Don Drysdale played the bagpipes at the Anzac Day ceremony at Sunshine Beach State School and Scott Sherwin from Tewantin-Noosa RSL sub-branch held the school assembly captive with his stories.
Mr Sherwin told students about the sacrifices people had made throughout wartimes to enable our way of life today. During the ceremony student leader Ben told the story of Private Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick, who was field ambulance stretcher-bearer, and his donkey Duffy.
“Simpson saved hundreds of soldier’s lives,” he said. “The story of Simpson and the Donkey is remembered because of Simpson’s selfless actions in helping others in the war. We have a tradition at our school to wear a badge with the name of a relative or friend that we know of who has served in or fought in any war. This helps us to remember those people who have sacrificed so much for our freedom, our way of life, and to make our country what it is today. Private Simpson is one of those people.”
