Before the sun rose on our Anzac Day out, I woke up five sleepie little kiddies at 4 in the morning. It was nice to wake them up instead of the other way around, which over the past nine years has happen a fair few times. Today was going to be a special A
nzac day as this was going to be not only Oscar's very first Dawn service, but also we had Chase to have his very first one also.
The whole mob at Anzac Day 2010.
Chase at not only his very first Anzac Day but also his first Dawn service, he's probably thinking 'What happen to my warm bed dad'.
And while were talking about little ratbags here's the other little one having his first Dawn service, yes it's Oscar under the kiddie blanket trying to keep warm.
'THE SANDGROPERS'
Now that the sun's up it's all smiles ready for a day at Kings Park, he might look all cute n' innocent but under that beanie lyes a 100% ratbag!!!
Talking about Ratbags... here is Sarah at her forth Dawn service, she's about the only sheilah I know who can smile at ten to six in the morning!
And here's yours truly with me little fella Chase, Jacko is become a little ripper with the camera hay.
So after the sun has risen and Dawn service is over for another year, what's left to do in Kings Park.... well picnic time ofcause so we drove down to Kings Park's Synergy Parkland
which is a ripper play area for the kiddies.
If you have ever driven through Kings Park you would know that the street is tree lin
ed with individual plaques dedicated to Australian service men and women who died in WW1 and WW2. Last year we started a tradition of picking one soldier each Anzac Day and finding out a little about him, this year we picked a soldier by the name of Albert J Woolcock. Who fought and died in the First World War, the poor bugger found himself fighting in the bloodiest battlefield in history... The Western Front FRANCE. He was born in Ballarat (Vic) and moved to Boulder Kalgoorlie to live, he joined the 2nd Tunnel
ling Company so we think he might of been into the mining game in Kalgoorlie before signing up. His Rank was SAPPER which during World War 1 a sapper was known as a miner, they were used to dig narrow tunnels from their trenches under 'No mans land' till they reached the German trenches. Of cause this was dangerous work attempting to out-manoeuvre and undermine each other, often lethal to our sappers inside their tunnels. If the Germans heard our sappers digging under their trenches, then they would leave and destroy the trench burying our soldiers underground. But if successful then they would
leave strong mines and retreat to ignite them, causing a tremendous explosion destroying and killing everything above them.Our soldier Mr Woolcock died at Rouen France on the 28th of March 1918 at the age of 45, while he was underground the enemy Gassed his trench tunnel. He died of his wounds and is buried in France, never to come home. I think it's very important that the kids listen to these story's, and understand what these great soldiers have given up for us.
