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April 19th 2013
A Fortnightly Newsletter from St Patricks School In Waimate. The best little Special Character School in South Canterbury
St Patricks Waimate
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ANZAC Poems P.1 ANZAC Memorials P.2 Local Stories P.3 Notices P.4 ANZAC Connections P.5 Supporters and Advertisers P.6
By Blake
I don't understand Why they're so stupid to kill and get killed Why they start a war for things like power Why the people in the office cause the wars But most of all, Why they don't become friends Why the army fights for land and people Why they fight to the death What I do understand is Why they go in the army, Why they help people with life Why they protected their countries.
Why do we have stupid wars when people get killed and it makes their families mad and sad. In the war there were people with guns and people with flies all other their faces. I wish they had tanks to kill those turkeys that were smerky. By Makayla Massey
Birthdays to be celebrated
Makeyla Massey April 27th Mr Kemp April 26th.
E. Julian Nurse Brown H. Julian Nurse Fox Nurse Gorman R.D. Kearton W. Kelly S. Adamson J.W.F. Kempton G.A. Allfrey T. Leal A.J. Attewell A. Lindsay L.J. Baker E.C. Loper S. Ballagh H.A. Lucas R. Ballantyne E.J. Bannerman W. Luck P. McAllister C.C. Barclay E.F. McCarthy N. Baxter D.M. McDonald J. Bean L. McFarlane N.M. Bell D.R. McKenzie S.F. Bell J. McLeish W. Benson R. McRae A. E. Berry G.R. Mahoney A.G. Bird W. Manson J. Black J. B. Marsh W.B. Bowles G. Marshall W. Brass F.G. Marshall W.S. Brien F.D. Maurice J. Briggs W.B. Menzie R.E. Briggs E.O. Bringans W.R. Menzie E.J. Mercer G.A. Brown T. Mitchell B. Buckley J. R. Campbell G.M. Morgan Jas. Campbell J. Morrison Jos. Campbell C. Morton J. Morton L. Campbell L.A. Carmichael J.C. Munro W. Nichol E.M. Carr R. Norrie Jos. Carr P. Norris O.P. Carr W. Noster J. Carson H.L. Park T.J. Chalmers H.S. Paul C.P. Chamberlain B. Pelvin T. Claridge G.A. Pelvin A.P. Clark W. Penny W.T. Clear T. Peneamene J. Cochrane L.N. Pollard C.W. Cogdale A. Quigley C. Coltman S. Reid E.T. Corry H. Richard J. Crone A. Cruickshank E.A. Rickman G.I. Cuthertson J.H. Rogers W.G. Russell I.J. Davis J.A. Scott J. Dodd J. Shefford H. Douglas S.A. Shirley A. Dunn F.T. Simpson P.D. Dunn J. Englebrecht L. Simpson L. Sinclair J. Fitzgerald H. Sole J. Fogarty C. Sprott M. Foley J. Fotheringham L. Stewart W.G. Stewart E. Garland R. H. G. Storey P.G. Geary W. Tavendale M. Gibson G. Taylor J.T. Gill A. H. Walker J. Gynes H.M. Wall P.J. Gynes W.H.D. White T. Haynes G. Wilce T. Hazelton H. Wilds H. Head W. Wilks T. Heap F. Wills W.F. Hutt E.D. Wilson A. Ironside M.W.G. Jackson G.L. Wilson G.H. Wood H.P. Jacobs T.F. York
We have learned about the bravery of our Anzacs and about the stupidity of the politicians that sent them away to war.
Our poems reflect what we think about war.
From the Kemal Ataturk Memorial in Gallipoli -"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours... You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."
This memorial, commissioned by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey and the Turkish commander at Gallipoli, recognises the sacrifices that both sides made at Gallipoli and endeavours to ease the pain for the families that lost sons and daughters there. True to his word, ANZAC war graves are maintained as well as any Turkish graves. Shrines to the fallen sons of both sides exist
Waimate has a long and proud tradition of service to Queen and country and many sons and daughter of Waimate have served on foreign shores. Sadly, many remain there.
Patrick: His grandfather, Leslie Robert Kemp, (above centre) served in J-Force as a medic and in K-Force as a driver. Patrick also has two cousins currently serving in the New Zealand Defence Force
Also In memory of Trooper ALFRED WHITNEY, 7th NZ Contingent who fell in the memorable night attack at Bothasberg, Transvaal 23 February 1902. And in honour of the 74 volunteers from this district who nobly responded to the call of their Queen and Country.
War is stupid
War is stupid! All you do is fight. Why kill and wound? Kids cry because their dad died. I cry watching people die. Politicians should fight. Being on a battlefield fighting a battle makes me shiver. Big guns explode and kill hundreds. Destruction is everywhere I look. Bombs explode. Parts of people go flying. When there is a boom a new crater forms. Dead and wounded people lie everywhere. People fire guns all around. That is why people hate war.
Brianna Wood
ANZAC Connections
The tentacles of war reach down through the passages of time and there are not too many students that dont have some links to service personnel, past and present. The following are just some of the connections that we could make, without digging too deeply. (The accuracy and veracity of some of these facts may be open to interpretation, but they are retold as the individuals know them). Matauranga: His great-granddad served in both world wars. In WW1 he was a sniper. In WW2 he was a sergeant. Hannah: Her step-dad served in the navy and has 6 medals. Mrs Suddaby: Albert Tracy Gubb was a stretcher bearer. He also has 5 medals. Father Brian: His dad was in World War 2. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). Morgan: Her great-granddad served in WW1. Her other great-granddad was a lorry driver in the Korean War, where he was captured and made a prisoner of war. Seraphina: Her uncle served in the army and then quit at the age of 28.
I dont understand
I don't understand Why we fight,
Why we kill, Why we invade. But most of all, I dont understand why we need more Why were not friends, Why we don't make friends. What I do understand is Why we protect our own country Why we have an army, Why we protect our families.
By Patrick Kemp.
An excerpt from the song And the band played Waltzing Matilda by June Tabor.
Check it out on Youtube by searching for the song title above.
For I'll go no more waltzing Matilda, all around the green bush far and free To hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs-no more waltzing Matilda for me. So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, and they shipped us back home to Australia. The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane, those proud wounded heroes of Suvla And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay, I looked at the place where me legs used to be. And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me, to grieve, to mourn, and to pity. But the band played Waltzing Matilda, as they carried us down the gangway. But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared, then they turned all their faces away And so now every April, I sit on me porch, and I watch the parades pass before me. And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march, reviving old dreams of past glories And the old men march slowly, old bones stiff and sore. They're tired old heroes from a forgotten war And the young people ask, what are they marching for? And I ask myself the same question. But the band plays Waltzing Matilda, and the old men still answer the call, But as year follows year, more old men disappear. Someday no one will march there at all. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? And their ghosts may be heard as they march by that billabong, who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Notices
This special ANZAC edition edited and compiled by The Senior Students at St Patricks School: Mitchell, Laney, Makeyla, Patrick, Caitlin and David
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ULTIMATE SACRIFICE:
World War II pilot Reg Veitch's war medals will be worn by his great-nephew in this year's Waimate Anzac Day parade almost 70 years after he died when his Lancaster bomber crashed in Germany. The story of the Lancaster bomber pilot serving with the Royal Air Force came to light a couple of years ago with the discovery of a letter from a former crew member. The family found the letter very moving, especially because they had learnt Reg had chosen to continue flying the burning bomber to give his crew time to parachute from the plane. The family shared that story with The Timaru Herald, and this Anzac Day they will publish a follow-up which draws together the Veitch family, a young German "treasure hunter", and a Canadian family .
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