Send a postcard home.
This is an image of a postcard, written by private Herbert Vincent Reynolds on November 25th 1915.
On the back it reads
“Dear Mother
This view of Anzac Cove as far as I can judge must have been taken about the end of May. The pier which was there when I left is not in view. The hospital can be seen on the right center of the view, but when I left it was shifted further along and is now in the center of the cove and would be shown exactly in the center of the view. Many were the lads who went out in the landing on this spot I first set foot, away along towards the left of the view on the first Sunday April 25th. There were about 1800 wounded on the spot shown and the scene was a terrible one. The view is not a very clear one. The hills are really more steep than they look in the view.”
Your task is to take on the role of an ANZAC soldier and to send a postcard home to your family.
Choose any image in the collection. Use it as the front of your postcard and write your postcard on the back.
Think about the common characteristics of postcards.
· They are short letters.
· They involve a description of the image on the front. Look carefully at your image. Describe the scene; describe what is in the image. Remember you are sending this to someone who has no experience of what Gallipoli is like.
· Postcards briefly give an account of how you, the writer are going. Tell your family how you are faring.
· Use appropriate language and salutations for a soldier of 1915.