Postcards from the front!

As part of our learning about World War 1, we were lucky enough to have a teacher friend of mine, Mrs Johns, visit us today to share some very special postcards.

Mrs Johns had relatives, 2 brothers, who were orchardists in the Adelaide Hills, before they enlisted in World War 1. Mrs Johns spent some time with us today sharing some very precious postcards that these brothers sent back to their sister from the various locations in which they trained and served during the war. We heard their words, written 100 years ago, about what they were seeingĀ and learnt how the soldiers didn’t want to write about the details of the war but rather hear about the everyday details of life back at home. It was a fascinating look into what these brothers shared about their experiences, as well as an opportunity to see the images on the postcards which told their own story too.

Mrs Johns also shared with us information about her own father, a pilot in World War 2, and we saw important artefacts such as his “dog-tags” and badges and medals from his time of service.

Many thanks to Mrs Johns for coming in and sharing these precious things with us.

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