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Theo Lyster

Theo Lyster

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 00:00

Un voyage inoubliable!

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Incroyable. Emouvant. Passionnant. Amusant. Interessant. There are so many words I could use to describe our trip to France. Ever since I returned to New Zealand people have asked me about my favourite part of the trip. I simply can’t give a single favourite part of the whole 2 weeks. So I will have to break it down into a few highlights which stood out from the others.

Sunday the 13th of July was the first full day we had in France. Naturally, we were all extremely excited to see all of...

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Sunday, 22 June 2014 00:00

Conformity at War

On the 12th of June the Young Ambassadors met in Wellington and spent the day together preparing for our trip. It was really exciting to meet the great people that I will share this trip with, and I am really looking forward to our departure on 11/07/14. On the 12th we visited the National Portrait Gallery for the exhibition on the First World War. This exhibition really got me thinking about my project, and I found a drawing of Archibald Baxter to be particularly stimulating. Recently in my...

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Tuesday, 13 May 2014 00:00

C’est une découverte capitale!

C’est une découverte capitale ! J’ai beaucoup d’informations maintenant au sujet de mon arrière-grand-oncle (Cornelius). J’ai envoyé un email à l’oncle de mon père, qui s’appelle Pat Keppel. Je savais qu’il avait travaillé comme officier de police et il est intéressé par l’histoire de la famille. Pat est de la côté de la famille de Cornelius. Je suis très reconnaissant à Pat pour son aide.

 

It’s a breakthrough! I now have lots of information on the subject of my great great uncle...

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Wednesday, 16 April 2014 00:00

Wellington College Old Boys

J’ai essayé de trouver des informations au sujet de mon arrière-grand-oncle ; mais malheureusement c’était très difficile. J’ai trouvé qu’il était sur la « Willochra » qui est parti le 16/10/1916. Mais je n’ai pas pu trouver beaucoup d’informations. En conséquence j’ai décidé de faire mon projet au sujet d’un ancien étudiant de Wellington College. Il s’appelait Alexander Baston (A.B.) McColl.  
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{I tried to find information about my great-great uncle; but unfortunately it was very difficult. I...

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Monday, 17 March 2014 20:30

Bonjour tout le monde!


Le sujet de mon projet est mon arrière-grand-oncle, qui s’appelait Cornelius Keppel. Il est parti à la Grande Guerre quand il était jeune. Cornelius avait de la chance parce qu’il est revenu en Nouvelle-Zélande. Malheureusement quelques années après la Grande Guerre il est mort à cause de ses blessures. J’ai trouvé un site internet qui est très utile (c’est l’image en haut). J’espére que je peux trouver plus d’informations au sujet de mon arrière-grand-oncle à l’avenir.  

I am very...

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