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Tony Robinson's Anzac tour
New Zealand

Tony Robinson's Anzac tour

Sir Tony Robinson was in New Zealand recently as part of his new television series retelling the war stories of our ANZAC veterans in the lead up to the commemoration of 100 years since the world war.

ANZAC Day: 'They know things others don't'
New Zealand

ANZAC Day: 'They know things others don't'

He carried an injured Gurkha for 54 hours through thick jungle and swamp. He then hid the wounded soldier and later returned with a search party. Lieutenant Colonel John Milbanke Masters was named as New Zealand's inaugural Anzac of the Year, an award recognising comradeship, courage and commitment. It was recognition of a life in which Masters put others first, from life-saving deeds on the battlefields of Indonesia, which earned him a Military Cross, to campaigning for the rights of Vietnam War veterans exposed to the defoliant Agent Orange.

12 Questions: George Ward
New Zealand

12 Questions: George Ward

George Ward was a tank gunner in Italy in WWII. The Anzac veteran, who still lives in the house he built in Henderson after the war, raised three daughters alone after his wife died of cancer. He turned 99 last Saturday.