00:00Far from the battlefield and eight decades on, a ceremony to honour those who served.
00:11At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
00:18First-hand accounts from war read by current serving members like this diary entry from Brigadier Arthur Varley's time as a prisoner of the Japanese along the Thai-Burma railway.
00:27I was forced to stand by and watch these men shot by a guard of 16. Death was instantaneous in all cases.
00:35Ex-servicemembers with vivid memories of the day the war ended.
00:39We were in bed and somebody on the parade ground yelled out, the war's over and the mess is open. So we went down and had a little celebration.
00:48Mr Marshall was stationed in England training bomber pilots at the time. Now 100, he remembers feeling elated at being able to return.
00:56home to his family, his proud son with him for the commemorations.
01:01I think it's our last opportunity to remember what they did in person and to thank them.
01:05More than 60,000 West Australians served in World War II and there are only about 100 veterans left in the state, keeping the memories of their fallen friends alive.
01:14The Returned Services League hoping for a bigger crowd in the future saying it's essential younger generations know the sacrifices that were made.
01:22We have a stable democracy and people are free to say what they think. We ignore that at our own peril and the service that that generation gave is quite extraordinary.
01:34Now, let's see.
01:44Madame.
01:45Madame.
01:49Madame.
01:54Madame.
01:56Madame.
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