By KATIE DE VERTEUIL
With only a few weeks until ANZAC Day, commemorative acts are already taking place across the country.
The Boyd family of Noosa were amongst the hundreds of people who had the honour of placing a poppy on the 100Y Memorial Plaque which will travel on board the Queen Elizabeth Cruise Ship and form the center piece of the ‘Onboard Memorial Ceremony’ that is to take place off the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 24th.
Carrying 11,500 poppies, each bloom representing a fallen Anzac, the plaque was at the docks of the cruise ship, at Sydney’s Circular Quay, when Jenny Boyd and her two sons came across it.
Honoured to have been invited to place a poppy on the plaque, Jenny said the experience had been particularly significant for her son Codey, given the family’s personal connections with war.
“Codey’s great great grandfather’s fought in World War One,” Jenny said.
“Codeys great grandfather was part of the Rats of Tobruk in World War Two during 1941.
“We were very honoured to be involved in such a gesture.”
It was however, for his ‘poppy’ (grandfather), a dedicated member of the local RSL memorial Club for whom Codey truly wished to dedicate the flower to.
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