The students at South Coogee Public School wrote these poems to honour our soldiers.
Anzac day is the day that soldiers went to war
Never ever did they give up
Zealous soldiers fighting for their country
All the soldiers did their best to fight the war
Courage they used to fight the war.
Determination they used.
Always they were determined to fight the war
Young soldiers they were separated from their family
With their hair slightly whiter, their step not quite so sure
They march proudly as they did a year before
They’re the ones who showed courage all the way
They’re the ones who made our lives as good as today
From the rugged hillside of Gallipoli to the sand of Almein
To the death of some, those memories will remain
The airmen and sailors who died at bay
Those fighters will be remembered o this day
They fought and fought through jungles and sand
And other mysterious and unbrown lands
Their blood lies in all different trails
Their courage never ever did fail
Fathers, sons, and all who died
While mothers and daughters all but cried
When a bugle call them to cross that great divide
They will wait on the other side
Lest we forget
We remember the people in the Anzac war by closing our eyes for a minute of silence on the 25th of April. My dad is in the army and knows some people who, sadly, died. Soldiers pretended they were 18, when they were only 14, to fight for our country. We also make cookies to celebrate the joy of the war being over.
We also have a parade, and my dad goes in it every year. My family wakes up at 6:00 of the exact time for the minute of silence at Coogee RSL. Last of all, we make black and red poppy flowers.
LEST WE FORGET
ANZAC day is a day of remembrance. To me, it means to thank those who sacrificed their lives for us for our freedom and for us to have Rights.
My dad is in the Army and I am proud because he protects and saves our country.
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