Every year Rotorua's Nelson family remember their own war hero and now a new generation of Nelson children are doing the same.
They were one family among an increasing number of Rotorua families who attended Anzac Day services around the city.
Elizabeth Nelson and husband Raymond brought two of their children, Raymond Jnr, 8, and Malia, 5, to the Anzac Day civic service this morning , along with the framed medals earned during the Korean War by Mrs Nelson's grandfather Thomas Skipps.
"This is to recognise the people who have fought for us and our country and show our respect, especially to the people who fought and died, and for the ones who survived too," Mrs Nelson said.