He will remember them

As a school holiday task one of the grandchildren needed to compile a list of his ancestors who had fought for Australia in the two World Wars. His school is collating a list of servicemen and women from the school's families for an ANZAC Day commemoration.

The Memorial panels at Villers-Bretonneux include John Bertram Chatfield's name

What a good activity this is to make the  ANZAC story relevant to the young men at the school.  Of course, as the family historian, the task of collating the list fell to me. I restricted the list to direct ancestors and uncles as it would have been too much for the little chap to include all the cousins. Today I was pleased to be able to email a spreadsheet to my dear seven year old to take into school on his first day back after holidays. When I told my daughter what I was doing she asked if I could also share it with her family so I thought I'd post it here for all our children and grandchildren to see.

Perhaps you could do a similar activity for or with the youngsters in your family

Name	Relationship to S****	Conflict	Service Number	Service	Dates	Served	Fate
First World War
Fred Ball	GGG Uncle	WW1	2331	20 Infantry Battalion	22/07/1915 - 29/10/1916	Egypt	RTA - Medically unfit
James Ball (1st service)	GGGrandfather	WW1	4599	RAN	4/02/1915 - 1/4/1916	Penguin, Cerberus, Yarra, Penguin	Invalided
James Ball (2nd service)	GGGrandfather	WW1		AMF Home Service - Staff Cooks	13/12/1917 -  8/1/1918	Australia	Discharged
John James Ball (1st service)	GGGGrandfather	WW1	5785	26th Battalion	14/6/1916 -  4/1/1918	England	RTA - Invalided
John James Ball (2nd service)	GGGGrandfather	WW1	2443	AMF Home Service - Concentration Camp Guard	31/01/1918 - 13/5/1919	Australia	Transferred to AIF
John James Ball (3rd service)	GGGGrandfather	WW1	85744	AIF Special Service	14/5/1919 - 20/11/1919	England	RTA
John Bertram Chatfield	Step GGGrandfather	WW1	5911	20th Battalion	20/5/1916 - 3/5/1917	France	KIA
Frank Duncan	GGGrandfather	WW1	4767	13th Battalion and 4th Pioneer Battalion	2/11/1915 - 18/9/1919	France	RTA
John Herbert Gillespie	GGG Uncle	WW1	35611	5th F A Brigade	17/02/1917 - 17/3/1919	France	RTA - Invalided
William James Gowans	GGG Uncle	WW1	168	4th Battalion	17/08/1914 - 16/9/1915	Dardanelles (Gallipoli) Egypt	RTA - Invalided
William Pusell	GGG Uncle	WW1	5880	20th Battalion	20/05/1916 - 9/7/1919	France, Belgium	RTA
Second World War
John William Chatfield	GG Uncle	WW2	NX88534	27 FLD COY R A E	13/2/1942 - 26/11/1945
Allan John Curry	GGrandfather	WW2	NX103563	2/7 Field Regiment	1/7/1942 - 23/4/1946	Morotai, Borneo, Tarakan
Thomas William Curry	GG Uncle	WW2	NX103567	HQ Morotai Force	30/6/1942 - 22/3/1946	Morotai
Douglas Alfred Gillespie	GG Uncle	WW2	S/7282	RAN	16/11/1942 -20/3/1946
John Stewart Gowans	GGG Uncle	WW2	NX12196	R A E WKS	18/4/1940 - 9/11/1944