10/11/2026
Remembrance Day – Lest We Forget 🇦🇺
For some, Remembrance Day is a minute of silence, a poppy worn on the chest, or a ceremony attended once a year.
For others, it’s memories that never leave.
I’ve seen men and women lose their lives in service. I’ve stood and watched as fallen Australians were carried onto aircraft in flag-draped coffins, beginning their final journey home.
Those are images you never forget. Faces, names, mates, and families whose lives would never be the same.
When I think about Remembrance Day, I don’t think about the glory of war. There is no glory in watching someone’s life come to an end. I think about the sacrifice. The courage. The mateship. And the terrible price paid by those who never made it home.
They served believing in something bigger than themselves. In protecting others, defending our way of life, and preserving the freedoms and rights that so many of us enjoy today.
Freedom is something we often take for granted. But I’ve seen firsthand what it can cost.
So today, when the clock strikes 11, I ask you to stop. Just for a minute.
Think about the men and women who gave everything. Think about the families who received a folded Australian flag instead of a welcome-home embrace. Think about the empty chairs at dinner tables and the children who grew up without a mum or dad.
And remember that behind every name on a memorial was a person. Someone who laughed, loved, dreamed, and had a life waiting for them back home.
We don’t remember them because they went to war. We remember them because they never came home.
To the fallen, to the mates we lost, and to those who still carry the memories.
We will remember them.
Lest We Forget. 🇦🇺
