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Commemora’on Program Year 3 History Mudgeeraba Light Horse Museum Hey Woody, What do the symbols mean? They are reminders of who the ANZACs were and what they did Where’s Woody the War Horse?’ ac’vity Discover the Symbols of the ANZACS and Light Horse

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Commemora'on  Program  Year  3  History  

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  

Hey  Woody,  What  do  the  symbols  

mean?  

They  are  reminders  of  who  the  ANZACs  were  and  what  they  

did  

‘Where’s  Woody  the  War  Horse?’  ac'vity  

Discover  the  Symbols  of  the  ANZACS  and  Light  Horse  

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Red  Cross  Flag  

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  Inc.    

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Red  Cross  Flag  

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  Inc.      This  par'cular  flag  is    WW2  flag  from  the  General  Hospital  in  Brisbane  

The  flag  is  displayed  in  the  kitchen  of  the  Schmidt  farmhouse  

The  red  cross  on  the  white  background    known  across  the  world.    When  the  flag  is  flying  it  means  it  is  a  place  where  people  can  find  safety  and  help  

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Which  is  the  real  ANZAC  biscuit?  

Photo  on  leT    courtesy  of  Australian  War  Memorial  Rel29200  

Hmm.    I  know  which  one  I’d  

rather  eat.    What  about  you?  

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The  photo  shows  a  ‘Real’  ANZAC  Biscuit  from  World  War  I.    This  is  what  the  ANZACs  ate  in  the  trenches.  These  were  made  by  ArnoWs  Biscuit  factory.    Soldiers  ate  the  biscuits  instead  of  bread.  Bread  was  not  easy  to  transport,    and  it  didn’t  last  for  very  long.    These  biscuits  were  not  sweet  at  all.    Not  at  all  like  the  ones  you  get  in  your  lunch  box!  

Look  closely  –  what  does  it  say  on  the  biscuit?  

✔ANZAC  Biscuit  

Photo  courtesy  of  Australian  War  Memorial  Rel29200  

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Slouch  Hat  

Photo  taken  Milne  Bay  museum  

Reckon  I’d  look  good  in  that  hat?  

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Slouch  Hat  

The  slouch  hat  –  long  'me  symbol  of  the  Aussie  Digger.    It  is  turned  up  at  the  side  to  make  it  easier  for  soldiers  to  aim  their  weapon.    When  riding  long  distances  it  would  be  turned  down  to  give  beWer  protec'on  from  the  sun.    

There’s  another  symbol  on  the  side  of  the  hat  –  do  you  know  what  it  is?  

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Bayonets  were  aWached  to  the  end  of  rifles.    They  could  also  be  held.  No'ce  the  sheaf  for  the  bayonet,  lying  beside  it.  I  protects  the  bayonet  to  help  keep  it  sharp  and  stops  accidental  injuries.  

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  Inc  

Bayonets  

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Bayonets  were  aWached  to  the  end  of  rifles.    They  could  also  be  held.  No'ce  the  sheaf  for  the  bayonet,  lying  beside  it.  I  protects  the  bayonet  to  help  keep  it  sharp  and  stops  accidental  injuries.  

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  Inc  

Bayonets  

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The  Brodie  helmet  protected  soldiers  from  shrapnel  –  fragments  or  pieces  of  exploded  bombs  and  ar'llery  shells.    The  helmet  was  named  aTer  its  inventor,  John  Brodie.    He  was  inspired  by  the  KeWle  Hat  worn  by  Medieval  troops.  

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  Inc  

Brodie  Helmets  

Can  you  see  what  

inspired  the  design?  

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Bayonets  were  aWached  to  the  end  of  rifles.    They  could  also  be  held.  No'ce  the  sheaf  for  the  bayonet,  lying  beside  it.  I  protects  the  bayonet  to  help  keep  it  sharp  and  stops  accidental  injuries.  

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  Inc  

Bayonets  There  were  lots  of  other  names  for  the  Brodie  Helmet.    

Shrapnel    Helmet  

Tommy  Helmet  

The  Germans  called  it  a  salad  bowl!  

Tin  Hat  

Dishpan  hat  

Tin  pan  hat  

Washbasin  

BaWle  Bowler  (if  worn  by  officers)  

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Haversack   A  haversack  is  a  canvas  bag  with  a  shoulder  strap.  It  was  used  in  World  War  I  to  carry  ammuni'on.    It  could  be  folded  up  when  empty  so  was  easy  to  carry.  

Photo  taken  Milne  Bay  museum                                        Photographer  Janis  Hanley  

What  other  things  that  soldiers  used  were  made  of  canvas?    

