\nMyrniong Primary School students were treated to a personal experience with the 97-year-old war veteran, who was wearing both his own medals and those belonging to his father who fought in World War I.
\nClassroom teacher Lydia Lacey said the idea for Mr Godfrey to be a special guest came as the students were studying the upcoming centenary of Armistice Day.
\n\u201cThe whole purpose of it is to show empathy and respect for the people that fought in the war, and the reasons why they do it\u2026it\u2019s all about making the children now, our next generation, aware of who fought in the war and make them aware of those stories,\u201d said Ms Lacey.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very good to see the kids learn something about what the war was about. It\u2019s not a nice thing but it\u2019s got to be done,\u201d she said.
\nOn what he hoped the students would take out of the day, Mr Godfrey said he hoped \u201cthey never have to go and be in the war themselves because it\u2019s not a nice place.\u201d
\n\u201cWar doesn\u2019t solve anything, we\u2019re still back to where we were when I was young, so that\u2019s what we\u2019ve got to learn because war doesn\u2019t solve anything\u2026you fight to kill someone you don\u2019t even know, but that\u2019s the way the world is. It\u2019s a violent world,\u201d he said.
\nMyrniong PS student Hudson Burquest said it was \u201creally exciting\u201d to have his great-grandfather come to the school and share his story.
\nThe Myrniong PS students\u2019 work will be on display at the Ballan RSL, as part of the Ballan RSL and Ballan Shire Historical Society\u2019s Armistice Day 100th Anniversary Display from 5-10 November.
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By Meg Kennedy Allan Godfrey was just 17-years old when he fought in World War II, but 80-years later he\u2019s sharing his story with the next generation, his great-grandson. Myrniong Primary School students were treated to a personal experience with the 97-year-old war veteran, who was wearing both his own medals and those belonging to […]<\/p>\n