreaths. The
parade then marches back to the RSA club house for breakfast.
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The Last Post (Audio-Click to hear) |
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Samoans
Who Served at the World Wars and Peace Keeping Missions
This section will be
dedicated to the names of all Samoan Men and Women Who Fought For Our
Freedom
(Pls e-mail us
if you know of any Samoans who served at the following wars)
1st World War
2nd World War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Iraqi-Kuwaiti War
East Timor
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War
Monuments
Apia Town Clock
Mothers Club
Monument
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Special Request by
Kawen Young, July 2001
I would like to recognize my grandfather, Alexander Leausa
Forsythe, who served in New Zealand during the Boer War at
the turn of the 20th century. He was to be deploy to South
Africa, but his father Alex Sr, made arrangements to prevent
his deployment. Alexander returned to Apia sometime around
1903.In 1904, Mr. Moors recommended Alexander as a an
Interpreter for the newly established Naval Administration in
Fagatogo. It was there that he met a lovely Samoan maiden,
Faauliulito Afoa Lutu. She had recently returned from school
in Levuka, Fiji. They married at the LMS Church in Fagatogo in
1906. My mother was the fifth of their six children: Oilau
Vaimasina Mabel Leausa Forsythe. She was married to Mr.
Vaaomala Malaulu Ta'amu who passed away in 1963? and later
married Rev. Palafu F. Tili. In 1974, they founded the Long
Beach 4th Congregational Church in California and later
pastored the Congregational Christian Church at
Matatufu-Lotofaga from 1981- 1995. Dad passed away 1995; Mom
(Oilau) passed away and interned at Cypress Gardens,
California in 1998 |
Photos
We will welcome any
wartime photos showing the Samoans in action.You could attach digitised
photos to your e-mail to the
Samoalive Team
Rex
Brighouse N.Z.E.F (Click
on photo for record of commemoration)
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