Anzac Stories

This is an anzac poem I wrote when I was 9 its pretty good though!

A tribute to the Anzacs that fought for Australia and New Zealand in WWI. Lest we Forget

A sweet Poem about the life of an ANZAC soldier.

An Australian legacy born from blood sweat and tears. Innocent lives lost a nation's coming of age and a love that lasts through the years. War changes many things it makes and breaks families, and for this family, it's no different.

Baker Street is a simple street in Hillford, a country town in South Australia. Number 39 is a cottage, with a slate veranda with roses that creep up the posts and old fashioned window panes. It was built with sandstone bricks and love in 1888 but the original owners eventually decided it wasn't for them and the cottage was left to rot. On May 13th 1914, 20 year olds indigenous, and patriotic Australian Angus Shearer and Ackland inhabitant and proud New Zealander, Lucy Hamilton moved in to the abandoned house. Happy and ready to see where life took them. The two fell instantly in love with the simple old house and knew it was everything they needed. But with the world succumbing to war a few months later, their lives are torn apart by loss and heartache and eventually, 39 Baker Street is once again abandoned and left alone. 100 years later, on May 13 2014, 20 year olds, Indigenous shearer, Eli Shearer and Christ Church local Elouise Green drive through Hillford as an engaged couple and come across an overgrown house with a slate veranda and old fashioned window panes. The two fall instantly in love with the simple old house and get to work straight away. After making it their own, they decide to investigate. In the attic one day they come across a diary, the leather case coated in mud and a black and white photograph of a smiling couple, a soldier and his girl.

Set during World War One, with the New Zealanders at Chunuk Bair during the Gallipoli Campaign. Please understand that the cover-art was not drawn by me!! Full rights go to the artist. I merely cropped it a little and added text. You can find the original here: https://www.google.co.nz/search?safe=active&biw=1366&bih=651&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=qKldW5TVEMia8wXLqb-gBQ&q=chunuk+bair&oq=chunuk+bair&gs_l=img.3..0l6j0i30k1l2j0i5i30k1j0i24k1.40375.42269.0.42379.11.9.0.0.0.0.339.956.3-3.3.0....0...1c.1.64.img..8.3.951...0i67k1.0.JHcBANZboSQ#imgdii=auCc820em9cB2M:&imgrc=FeJI2TIGu1jVZM: (Sorry for the long link, it's a google search haha. Hopefully copy-and-paste works.)

My Uncle Ray, a veteran from the Australian Navy, was my inspiration to write this ode for ANZAC DAY, April 25, 2022.

Hey all, My name is Jarrod Walsh, I'm an Australian veteran and a Warhammer nerd, inspired by the campfire storytelling of Old Bale Eye from Warhammer+. This is my take on that style - told like a legend from the 41st millennium, but grounded in something real. Not the polished version you hear growing up, but the kind of truth you learn when you've worn the uniform. In war, it's never really about empire, faith, or command... ...it's about the mate beside you. Written and published on ANZAC Day. Lest we forget.

Australia is a new country of the British Empire when World War 1 begins. In this time of War, the son of a family of four volunteers to go and fight, leaving his father, his mother and his sister. Without Robert at home, will the family be able to cope with a father falling ill, a mother to the care for her husband, and a sister left with chores her grandma's stories? ---This is a story I wrote for my English short story assignment in August 2018 using the book 'A Rose for the ANZAC Boys' by Jackie French as a reference for the time period. I thought I should post it on here. My mark for it was 80%, but I put too much effort in for that.--- You can also find this story on my AO3 - @MysticPotato -- Best Rankings-- -#50 in worldwar1 -#345 in characterdeath -#1115 in wwi -#19 in 1910s -#200 in schoolassignment -#45 in daffodils -#39 in anzac -#44 in poppies -#982 in origionalstory

A short story I wrote for school about an Australian girl named Anna (surprise) who wants to be a soldier and has an interesting way of achieving her goal - by pretending to be a man. Set in WW1, extremely cheesy and possibly quite historically inaccurate (I'm so good at convincing people to read my stories aren't I?) DISCLAIMER: Whilst the events in this book are based of real ones, none of the characters are/were real.