We received a range of photos that showed what was happening at home this Anzac Day. Quite a few shared some special stories and so we wanted to share them with you as well.
I think we all found dawn a beautiful time to witness our world.
Maureen and Fred had stayed on the yacht overnight and rose early to commemorate Anzac Day with a flag and candle.
Brendon and his family made a special space inside the home to remember.
Many families made special lanterns from milk bottles. I’m sure it was Col’s work!
Scout groups no longer gathered but still got up, got on their uniforms and made their way to the driveway. Great work Bathman family! Marcus looks especially respectful.
David and Jen honoured their fathers with a special arrangement of flowers, candles and a flag. Jen’s father (on the right) was a miner and served in the Reserves. David’s father was stationed in Darwin and at the Catalina Base at Rathmines.
From Fr Geoff: “I was going to march in a procession wearing the medals of my uncle Patrick Clyne. Instead, I honoured the occasion as shown in the photograph.
The mother and baby nearest to me wearing the medals is my mother and myself and the mother and baby at the right of that photo is Ray Mulhearn’s mother and Ray.
The chalice being held by one of my three cousins in the photo on the right is the one the family members purchased a couple of years after my uncle died as a prisoner of war in 1945. It is the Chalice that I use when I am celebrating Mass at Toronto.”
Richard and Paddy: This is our photo of what we had set up outside on ANZAC day.
Back row, left to right:
- Paddy’s uncle in a group, he died in Bougainville
- My grandfather on a camel in front of the Sphinx, he served for four years on the Western Front but somehow survived and came home.
- Paddy’s uncle, a Wellington bomber pilot in England.
Front row:
- My mother, joined at about 18years old in Signals Corps, same age as her father on the camel.
- Paddy’s great uncle ,killed at Messines.
- My father, wounded in Borneo in 1945, never able to lift his arm above shoulder height afterwards, also served in Malaya and we were all stationed in Singapore in 1956.
The last photo of Bede happily munching on an Anzac biscuit represents the good humour and mateship of the Anzac spirit. Our family received an unexpected delivery of Anzac bikkies that had been prepared by the Gwynne grandkids. Thanks Lincoln, Decklan and Maddison – they were fantastic!
Thanks to all our contributors:
Ray and Val Mulhearn, Maureen and Fred Seysener, Brendon Mannyx, Deb and Col Gwynne, Peter and Carlie Gwynne, Christine Bathman, Jen and David Keegan, Gina Baynham, McWilliam family, Fr Geoff, Deborah Brown, Richard and Paddi Porteous, Kristofferson family.