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Tasmanian Year 9 students are invited to enter the Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize 2024-25 essay competition. Students who are home-schooled are also invited to enter.
The Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize (FMMP) is a competition that commemorates and preserves the meaning of the Anzac spirit in the Tasmanian community.
Students can either write a 1500-word essay or prepare a 10-minute digital, audio or visual presentation either on the World War 1 Battle of Fromelles which was called 'a spectacular defeat', or the significance of the 3000 Australian women who served as nurses.
Full essay questions and further details are available at the Department for Education, Children and Young People website
In 2024, six Year 9 students will be selected from around Tasmania as winners of the 2024-25 Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize. As part of the Prize students will:
Students also undertake research into individual soldiers as part of the preparation for the Study Tour.
The Study Tour will travel to sites and landmarks of wartime, either internationally such as Belgium and France or within Australia, (subject to appropriate travel clearances and public health advice).
The group will be led by a Tasmanian Government Tour Leader, and be accompanied by two teachers, a parliamentarian and an RSL representative. The State Government will meet the cost of travel, transfers, travel insurance, accommodation, tour activities, and meals for each winner and the chaperones.
The Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize was first awarded in 2004 and is an initiative of the Tasmanian Government, supported by RSL Tasmania. The Prize is administered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet, with an education component provided by the Department for Education, Children and Young People.
The prize recognises World War I veteran, Frank MacDonald, who was born in Ulverstone in 1896, and died in August 2003 at the age of 107.
Frank MacDonald was one of the last of the 40th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; the only all-Tasmanian Battalion raised in World War I. He was responsible for repairing signal lines between headquarters and trenches and received the Military Medal for working courageously under heavy fire. He also served in World War II and received the Legion of Honour in 1998.