Reply To: To all Australians, New Zealanders (& those of Newfoundland) : Lest we forget

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It was great to see so many people out at my local dawn service. I wore my Great-Grandfathers Medals and it was really good to see so many people wearing their parents and grandparents medals as well, good to see people’s family history isn’t being forgotten. (Here in Australia direct descendants can wear family members medals on their Right Breast).

Private Frederick Jones, 1943-1945 left his wife and 3 year old daughter and joined the 31/51st Battalion, 11th Brigade (only Militia Unit to see deployment in non-Commonwealth territory) and fought at Bougainville before coming home with brutal Malaria that took years to fully recover and left him constantly sick for life.