https://www.ozervnews.com

"tanks" here---
I was going to post this on Rememberance Day, but I forgot.

The Great Ocean Road is one of Australia’s most scenic drives. Winding its way along 243 kilometres of Victoria’s rugged south-west coast, it attracts millions of visitors each year. But what many do not realise is that the road was built as a permanent memorial to those who died during the First World War. Carved from wild and windswept cliffs overlooking the Southern Ocean, the Great Ocean road was built by 3,000 returned servicemen fresh from the trenches of the Western Front in memory of their fallen comrades.

see www.visitgreatoceanroad.org.au/iam100

Very interesting Keith, my g'father was killed in France 38yrs.,old my mother was only a toddler when he departed so she never remembered him, my g'mother later married a returned soldier who consequently died of war injury, she was married twice & widowed at 30yrs., old, she then struggled to rear Mum & two older siblings on her own, back in those days women never received the pensions & support that is available today.

Interesting & tragic story, Shirley.
I guess you are one of very many Australians with similar stories.
Mine is similar, but a little different.
I had an UNCLE (not a great-uncle) declared MIA at Bullecourt. He was just 18.Enlisted aged 16 with his father’s consent.
My father was just 5 when his big brother died.
My cousin has his King’s Penny.
We have one awarded to Joy’s family for her great-uncle.

"tanks" here---
Things were tough in those days.
I have just finished reading about life in North Queensland in the 1900's, and what the women had to put up with in those days and how they kept the family together when the men were away for months at a time droving the cattle to market.
I don't think the women of today would put up with it.
Keirth

We had a garage sale before we moved here...I had a old theodolite amongst the goodies , young bloke was looking and told me his grandfather was one of the surveyors on the Great ocean Road...talked himself into buying it...
Bernie .