Kerrang's, memorial to a school teacher.

When l initially saw this memorial, l thought it was a war memorial. During the first world war, Australia, lost 60,000 men, out of a population of less than 5 million.

Australia lost in excess, 1.2 percent of its entire population, with a disproportionate amount, coming from country areas, like Kerang.

Using a presumption, of a near 50 50 split, of males to females, the figure of 1.2 percent, becomes 2.4 men, in every 100 Australian men alive, at the time, died.

A mental visual, to the cost of that war, can be imagined, by thinking of a group of 100 men, and then realizing that more than two, would be dead, out of that 100, then repeating that thought 25,000, times.

I was surprised, and brought to tears, when l found out, that it was not, a war memorial.

The memorial, is to commemorate, a school teacher, who drowned, trying to save a student, who was in trouble, while swimming in a near by water way.

l cried, because of my value of education, and my appreciation, for how essential it is, in empowering children.

 

Note. l would like to thank the Australian War memorial, for the statistics.

 

Here is a link, to their web page, www.awm.gov.au/articles/atwar/first-world-war.

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