The Wesley
Anzac Service had a double dose of Odd Bods involvement with member, Jack Bell,
providing the main address, and the presentation of the George V. Smith Award.
Odd Bods founder and long term secretary,
George Smith, was a regular attendee at Wesley College Anzac Services and was
keen to foster student understanding of Australians in war.
When George
passed in 2015, Wesley College and Friends of the Odd Bods joined in creating
the George V. Smith Award for the best student essay about the Anzac spirit.
The essays from year 10 students were to be judged by college staff and the
winner announced at the Anzac service. Friends of the Odd Bods and the Smith
Family contribute to a student prize which in 2018 was a $250 book voucher.
At today’s
Wesley service the 2018 award went to Sarah Gordon and her excellent essay
about Australian nurse Agnes Jeffrey. You can read the essay here – The ANZACSpirit – Alive and Well.
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| Jack Bell addresses the service. |
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| Jack Bell, Doug Parry, Head of Campus- Richard Brenker, and Maurie Smith. |
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| Smith family members and Odd Bods join with award winning student, Sarah Gordon, in front of a Lone Pine tree at Wesley College. |
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