There
will be a line-up of events rolling out this week due to the 100-year World War I anniversary.
On 31
October 1914 the first Western Australian troops departed from Fremantle on two
troops ships. Two days later they joined the rest of the convoy that departed
from Albany. This began their journey to active service in World War One. One
hundred years on we commemorate their departure.’
One
of them is a free community event being held on the Greenmount Primary School oval
(next to the Blackboy Hill training site), which will include a massive line-up
of activities including re-enactments, talks, games for kids, live music, story-telling
and memorabilia displays including period bell tents. THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER, 5PM –
7.30PM.
KSP Writers’ Centre will be
holding a stall with pre-order forms for the Blackboy Hill book due out next
year. A PowerPoint
display will feature snippets of the book so far and many photographs donated
by the public. Bring your kids along to our marquee and take them through the
process of World War I enlistment, with an attestation paper and fitness test!
Please
find details on this and other Anzac departure events here: http://www.anzac.dpc.wa.gov.au/Pages/WATroopDepartureEvent.aspx
Hope
to see you there!
