World War One Study

This week in class we did a World War One study. We got replica items of things in the first world war, Maggie and I got a map and a diary. Here is the information we gathered about each of them.

The Sons of Moray Place

In Dunedin there is a street called Moray Place. During World War l many families sent their sons off to join the war effort. Twenty three of the families that lived on Moray Place sent their sons off to war. Of the twenty three sons that were sent to the war one returned home without any visible scars. He however had many emotional scars that wouldn’t fade over time. Others did return home to Moray Place but they were either sick or injured. Twelve died in action and the other eleven became sick or injured. All of the families were heartbroken.

Perpetual Crackle of Fire

A Diary 

This is Hami Grace’s diary. In the war they were not allowed to write very detailed letters home because if they got trapped with the enemies they won’t give away important information. But they were allowed to write a diary and that they could write anything in. Many soldiers had diaries and Hami was one of them. In his diary he wrote about Gallipoli and how horrible it was. At Wellington college he was known for being good at sports and especially at cricket and shooting. This turned out to be helpful in the war. Hami had very good aim which meant he could shoot easily. He also used his good bowling aim to throw grenades very accurately into the Turkish trenches.

The two items we got were a map of Dunedin streets. The story behind that was the story of The Sons of Moray Place. The other item we got was a diary. It was the diary of Hami Grace a Maori soldier. The story behind it was the story of Perpetual Crackle of Fire.