All my grandparents served in WW2, three in the army and one in the RAAF. My grandfather was in the 2/2 Pioneers. They were captured as POWs in SE Asia and shipped to Changi Jail, then to the Burma Railway and then onto the coal mines near Nagasaki, Japan. Somehow he made it back and raised a family. He is sadly no longer with us. I hope my 10 years service did him proud.
To those who have served, are serving or will do so in the future, you have the thanks of a grateful nation.
To those who don't come back....we will remeber them.
NFR.