Brighton Grammar School honours 117 fallen Old Boys for Anzac Day Centenary
BRIGHTON Grammar School boys have made 117 wooden crosses to represent the number of former students that went to war but never made it home.
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BRIGHTON Grammar School boys have made 117 wooden crosses to represent the number of former students that went to war, but never made it home.
The crosses, prepared by Year 10 boys in class, will be unveiled on the school’s oval on Anzac Day eve for the centenary of Gallipoli.
Among those taking part will be the three Evans brothers, Matthew, 18, Evan, 16 and Anthony, 14.
Their great uncle, Thomas Guy Evans, a pilot, is presumed to have died in 1945 in Timor after his plane was shot down.
Mr Evans, whose body has never been recovered, was a student at the school between 1929 and 1936.
Matthew said the crosses reinforced the number of former students — which would be the same as all of Year 12 being wiped out — that had lost their lives in the two world wars.
“It gives us more respect for the past and what people did for us to be able to leave the life we now lead,” Matthew said.
“The crosses are a nice touch.”
Headmaster Ross Featherston said the service would be a very moving ceremony reflecting on the Old Boys and the impact of war.
“It is simply wonderful that our senior boys could be involved in such a significant project,” Mr Featherston said.
The school’s service will start at 11am on Anzac 24.
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