You  can  try  on  a  haversack  and  helmet  at  the  museum  

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Poppies  

This  photo  shows  Poppies  growing  wild  in  France.  These  flowers  sprung  up  across  the  Flanders  baWle  fields    when  the  war  ended.    Now  these  flowers  remind  us  of  soldiers  who  have  died  in  war.  

We  wear  poppies  on  Remembrance  Day  to  honour  the  signing  of  the  Armis'ce  –  (peace  treaty)  at  the  11th  hour,  of  the  11th  day,  of  the  11  month.      

Lest  we  Forget.  

Photo  taken  The  Somme,  France            Photographer  Brian  Bertwistle  

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In  Flanders  Field  

In  Flanders  fields  the  poppies  blow  Between  the  crosses,  row  on  row,  That  mark  our  place;  and  in  the  sky  The  larks,  s'll  bravely  singing,  fly  Scarce  heard  amid  the  guns  below.  

We  are  the  Dead.  Short  days  ago  We  lived,  felt  dawn,  saw  sunset  glow,  Loved  and  were  loved,  and  now  we  lie,  In  Flanders  fields.  

Take  up  our  quarrel  with  the  foe:  To  you  from  failing  hands  we  throw  The  torch;  be  yours  to  hold  it  high.  If  ye  break  faith  with  us  who  die  We  shall  not  sleep,  though  poppies  grow  In  Flanders  fields.    

John  McCrae  (1872-­‐1918)  This  is  the  grave  of  Jack  McDowell  in  France.    He  is  one  of  the  heroes  whose  story  you  will  hear  at  the  museum  Photo  taken  The  Somme,  France            Photographer  Brian  Bertwistle  

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Rosemary  

Rosemary  is  easy  to  iden'fy  with  its  grey-­‐green  spiky  leaves  and  its  pungent  smell.    Since  ancient  'mes  it  is  believed  to  improve  memory.  

Sprigs  of  rosemary  are  worn  on  ANZAC  day  as  it  grew  wild  at  Gallipoli,  and  is  a  symbol  of  remembrance.  

Photographer  Janis  Hanley  

Maybe  some  rosemary  will  help  me  remember  my  

'mes  table?    There’s  rosemary  growing  at  

the  museum.  

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Beersheba  ‘Waving  bayonets  overhead,  they  charges  across  six  kilometers  of  open  ground.    The  light  horsemen  rode  hard,  chea'ng  bombs,  shells  and  bullets.    

They  captured  the  Turkish  trenches  of  Beersheba  in  a  hand-­‐to-­‐hand  combat.  This  was  a  turning  point  in  World  War  1.’      (adapted  from  Paul  Daley’s  Beersheba(  

Photo  taken  Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum    Photographer  Janis  Hanley  

I  so  wish  I  could  get  in  and  play  with  those  horses  

The  charge  of  the  Light  Horse  brigade  at  Beersheba  was  a  huge  success  for  the  ANZAC  Light  Horsemen.    The  Diorama  at  the  museum  helps  to  tell  the  story.  

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Bugle   For  soldiers,  the  bugle  sounds  at  the  start  and  end  of  each  day  with  Reveille  and  at  the  end  of  each  day  with  The  Last  Post.  

Click  to  hear  Reveille  here  Click  to  hear    the  Last  Post  here  

Photo  taken  Milne  Bay  museum                                        Photographer  Janis  Hanley  

Bugler  playing  the  last  post  at  sundown  Photograph  courtesy  AWM  010451  

I  don’t  think  I  could  be  a  bugler  –  I  

like  sleeping  in  too  much!  

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Colour  Patches  

During  the  war,  Australian    soldiers  wore  colour  patches  of  various  shapes  and  colours.  They  showed  which  unit  they  belonged  to.  Patches  were  sown  by  hand  in  World  War  1  and  were  worn  on  the  sleeve.    Today  they  are  worn  on  the  slouch  hat.    

Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum    Photographer  Janis  Hanley  

14th  Light  Horse   Australian  Light  Horse  patches  World  War  1   Australian  Army  patches  

I’d  like  to  wear  a  patch.    Maybe  a  horseshoe  shape?  

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Rising  Sun  

Rising sun hat badge worn through World War I and World War II. The main elements are the crown, the bayonets, the scroll, the shape of the rising sun.

Photo  badge  souvenier  set,  Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum        Photographer  Janis  Hanley  

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Rising  Sun  

This badge has changed over time. What’s the same? What’s different?

Photo  badge  souvenier  set,  Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum        Photographer  Janis  Hanley  

First  Hat  badge  1899  

Hat  badge  worn  through  World  War  I  and  World  War  II  

Current  Hat  badge  Since  1991  

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Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  

Come  discover  some  of  the  symbols  of  the  ANZACS  and  Light  Horse  

Cu  @the  Mudgeeraba  Light  Horse  Museum  

That’s  all  folks!