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  • Anzac march open to 'Johnny Turk' — but that's it (Germans & Japs still on outer)

    04/11/2006 5:08:50 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 12 replies · 526+ views
    The Age ^ | 12 April 2006 | Carolyn Webb
    Some descendants of wartime foes can march on Anzac Day, the Victorian RSL has ruled for the first time. But the ruling applies only to descendants of World War I Turkish soldiers, because they were "a very honorable" enemy, according to the Victorian RSL president, Major-General David McLachlan. The endorsement does not extend to families of German, Japanese, Italian or North Vietnamese. "I could never ever see, in Victoria, Japanese veterans of the Second World War marching in an Anzac Day march," Major-General McLachlan said. "They were a dreaded enemy that was despised by the Australian veterans." Much had been...