Australians celebrate Remembrance Day on 11th November every year in honour of the 62,000 Australians who died in World War I. It is also an occasion to honour soldiers who died in wars ever since then.

In the morning, people gather at war memorials. Not only in Austrlia but also in Canada and the UK. People sing songs and read poems to honour those who are no longer with us. Then, just before 11 am (because the WWI ended at 11 am), a musician plays The Last Post on a a bugle. A bugle is a sort of a trumpet for all those who don't know. This slow, sad melody signals the beginning of a two-minute silance.

Eleven o'clock as we mentioned marks the very  end of the First World War on the morning of 11th November, 1918. Then the bugler plays the second tune -  The Rouse,  a fast, energetic melody which wakes soldiers up in the mornings and symbolises hope in a new beginning.

On this occasion many people wear red paper poppies pinned to their clothes. The poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day because these flowers grew  on the battlefields in France during World War I. So in honour of all those who died for our better tomorrow wear a poppy today!

Let’s pay our respect to all those who had lost their lives on the battlefields so we could live in peace!

May they rest in peace!