WANGARATTA Lodge of St John and Freemasons Foundation has provided a $2000 donation to further support the Wangaratta RSL Bob Iskov Kokoda Scholarship and its next group of students who will walk the Kokoda Track in 2025.
This is the third of four annual donations the Wangaratta Lodge of St John and the Freemasons Foundation has committed to the scholarship, in order to assist local students experience the Kokoda Track and reflect on the significance of the track in the battle to save Port Moresby and subsequently Australia during World War Two.
The scholarship aims to improve the knowledge of local youth about the difficulties and sacrifice made by Australian soldiers defending Australia.
It also is intended to assist those students to improve their personal resilience.
The donation was made a recent event at the Wangaratta RSL, where the three students who walked the track this year - Mak Clark, John Blake and Hayden Currie - each provided moving testimony of the experience and the life long memories it provided.
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The Wangaratta RSL presented several major sponsors, including the Wangaratta Lodge of St John, Freemasons Foundation and Ken Broomhead OAM with plaques to thank them for their support to make the scholarship possible each year.
Further information or enquiries regarding membership of Freemasonry, contact Wangaratta Lodge of St John secretary Roger Porter at 0417 329 792.
