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WW1

WW1. BY RUTH. POPPIES. Poppies are special to me because they represent the soldiers that fought in WWI. They help me remember that the soldiers who fought, fought for us to keep our land and live happy lives. Lots of fields that were fought in grew poppies after the fight was over.

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WW1

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  1. WW1 BY RUTH

  2. POPPIES Poppies are special to me because they represent the soldiers that fought in WWI. They help me remember that the soldiers who fought, fought for us to keep our land and live happy lives. Lots of fields that were fought in grew poppies after the fight was over. On Anzac day we wear poppies on our shirts.

  3. TRENCHES Trenches were built to help keep soldiers safe when they were fighting or even when they weren’t fighting. The trenches were muddy, small and hard to move in. In the trenches you would have lots of people crowded together in the cold, and your food would be scarce.

  4. TRIGGEROFWWI What Triggered World War 1? It is stated that the assassination of the Austrian, Franz Ferdinand and his wife, on the 28th of June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip who was a Belgium revolutionary triggered the First World War. The war then began in August 1914. However, most historians explain that the conflicts finally leading to the First World War were as a result of long raging hostility between the parties.

  5. Room 12 Queenstown Primary School Queenstown 19 June 1914 Dear Great granddad I am sorry I haven’t been able to write to you for a long time. I expect there has been a lot going on around you and your mates. I hope you are fit and healthy. Last week my class was asked to share some stories about heroes, I decided to talk about you.  I told them that you were my favorite great granddad ever, and that just last month you left for war.  When it was break we played soldiers but the problem was no one wanted to be the Turkish so we had to flip a coin. When the game had started I remembered you at war helping the wounded. I got sad but suddenly the loud bell rang, it scared the sadness out of me. All of the family are missing you tons like me.  The school holiday is not fun without you, Dad is away shearing but will be back tomorrow.  Tomorrow Dad and I are going to the water hole to try and catch eels, just like you did last year.  Wishing you the best with your help in Gallipoli and in other places. Lots of love, Your affectionate great granddaughter Ruth 

  6. WarMemorial Every Anzac day lots of people lay wreaths on the memorial. Wreaths are lots and lots of flowers in a big circle with a whole in the middle of it. (Wreaths are usually red flowers ). On the memorial it says the name s of the soldiers that fought for that town/city.

  7. AnzacBiscuits Anzac biscuits are biscuits that were sent over from you family in tins. They were sent over in tins to help the food stay preserved for a long time. When the soldiers got the Anzac biscuits they would be happy because the biscuits would give them some energy and love.

  8. Ancestorsinvolvedinwar George Osborne Baird (Ruth's great grandfather on Mums paternal side) was born in Scotland and came to NZ when he was ten. He volunteered quickly at the start of WWII in 1939 but didn’t want to kill anyone so volunteered to save people. His 2 brothers Jim and Morris also signed up for service. George served as Private 9502 1st Echelon (army), Medical Corp 4th field ambulance. After a stay in hospital he was invalided back to NZ in Aug 1942. He married great nana (Olive) soon after and her wedding dress was made of an old parachute due to the rationing of material. His wedding photo shows him in his uniform freshly pressed but without his medals as his sister hadn’t left enough time before the service to sew them all back on again after washing his uniform. GeorgeOsborneBaird

  9. George Osborne Baird His brothers returned to NZ but had mental issues, sounds such as ambulances would send them into a panic. George ran the Post Office at the Orangapai (in the Maniototo) for the next nineteen years, then served as the station agent at Waipata Railway Station before dying of a heart attack and being buried at Ranfurly.

  10. Members of the McCorkindale family (Ruth's great grandparents generation on Mums maternal side) fought in the Battle of Passendale in WWI and died in battle. John Hector Stevens (Jack) (Ruth's great grandfather on Dads paternal side) served in the 22nd battalion 2nd division of the NZEF 276781 as a Sargent in Crete and Monte Casino. He married Madeline after the war ended and returned to farming. http://www.22battalion.org.nz/ has lots of information about his division. Douglas Grant (Ruth's great great uncle on Dads maternal side) went to Canada to train to be a pilot in bomber planes (he was only just old enough during the war). He failed the eyesight test and became a radio operator. Their plane was used to reconnaissance the coast of Canada and did not get involved in active bombing.

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