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A Fortnightly Newsletter from

St Patricks School In

Waimate. The best little

Special Character School in

South Canterbury

ANZAC

commemorations in and

around Waimate

Dawn Ceremony 7:00amVictoria Park Memorial GatesThere will be a firing party atthis service.

8.45am St Andrewsat War Memorial

10.00am Main Serviceat Waimate High School HallReturned personnel are invitedto meet outside at 9.50am.Medals to be worn.

Public are asked to be seatedby 9.50am.

Parade to MemorialClockafter the service for laying ofwreaths.

1.30pm Waihao Forks HotelTeds Bottle

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Birthdays to becelebratedMakeyla Massey April 27 th

Mr Kemp April 26th.

A selection of ANZAC writing from the Senior room.

Why do we have stupid wars when people get

killed and it makes their families mad and sad. In

the war there were people with guns and peoplewith flies all other their faces.

I wish they had tanks to kill those turkeys thatwere smerky.

By Makayla Massey

I don't understand

Why they're so stupid to kill and get killed

Why they start a war for things like powerWhy the people in the office cause the wars

But most of all,Why they don't become friends

Why the army fights for land and peopleWhy they fight to the death

What I do understand is

Why they go in the army,Why they help people with lifeWhy they protected their countries.

By Gabriel Van Royen

this issueANZAC Poems P.1

ANZAC Memorials P.2

Local Stories P.3

Notices P.4

ANZAC Connections P.5

Supporters and Advertisers P.6

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07 St PatricksSt PatricksWaimateWaimate

ANZAC POEM

There were lots of people that died and lots triedThere were lots of guns and lots of sons

Some were crying and some were dyingSoldiers were driving and others were surviving

The army had tanks and others had planksThe army served and we conserved

By Blake


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Patrick: His grandfather,

Leslie Robert Kemp, (above

centre) served in J-Force as a

medic and in K-Force as a

driver.

Patrick also has two cousins

currently serving in the New

Zealand Defence Force

We have learnedabout the braveryof our Anzacs andabout the stupidityof the politiciansthat sent themaway to war.

From the KemalAtaturk Memorial inGallipoli -"Thoseheroes that shed their

blood and lost theirlives... you are nowlying in the soil of afriendly country.Therefore rest in

peace. There is nodifference between the

Johnnies and theMehmets to us wherethey lie side by sidehere in this country of

ours... You the motherswho sent their sonsfrom far awaycountries wipe away

your tears. Your sonsare now lying in ourbosom and are in

peace. After havinglost their lives on thisland they havebecome our sons aswell."

This memorial, commissioned by

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of

modern Turkey and the Turkish

commander at Gallipoli, recognises the

sacrifices that both sides made at

Gallipoli and endeavours to ease the

pain for the families that lost sons and

daughters there. True to his word,

ANZAC war graves are maintained as

well as any Turkish graves. Shrines to

he fallen sons of both sides exist

1914-1918For our glorious Dead

ken from the 1923 memorial gates at

ctoria Park

Waimate has a long andproud tradition of serviceto Queen and country andmany sons and daughter

of Waimate have servedon foreign shores. Sadly,many remain there.

Also

In memory ofTrooper ALFRED WHITNEY,

7th NZ Contingentwho fell in the memorable

night attack atBothasberg, Transvaal

23 February 1902.

And in honour of the

74 volunteers from thisdistrict who nobly responded

to the call of their

Queen and Country.

