Our Wartime Heroes
Jack was a teacher who wrote to his students to prepare them for the dangers to come.
Jack fought in some of the worst engagements of WWI and was wounded at Pozieres.
"You don't strike in the Army son." Norm soon learned this lesson. He fought in Africa and was wounded on Crete and taken prisoner.
Towards the end of the war, the prisoners were marched from one German camp to another. Their guards were “children” and there was little food.
Visiting HMAS Sydney II. As a 13 year old Sea Scout, Neville was beyond excited to be allowed on board the Sydney when she visited Bunbury in 1941.
As a lad during WWII, Neville learned telegraphy. His skills came in use the night the sirens sounded over the town.
Kevin Keeley was too young to join up. He was a mechanic who learned first hand the pitfalls of gas conversations for cars.
From South Africa to Gallipoli, Tom Shaw volunteered.
After Gallipoli, back home in Bunbury, Tom Shaw didn't rest. He helped set up...
Having survived wounding then illness, by 1918, former dairy hand Tom Harrison was fighting in Franvillers, France.
