TKS in WW1
This last term with Year 8 we have been exploring the literature of the First World War and have heard stories from personal accounts of these times and the literature inspired by the horror, the heroics and the sheer waste and sadness of these terrible events of the past.
In our last session we are looking at the part played by members of our own school community at that time, and the responses of those who remained at home. We are fortunate to have a wonderful resource in our school magazine, whose bound volumes grace the shelves of our library, dating back to the 1880s. From within the school network we can also access The King’s School Magazine in digital format.
The Australian National Archives has done tremendous work in making available the records of those who served Australia in World War I. Mapping Our Anzacs is an online tool which gives us many ways to find out about these men and women. You might like to research one of our well known old boys, like Alan Mitchell, or have another person in mind for whom you wish to search. You can even start with a place name and find links to those who enlisted or were born there.
Alan David Mitchell (1903-10), who was Secretary of the Old Boy’s Union from 1912 to 1913, died of wounds sustained at Gallipoli in 1915. In his memory, the Old Boys’ Union founded a prize. It is to honour the best all-round boy in the school.
