Anzac Day: in the shadow of those lost, students get a poignant reminder of war

By Nick Miller
Updated April 25 2014 - 9:13am, first published April 24 2014 - 9:41pm
Zoe Bell, a student from St Leonard’s College in Melbourne, at Fromelles. Photo: Nick Miller
Zoe Bell, a student from St Leonard’s College in Melbourne, at Fromelles. Photo: Nick Miller

France: An Australian schoolgirl unexpectedly wells up with tears over a nameless Fromelles gravestone. Zoe Bell, 17, of St Leonard’s College in Melbourne, isn’t usually like this, her teacher tells me. This isn’t hysterics or histrionics. Just history.