Showing posts with label ANZAC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ANZAC. Show all posts

Saturday 25 April 2015

Thank you Dad

Left - Harmony Ivan Juniper (My Grandfather)
Right - Dennis Juniper (My Dad)
Today is ANZAC day in Australia.  I thought I would share about these two special people.  My grandfather and father.  They both served in the Defense Force.  I grew up where ever the South African Air Force posted my Dad.

Dad I need you to know I appreciate all you did to keep our family safe and all you did to insure our FREEDOM.  Thank you for your courage and determination. I love you and I'm proud of you and Pop-Pops.

Love
Chareen

Friday 25 April 2014

ANZAC Day - an Ode to the Fallen



With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children
England mourns for her dead across the sea,
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow,
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again,
They sit no more at familiar tables of home,
They have no lot in our labour of the daytime,
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires and hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the night.

As the stars shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

I found this write up about this poem over at ANZAC Day "The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in The Winnowing Fan: Poems of the Great War in 1914. This verse, which became the Ode for the Returned and Services League, has been used in association with commemoration services in Australia since 1921."

Resources



Tuesday 22 April 2014

Gallipoli by Kerry Greenwood {Tuesday's Treasures}

  • Format: Hardback
  • Number of Pages: 32 
  • Publisher: Scholastic Australia 
  • ISBN 10: 1743621299 
  • ISBN 13: 9781743621295 
  • Author  Kerry Greenwood 
  • Illustrator:Annie White 
  • Available from: Scholastic, Book Depository 
This book is beautifully written and illustrated.  It's a definite treasure to read and add to your library shelves. It's a twaddle free story of two Australian mates Bluey and Dusty. We follow their friendship and journey from joining the defense force, being deployed at Gallipoli and their experiences of living, working and fighting in World War I and then finally returning home to Australia.

The illustrations contribute to the depth and meaning of the story.  Sir N loves this book and has asked me to read it to him again which is always a good sign of a twaddle free book. This is an excellent book to introduce young children to the reality of Gallipoli and the reality of the World War.

Blessings
Chareen

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Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures. I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books and Resources out there out there hiding on shelves and somewhere on the internet.

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  • a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library,
  •  a great homeschool item you have found and
  •  any new resources you are enjoying. 
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Tuesday 15 April 2014

I Was Only Nineteen {Tuesday's Treasures}

Next week Friday 25 April is ANZAC day here is Australia.  I'm on the search for books to read about Kiwi's and Aussies and ANZAC.  Today I was given this book to read to Sir N.

I Was Only Nineteen


  • Format: Hardback
  • Number of Pages: 32
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin Children's Books 
  • Publication Date: 2014 
  • ISBN 10: 1743317239 
  • ISBN 13: 9781743317235 
  • Author Words by John Schumann from the iconic song about the Vietnam War 
  • Illustrator: Craig Smith 
This book is beautifully illustrated.  The words are the lyrics from a song by John Schumann and sung by the Australian group Redgum  (Album: Caught In The Act).  It took him 15 minutes to compose and is a tribute to the men and woman of Australia who fought in the Vietnam War. The illustrations are beautiful and take you on the journey with a Grandfather as he shares his memories of being Only 19.

Blessings
Chareen

Here are a couple of YouTube clips of the song: I Was Only 19 (1983) and I was Only 19 Photo Montage


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Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures. I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books and Resources out there out there hiding on shelves and somewhere on the internet.

I invite you to blog about

  • a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library,
  •  a great homeschool item you have found and
  •  any new resources you are enjoying. 
Grab the button for your post and add a link to your post below. I would love to read about your treasures. 
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