PHOTO: 18-year-old John King (circled) with fellow servicemen and instructional staff of the nineteenth platoon.
by LIZ CUTTS
A tribute has been paid to those who served our nation through compulsory military training following the Second World War.
Members of the Baradine RSL Woman’s Auxiliary held an afternoon tea on Wednesday, 14 February to mark National Servicemen’s Day and to acknowledge the contribution of the servicemen known as the ‘nashos’.
The commemoration marks 52 years since the last intake of men . . .
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