WWII
-
A one hundred year lesson
What is the lesson a father, poet, farmer, black jack player and WWII veteran learnt in life? At Bupa Aged Care in Kyneton, Rachel Hewitt and Rob Shaw of the Woodend Warblers hold the attention of silent staff and the non-sleeping residents. They sing Danny Boy. Their sounds are interrupted by a resident who croons between…
-
RAAF thanks for a centenarian veteran
A Kyneton resident who was among the first girls in history to be enrolled in the Royal Australian Air Force was last week honoured for her service to the nation during WWII. At age 19, centenarian Margaret Emily Green (nee Selway) was enrolled with 15 other girls at No 1 Recruiting Centre, Queens Street, Melbourne,…
-
Memories of war
Jim Foreman was just 17 years old when he shipped out to sea. Now aged 94, it’s taken the WWII veteran a lifetime to talk about what he saw at war. It was 1944 and the war was intensifying, so along with many other boys who left school in Kyneton, Jim joined the Navy. “Don…