SA Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize

Here is some information about what you need to do regarding the individual you are researching for the commemoration activities.  I have all the names now (see the blog at https://saanzacprize.blogspot.com/2023/02/finding-person-to-research.htmland ) and I gather you have researched their story. I do not want a huge research essay, just a brief summary of their background, what they were doing in Darwin and how they died – if you can find out all of that. It would also be great to have any photographs of the person if you can find them. I suggest it needs to be only about 300-500 words in length with any photographs you find. If you find out a lot of information about the person, it is fine to write more but for some of the individuals selected there is very little information. Most importantly we want you to engage with the story of an individual, so that when we go to the Adelaide War Cemetery you have a  person to commemorate.  

                          Image from the Virtual War Memorial at  Virtual War Memorial (vwma.org.au) Going to the primary sources In our research for the trip it is very important that we seek out the primary sources for the bombing of Darwin story - to listen to and read from those who were actually there on those fateful days.  Primary sources are critical for us to understand the state of mind of those involved and to piece together a complete story of the bombing. When we are in Darwin we will be at museums that will profile the stories of the survivors of the bombing but we thought it would be good if you spent some time now listening and reading the stories of some of the survivors. Feel free to search for other sources with the survivors talking about their experiences in 1942.  Please email the links to Malcolm if you come across some survivor stories to share with the group before we go. Source 1: A great Darwin Bombing overview by Ned Young from the Virtual War Memorial Austr