WIP

Vignette for the fallen

Vignette

The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir, Melbourne University Choral Society Choir and The Australian Children's Choir all performed Carl Orff's Carmina Burana on Sunday the 27th at the Melbourne Town hall. This place is inspired by that event which I am proud to have been a part of.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Lest We Forget - ANZAC Day 2016

Endurance departed from South Georgia for the Weddell Sea on 5 December, heading for Vahsel Bay. As the ship moved southward, early ice was encountered, which slowed progress. Deep in the Weddell Sea, conditions gradually grew worse until, on 19 January 1915, Endurance became frozen fast in an ice floe. The crew realised they would be stuck there until Spring when the ice melted. Shackleton led all his men safely back home. When they arrived, little attention was paid to them as the world was at war. Most men were conscripted and killed in action.

A depiction of the formality performed at sea to show respect towards another ship. Passing Honours assembles the crew to one side of the ship to give a salute as they pass.

Depiction of the engagement and boarding between British and French ships.