Obee
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It's almost the appointed time here in Perth ...
at 11:00 on the 11th of November, we, like many people around the world will be pausing for a minute's silence to remember the fallen, not only from WW1, but from all wars.
This morning on my daily walk, I have visited out local War memorial and laid a sprig of Rosemary, from our herb garden there in honour of my Uncle jack, an 18 year old kid who copped a piece of shrapnel 3 months before the end of WW1, died the following day and has remained in on the Somme for 102 years.
This is tribute to him on my a cabinet of toy soldier collection ...

And a close up of that figure ( with my grandmother as he left Australia), and two others I have painted to represent him in 1917 & 18, all by Wilson Edwards Toy Soldiers.
LEST WE FORGET
at 11:00 on the 11th of November, we, like many people around the world will be pausing for a minute's silence to remember the fallen, not only from WW1, but from all wars.
This morning on my daily walk, I have visited out local War memorial and laid a sprig of Rosemary, from our herb garden there in honour of my Uncle jack, an 18 year old kid who copped a piece of shrapnel 3 months before the end of WW1, died the following day and has remained in on the Somme for 102 years.
This is tribute to him on my a cabinet of toy soldier collection ...

And a close up of that figure ( with my grandmother as he left Australia), and two others I have painted to represent him in 1917 & 18, all by Wilson Edwards Toy Soldiers.

LEST WE FORGET