Saturday, 24 December 2011

Goose Green, Darwin, Fitzroy

We had another visit to Goose Green.  The day was fairly overcast and dull, so I opted for black and white photography to see the effects.  We had already visited Fitzroy, Goose Green and Darwin before, so I already had colour shots. 




The central cross at the Argentine cemetery
Don't recall seeing this last time.....


 More rows of crosses....



Four Argentinians in this grave.....
5 in this one.....

The names of all who died, including those on the General Belgrano are inscribed in the main memorial, this is just one panel....  Many have no grave other than the sea, other lay in the cemetery simply as "A soldier known unto god"

Also found a medal of some description....


The crosses seemed perfectly mirrored in the polished stone...

Harry decided to play hide and seek.......

Fitzroy memorials....








Empty cases which someone has dug up.  The larger ones are 7.62mm, used in the SLR and GPMG, the smaller ones are 9mm as used in the SMG.  These may have been fired at attacking aircraft.....wonder if any found their mark??





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