Forever yours

Stories of wartime love and friendship

This publication is designed for upper primary and secondary students. The book is a collection of stories about love in wartime using mementos, letters and photographs which explore the notions of love and friendship during wartime. The stories complement the teaching activities found in the Teachers’ Guidebook : We’ll meet again for secondary students.

Contents

• Introduction
• Remember me
• A mother’s love
• Lost for 90 years
• A tale of two Kylies
• Tasmania mourns loss ...
• For the love of God
• Devotion to duty
• A foreign affair
• My cheer-up girl
• A new life abroad
• Where did it happen?
• Timeline
• Glossary
• Bibliography

Note to the reader:

These stories take place during wartime. Many of them have happy endings, but some are sad, and you may feel upset after reading them. Teachers may wish to be sensitive to those students reading these stories who have parents serving overseas in war zones.