New Zealand had one of the highest casualty & death rates in WWI per capita, about a 58% casualty rate, about 16,697 New Zealanders were killed and 41,317 were wounded. We also suffered pretty badly in WWII as well, all for mummy england. I still reckon our fighting spirit came/ comes from our Celtic/ Scots/ Irish ancestors as contry to belief just as many if not more Scots settled NZ (and not just in the south island) as english.

ANZAC day is always a sombre day here so i agree with those who said it above Lest we forget!