YEAR 9 Cape Naturaliste College student Lucas Wiltshire Skipper will represent Busselton at the Premier’s Anzac Student Tour to Gallipoli.
Lucas was one of 32 students from Western Australia who was selected to be a youth ambassador at the Anzac centenary service on April 25.
Lucas said he was very excited when he found out his essay had won out of the 1000 submitted.
“I’m really excited, especially because it’s the centenary and I’ve also never been out of Western Australia or on a plane,” Lucas said.
In the essay students had to explain what the Anzac legacy meant to them, as young West Australian’s.
“I got a lot out of the essay writing and really enjoyed it,” Lucas said.
The tour leaves on April 16 and returns on April 27.
During this time Lucas will attend the centenary dawn service and will learn about the Anzac’s through various activities.
After finding out he was selected last November Lucas attended a March briefing where he met the group of students who he would be travelling with.
He said it was nice to get familiar with such a great group.
“We all seemed to be quite similar and got along well so it will be great to experience the Anzac centenary with them,” he said.
