My father, Brendon Ewart William Kelson, one of the early architects of the National Gallery of Australia and later as Director of The Australian War Memorial was responsible for bringing home the Unknown Soldier from the First War - would have been 90 today - love you, miss you papa bear…
Years ago, I had an 18-hr layover in Australia, and the Memorial is one thing I went to see on purpose.
The amount of times I’ve stood at that tomb. Thank you to your dad
after they interred the Unknown Soldier, one of the guests in attendance was a First World War veteran, must have been one of the last ones still alive at that time - he knealt down and said, "now you're home mate."
I was standing right next to him too...
Αιωνία η μνήμη. His memory be eternal. ♥️
Part of the Greatest Generation. Thank you, Sir. Happy Birthday!
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💙RIP Brendon💙 Sorry for your sad loss, Marcus
I travelled up to Canberra on Remembrance Day 1993 for the Entombment of the Unknown Australian Soldier with a group of returned servicemen and women. Very moving indeed. Lest we forget
It was a monster of a day, I was going to cover it for the ABC, but with dad and Keating etc, too close so I just went along as a private citizen, right call, so emotional...
I ended up missing a fair bit of it as one of our older veterans collapsed + had to be transported to hospital (I was Medic for the trip). Keating’s eulogy was superb, Still have a copy of the Order of Service here somewhere + a copy of the video which I transferred to DVD + also converted to mp4.
Namaste sir 🐾💙🐾
Such a true hero. Thank you for sharing his story.
he really was, and a towering intellect, but you could have probably guessed that :)
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A legacy for the family to be proud
Oh shit your dad was 100% guaranteed grain fed badassery. I am sorry for your loss, if its any consolation he's teaching angels how to kick German ass and be a total and complete gentleman the entire time.
Thank you!
What an amazing life!
Distinguished gentleman.
God bless. And rest in peace to him. He sounds like a swell guy.
My grandpa was 4years in ww1 .a highlander from Scotland. The Germans called his company the ladies from hell
He had style too.🤩
Sending hugs Marcus 🫂🫂🫂
Thank you for sharing with us Lovely example of an effort and values focused life 🧡
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Well done!
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A stalwart looking character
love
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I’m sorry for your loss Marcus
three and a half years now, I allow this one day to really think deeply about him, and thank you :)
May his memory be a blessing.
