Remembrance Day

This is a poppy growing in my garden. I found a punnet and was happy and bought them. They were struggling, but this plant surprised us with a flower, it is quite a large plant. I love the spots.

The other photos were taken by my middle daughter in Canberra in mid October, the same time the poppy came out.

The first one is of the War Memorial. I have been to the research part but not the museum, and of course seen it from the end of the street.



The photo of the bugle is great. It reminded me of my great great uncles who died at Gallipoli. I found some information online, though it made me sad for a little while. I was learning about Ypres. Then I found some more of his brother's information.



I found out the name of the school he went to that identifies which part of the city my Grandma lived in before she emigrated. I remembered later I knew the street name, and it looks to be close by. The uncle was here as a teenager and it seems worked near to where my Grandma lived, which I didn't know. Then four years later he went back to the Northern Hemisphere, and only lived another 7 months. His brother was 8 years older and they died within three months of each other. It seems to map out a scenario that I wasn't clear on before.







I have heard their names are in Sydney, and have seen their names in a newspaper The Age printed perhaps in the 80s.