“Andy’s taken a turn. He’s in the hospital”.
The news spread quickly through the Stewart clan. Andy’s health, fragile for the past decade, had taken a turn for the worse. He was having chest pains and difficulty breathing.
And with his body weak, his mind tormented him. Hallucinations took him back to the war. Gallipoli. Pozieres. Hollebeke.
Jane was at Andy’s bedside, but she felt helpless. She could only watch as the war separated her from Andy again.
Andy’s condition deteriorated and he was transferred to Ballarat. Then, five days before Anzac Day 1960, Andy died.
Anzac Day dawned cold and grey that year.
Featured image: ‘Original Anzac Passes On’, Riponshire Advocate, 30 April 1960. State Library of Victoria
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Wow, beautifully worded….thank you Andrew.
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I appreciate your comment, as it was hard to bring myself to write the end of Andy’s story. Thanks for visiting.
Andrew
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I have just found this looking for information on my great grandfather who was a POW at Dulmen. He died in 1936 when my grandad was 9 so I am only just finding out about this now. It is so interesting to read about the camps from a first person perspective.
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Thanks for you comment, Clare. Good luck with your search
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