00:02Well, a lot of them, it says less we forget on the bottom of the headstone, and at least
00:07I'm not going to forget.
00:11If they've had relatives, if they're maybe the last of their line, there's nobody left
00:14to sort of come and see them, and I don't want them to be forgotten.
00:19Once they get to the grave, they stand there at attention, play the last post, recite the
00:23ode, play a ravelli.
00:26You don't really know how it's going to go until you finish.
00:29It's big pressure, and to get it right, I take it very, very seriously.
00:34Normally practice from Australia Day up to Anzac Day, 2024 I did the same thing, came
00:39up to the cemetery every day to practice.
00:41Well, once I got to Anzac Day after Australia Day practicing, I thought, well, why stop?
00:45And I got a bit of an understanding of how many graves are actually up here.
00:51If I'm here with the kids, I'll ask them which driveway we go to.
00:54If I'm out of town, I pick the first grave that I see.
00:57Normally, one of the white war graves, they stand out pretty well.
01:01I put a poppy rock on this, a little black rock.
01:03My daughters and I paint these.
01:07I'm certainly better at it than I used to be.
01:09I do this mainly to try and contain the nerves, and it kind of works.
01:13It was absolutely terrifying, but being able to play the last post at Dad's and both my
01:19grandfather's funerals was a massive honour.
01:22That's Dad and his greens.
01:23I've sort of started my own tradition.
01:25Yeah, I just want to keep practicing.
01:28These people gave a lot, got injured in war, you know, being gassed or being severely injured,
01:34or they just haven't coped when they came back.
01:36So it's giving back to them, making sure that if they are around, that they are remembered.
01:41And I'll try and get back to them.
01:43I'll try and get back to them.
01:43I'll try and get back to them.
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