Sharing their experiences and memories of war.
Our Remembrance Day breakfast meeting. Six of our members will be sharing their experiences and memories of war.
Kenn Williams will talk about his father serving in the Middle East in WWII, and his family’s visits to Anzac Cove in Turkey.
Clive Purt recently paid a visit to CWGC Santerno Valley War Cemetery to pay his respects to his uncle.
Chris Whelan will speak about his father’s experiences in Burma in World War II. Chris has three other World War II stories which involves his mother, his uncle who was killed at sea and another uncle who was a submariner.
Peter McEwan will tell us of his family which has a proud Australian military history commencing with his great, grandfather Sgt Major Alexander McEwen who arrived in Sydney mid 19th century. Peter has his ceremonial sword and a military manual he wrote dated 1867. Peter’s grandfather, Jack Briggs fought in WWII and he has his war medals, and Peter’s uncle Jack Hepple was part of Z Force.
Tony Haeusler has a copy of a letter which one of his three great uncles wrote from the Western Front in WWI.