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I made this collage for my profile photo on Facebook to celebrate Anzac Day this year.
In the group photo my dad, Lt Col Dr Bogdan Stojic, is easily recognisable in his Yugoslav uniform. These are the brave POW doctors at Cosel, Lamsdorf, today Lambinowice, from the UK, Australia and New Zealand. They all came home safe and sound when WWII ended in 1945.
In the second photo my dad is 22 years old, a volunteer in the Serbian Army, working as a medical orderly and assistant to Dr Sofoterov, about to set off on the perilous journey through the Albanian and Montenegrin mountains in November and December of 1915, known as the Albanian Golgotha or Serbian Golgotha. About the same time, the Anzacs were leaving the Gallipoli peninsula.
The bottom photo shows Bogdan Stojic, medical student (he continued his medical studies at Moscow University when on leave) , in the Russian Imperial uniform with his first St George medal for bravery. He served in the Second Siberian Corps of the 23rd Flying Red Cross Unit from February 1916 to April 1918, having thus witnessed and taken part in the Russian Revolution. The memoir I’ve been writing about his adventures in WWI is almost ready for publication. It would be wonderful if it could be published by the end of this year, since it is the centenary of the end of the Great War. Wish me luck. 🙂
Here is the photo of the Cosel group again, so you can see everyone in it.
Such fine fellows! ❤ StalagVIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR
I am very grateful to them and to all the brave soldiers and nurses who put their lives on the line defending our freedom.
❤ LEST WE FORGET ❤
Copyright © 2018 Irina Dimitric
Irina's Poetry Corner 
So special. We have much to be grateful for because of those who fought on our behalf.
Thanks for your kind and thoughtful comment. Much appreciated.
Bonjour ou bonsoir IRINAS
La vie a grand besoin de respect et d’amour
Il faut savoir donner pour mériter de prendre
Ce qui nous est offert et savoir aussi le rendre
Nous traversons, souvent, pendant notre vie
Des tortueux chemins qui viennent nous surprendre
C’est alors qu’il nous faut ouvrir nos cœurs et tendre
La main à nos amis pour leur dire bonjour
Belle journée ou belle soirée
Bisous Bernard
Tu as raison, cher Bernard. Merci de ta visite pour me dire bonjour.
Belle journée ou belle soirée 🙂 Bisous
Bonjour ou bonsoir et merci bisous
La vie a grand besoin de respect et d’amour
Il faut savoir donner pour mériter de prendre
Ce qui nous est offert et savoir aussi le rendre
Nous traversons, souvent, pendant notre vie
Des tortueux chemins qui viennent nous surprendre
C’est alors qu’il nous faut ouvrir nos cœurs et tendre
La main à nos amis pour leur dire bonjour
Belle journée ou belle soirée
Bisous Bernard
“Nous traversons, souvent, pendant notre vie
Des tortueux chemins qui viennent nous surprendre”
Voila, c’est justement ce qui s’est passe dans ma vie. J’ai passe un mois a l’hopital apres une chute me cassant la jambe.
Merci pout ton message d’amitie, cher Bernard. J’espere que tout va bien chez toi.
Belle semaine a toi ❤
BONJOUR ou BONSOIR avec Du Bonheur IRINAS
Le bonheur se lit dans les cœurs
L’amour s’écrit avec toujours
La gentillesse est une caresse
L’amitié, que de la bonté
La présence source d’indulgence
La tendresse est une richesse
Que l’on a au fond de son coeur
Sachons cultiver ce bonheur
Passe une belle et agréable journée ou soirée
En ce jour qu’il soit plein de joie et de la bonne humeur
Gros bisous
Bernard
Merci cher Bernard. En mai j’etais encore a l’hopital.
Bonne journee ou soiree.
Great tribute to those heroes who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the future generations!
Your historical collage and the group portrait photo are totally magnificent to honour them all,dear Irina!Thank you for sharing with us some significant history pages.Be proud of your father’s contribution.Love,respect and hugs to you 🙂 ❤ xxx
Dear Doda, thank you so much for appreciating my effort to pay a tribute to my father and the other magnificent men like him. For ever grateful for their courage and their sacrifices. Love and hugs ❤ 🙂 xx
My pleasure,Irina.It was a good reminder for us that we take freedom for granted.Love & hugs of friendship ❤ 🙂 xxx