Nurse BrownNurse FoxNurse Gorman

. AdamsonG.A. AllfreyA.J. Attewell.J. Baker. Ballagh

R. Ballantyne.J. Bannerman

C.C. BarclayN. Baxter

BeanN.M. Bell

.F. BellW. BensonA. E. BerryA.G. Bird

Black

W.B. BowlesW. BrassW.S. Brien

BriggsR.E. Briggs

.O. BringansG.A. Brown

. Buckley R. Campbell

as. Campbellos. Campbell. Campbell.A. Carmichael.M. Carr

os. CarrO.P. Carr

Carson.J. ChalmersC.P. Chamberlain

. ClaridgeA.P. ClarkW.T. Clear

CochraneC.W. CogdaleC. Coltman

.T. Corry Crone

A. CruickshankG.I. CuthertsonJ. Davis Dodd

H. Douglas

A. Dunn.D. Dunn Englebrecht Fitzgerald Fogarty

M. Foley Fotheringham. Garland.G. Geary

M. GibsonT. Gill Gynes.J. Gynes. Haynes. Hazelton

H. Head

. HeapW.F. HuttA. IronsideM.W.G. JacksonH.P. Jacobs

E. JulianH. JulianR.D. KeartonW. KellyJ.W.F. KemptonT. LealA. LindsayE.C. LoperH.A. LucasW. LuckP. McAllisterE.F. McCarthyD.M. McDonaldL. McFarlaneD.R. McKenzieJ. McLeishR. McRaeG.R. MahoneyW. MansonJ. B. MarshG. MarshallF.G. MarshallF.D. MauriceW.B. MenzieW.R. MenzieE.J. MercerT. MitchellG.M. MorganJ. MorrisonC. MortonJ. MortonJ.C. MunroW. NicholR. NorrieP. NorrisW. NosterH.L. ParkH.S. PaulB. PelvinG.A. PelvinW. PennyT. PeneameneL.N. PollardA. QuigleyS. ReidH. RichardE.A. RickmanJ.H. RogersW.G. RussellJ.A. ScottJ. Shefford

S.A. ShirleyF.T. SimpsonL. SimpsonL. SinclairH. SoleC. SprottL. StewartW.G. StewartR. H. G. StoreyW. TavendaleG. TaylorA. H. WalkerH.M. WallW.H.D. WhiteG. WilceH. Wilds

W. WilksF. WillsE.D. WilsonG.L. WilsonG.H. WoodT.F. York

Our poems reflect what we

think about war.
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ANZAC Connections

War is stupid

War is stupid!

All you do is fight.Why kill and wound?

Kids cry because their dad died.I cry watching people die.

Politicians should fight.Being on a battlefield fighting a

battle makes me shiver.Big guns explode and kill

hundreds.Destruction is everywhere I

look.Bombs explode.

Parts of people go flying.When there is a boom a new

crater forms.Dead and wounded people lie

everywhere.

People fire guns all around.That is why people hate war.

Brianna Wood

I dont understand

I don't understandWhy we fight,

Why we kill,Why we invade.But most of all,I dont understand whywe need moreWhy were not friends,Why we don't makefriends.What I do understand isWhy we protect our owncountryWhy we have an army,Why we protect our

families.By Patrick Kemp.

The tentacles of war reach down through the passages of time and there are not too many

students that dont have some links to service personnel, past and present. The following

are just some of the connections that we could make, without digging too deeply. (The

accuracy and veracity of some of these facts may be open to interpretation, but they are

retold as the individuals know them).

Matauranga: His great-granddad served in both world wars. In WW1 he was a sniper. In

WW2 he was a sergeant.

Hannah: Her step-dad served in the navy and has 6 medals.

Mrs Suddaby: Albert Tracy Gubb was a stretcher bearer. He also has 5 medals.

Father Brian: His dad was in World War 2. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and in

the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).

Morgan: Her great-granddad served in WW1. Her other great-granddadwas a lorry driverin the Korean War, where he was captured and made a prisoner of war.

Seraphina: Her uncle served in the army and then quit at the age of 28.

Eric Batchelor, DCM & BarEric Batchelor, DCM & Bar (29 August 1920 10 July 2010) was a NewZealand soldier who was twice awarded the Distinguished ConductMedal for conspicuous bravery in Italy during World War II. He was theonly New Zealand soldier of just nine British Commonwealth soldiersduring the World War II to receive the DCM and bar. He was alsoMentioned in despatches, and fought at El Alamein in Egypt.Eric Batchelor was born at Waimate and educated at Waimate MainSchool. He joined 5th Reinforcements in 1941. He later served with 23NZ Battalion in North Africa and Italy. He also took part in the battlesof Monte Cassino. He was twice wounded.Batchelor's first DCM was awarded for gallantry, while in command ofa forward platoon, during a fierce close quarter fight in a small housebehind German lines at San Donato, on 21 July 1944, in the advanceto Florence. He was awarded his second DCM for gallantry, whileserving as a platoon sergeant in a forward company, during an assaulton Celle, south-west of Faenza in Italy, on 14 December 1944.He was demobilised in 1946.

