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Memories of war: Keeping it real this Anzac Day

April 25, 2019August 2, 2022 ~ Elizabeth Quinn ~ 2 Comments

My grandfather was gassed in the Somme not far from Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918.

It happened three months before armistice. The impact on my grandfather’s health was severe and lifelong, and resulted in his death thirty years later from the complications of nerve gas exposure.

Sign reading 'N'oublions jamais l'australis' - Never forget Australia
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Of Anzac Days, dawn services and Australian nights in France

May 18, 2018August 2, 2022 ~ Elizabeth Quinn ~ 2 Comments

On 25 April 2015, I left Australian shores for rural France.

I chose the date – Anzac Day – on a whim, a symbolic recognition of the culmination of a lifelong dream to run away to France. I made 25-4 my suitcase pin number. For six months, I house-sat my way from Normandy to Provence, mostly on my own, and lived like a local.

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