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Bears to School

Keith Payne VC hands Trooper Bert Jones over to students at Dundula State School in Baker’s Creek, Queensland, to use as a teaching aid and an Anzac reminder. Screen grab from Channel 7 news report.
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Keith Payne VC takes Trooper Bert Jones back to school

13/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2737 Views 0 Comments Bears to School

The students and staff of Dundula State School in Baker’s Creek, Queensland, had a special visitor on 6 November. CAPTION: Keith

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A message from an Australian primary school happy to receive a Bear to Schools Nurse Bernadette O’Meara bear to help them understand the ANZAC story.
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CDF sends bears back to school

25/09/201825/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2864 Views 0 Comments Bears to School

Private Ernest Harvey and Nurse Bernadette O’Meara are on their way to Lonsdale Point Primary School in Victoria, where they

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Bears to Schools National Ambassador Keith Payne VC and friends.
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Donating Bears to School in the spirit of ANZAC education

18/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3703 Views 2 Comments Bears to School

The 2018 Bears to School initiative is an lovely community-focussed program designed to enhance the engagement of Australian primary-school children

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Bears to Schools National Ambassador Keith Payne VC, with Private Earnest Harvey, the Gallipoli Bear and, left, Lieutenant Thomas Hendy, The Australian Flying Corps Bear.
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Sending Bears to School in the spirit of ANZAC education

18/04/201818/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3624 Views 0 Comments Australia in the Great War, Bears to School

The 2018 Bears to School initiative is an lovely community-focussed program designed to enhance the engagement of Australian primary-school children

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