By Jeremy Lister
This year we attended the Anzac Day dawn service and March in Stanthorpe.
We have a long family history of military and emergency service in my family. My Mum and Dad both served in the Air Force but my mum originally joined the Army and graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon.
Dad deployed to the Middle East and Mum deployed to Timor Leste (East Timor). Mum was a SES and Rural Fire volunteer and Dan Dan was in the Severnlea Rural fire brigade.
My Granddad and Nana (Mum’s parents) both served in the Queensland Police Force and Granddad also deployed to East Timor with the Australian Federal Police. And my Aunty Meg and Holly are both Queensland paramedics.
On my Mum’s side her Poppy (my great grandfather) served in the Army in Korea and WW2 and on Dad’s side my great grandfather served in the New Zealand Air Force as a pilot.
We always go to the Anzac Day March and this year baby Amelia will be joining us for the first time. I’d like to thank everyone who has served their country and I hope to one day join the ADF just like Mum and Dad.
Lest we forget.
