ANZAC day this year was my shift. I have no issue getting up before dawn to celebrate what is in many ways the birth of our national consciousness. The red light pushed me to try mono.

This year is also the 50th anniversary of the end of Australias participation in the Vietnam War, the veterans looking now how WW2 veterans looked to me when I was a child.

Later in the day, the main march and ceremony took place. The bugler and honour guard took their assigned places again, this time amid a massive crowd.

Finally, this is Arthur Quarrel, a veteran of South Korea, with a handshake grip like a vice and a keen eye. He was one of only a handful of men awarded a special decoration by the South Korean government.