Mr Batchelor later ran a taxi business then a delicatessenand after that a wine shop. Eric Batchelor died in hishometown of Waimate in New Zealand on 10 July 2010


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New Zealand soldiers earn a

fierce reputationWar Memorial Clock,Queen Street, Waimate

This monument is in honour of the men of theWaimate County and Borough who died in the

Second World War.

The clock itself had adorned the Waimate PostOffice Building since 1912, but was placed in

storage in1947. It was relocated to the front of the

Waimate District Council on Remembrance Day1956.

There are 91 names on the memorial stone.

The Unfinished Drink

The Ted D'Auvergne Story

"The bottle of beer remains on the shelf for the

soldier that would never return."

Ted D'Auvergne was invited by the publican,George Provan, of the Waihao Forks Pub, to

have a farewell drink, and when the train

whistled George put a bottle on the shelf saying

"We'll have this one, Ted, when you come home

again." Ted was on final leave from Burnham

Training Camp before heading overseas inJanuary 1940. He never came back and he now

lies buried in a Crete cemetery, his name added

to the long roll of honour of those who died in

the service of their country. Very few of his

relatives are still in the Waimate and Timaru

districts.

"No one really remembers the exact story now, and

it has gone into folk lore." Whatever is the truth,

the bottle was left on the shelf for Ted and he will

not be forgotten.

Comments from students:

Why didnt the people in theoffices (politicians) go and

fight?

Why did everyone have to go

and shoot each other?

What were they all fighting

about?

Why didnt the soldiers sayno?

Why did they kill each other

just because they were fromdifferent countries?

Memorials and Local stories


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St Patricks School Boards of Trustees

Election

Nominations are invited for the election of 5 parent

representatives to the Board of Trustees.

A nominations form and a notice calling for nominations willbe posted to all eligible voters.

Additional nomination forms can be obtained from the school

office.

Nominations close at noon on 16th May 2013 and may beaccompanied by a signed candidates statement.

The voting roll is open for inspection at the school and can be

viewed during normal school hours.

There will also be a list of candidates names, as they come tohand, for inspection at the school.

Voting closes at noon on 30th May 2013.

Jess BaileyReturning Officer

NoticesAn excerpt from the songAnd the band played

Waltzing Matilda by June

Tabor.

Check it out on Youtube bysearching for the song title

above.

For I'll go no more waltzing Matilda,all around the green bush far and free

To hump tent and pegs, a man needsboth legs-no more waltzing Matilda

for me.So they gathered the crippled, the

wounded, the maimed, and theyshipped us back home to Australia.

The legless, the armless, the blind,he insane, those proud wounded

heroes of SuvlaAnd as our ship pulled into Circular

Quay, I looked at the place where meegs used to be.

And thanked Christ there was

nobody waiting for me, to grieve, tomourn, and to pity.

But the band played Waltzing

Matilda, as they carried us down thegangway.

But nobody cheered, they just stoodand stared, then they turned all their

faces awayAnd so now every April, I sit on me

porch, and I watch the parades passbefore me.

And I see my old comrades, howproudly they march, reviving old

dreams of past gloriesAnd the old men march slowly, old

bones stiff and sore. They're tired oldheroes from a forgotten war

And the young people ask, what arehey marching for? And I ask myselfhe same question.

But the band plays Waltzing Matilda,and the old men still answer the call,

But as year follows year, more oldmen disappear. Someday no one will

march there at all.Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

who'll come a-waltzing Matilda withme?

And their ghosts may be heard ashey march by that billabong, who'll

come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

This special ANZAC edition edited andcompiled by The Senior Students at StPatricks School: Mitchell, Laney, Makeyla,Patrick, Caitlin and David


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