The Anzac Violin - Alexander Aitkens Story - Jennifer Beck & Robyn Belton

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The true story of Otago's Alexander Aitken and the violin that travelled with him on his wartime journey, bringing music and solace to his fellow ANZACs.

The violin was my companion in this dug-out; I slept with it by my side.

In 1915 Otago soldier Alexander Aitken was on a troopship bound for Europe to fight in the Great War. Given a violin won in a shipboard raffle by an old school friend, Alexander passed the time by practising hard and keeping his fellow Anzacs entertained. His violin survived freezing conditions, mud and gunfire on the battlefields of Gallipoli and France before Alexander was badly wounded and sent home to Dunedin. Then in 1918 a large package arrived and inside was his violin, restored and returned by a friend who had guarded it for him.

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