In rememberance.

In looking at the past with Jaden recently we went through some boxes of photos at my mum's place and found all my grandma's photos which I am now planning to put into some albums and hopefully find out who the people are in the ones who aren't labelled. My grandma will be 92 in December and has dementia but still has good days, so hopefully I can pick her brain before all knowledge of who is in half these photos is lost forever!!

The photo above is her family in 1915, which is before she was even born. Her 3 brothers are at the back, Jack was in the navy in World War 1, and Bert was in in the army.

This is Bert (Albert) Austin, an Anzac soldier.

This is Jack Austin in 1940 where he also served in the navy during World War 2.

It has been amazing going through these photos and also reading some bits of history and genealogies that my grandma has written down as well. Jaden and I have been able to talk about the meaning of remembrance day with renewed meaning for him cause he had ancestors who fought in the wars. Neither of them died overseas and lived till 1971 and 1983 which makes it a lot less sad for our family, but remembering the world wars always makes me very teary, so many lost lives that affected whole generations. Let's remember!!