The ultimate sacrifice paid by Rotorua Boys' High School old boys was remembered at the school's annual Anzac assembly.
Yesterday's occasion was also an opportunity for students to hear deputy head prefect Jack Potaka's winning speech in the RSA Cyril Bassett VC Speech Competition.
Today he flies to Istanbul to start Anzac commemorations as part of his prize.
Principal Chris Grinter said the Anzac assembly was an important occasion for the school, which lost two students in World War I, 61 in World War II and one in the Vietnam War.