Vale Janis
Sadly, former colleague Janis Papanicolaou passed away on 2/05/2018. Our thoughts go out her family at this time. Janis worked for many years at Barry O’Keefe Library, mainly with the Home Library service.
Janis wore her grandfather’s medals at the Doing Our Bit launch in 2013. She also wrote of family members attending the ANZAC landing 100th anniversary.
Fond memories of Janis remain with those of us who knew her; through work, and her service to the community.
Stanley Hill
Janis’ grandad, Stanley Hill, served with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles at Gallipoli. The Canterbury Mounteds fought in the bloody battles of Chunuk Bair and Hill 60.
Hill described the ‘rivers of blood’ flowing through the trenches. At the start of the battle for Hill 60, the Canterbury Mtd’s had 296 men (16 officers and 280 of other ranks). Only 40 of them made roll call the next day.