00:01Ace Kitson is creating a collection of guitars with a difference, using Anzac biscuit tins and shotgun shells.
00:09He plans to sell them and donate the proceeds to Open Arms, a free counselling service for veterans.
00:17I've had friends who've served in the armed forces, family, my grandfather.
00:25I feel very sorry for a lot of veterans who return from overseas who suffer terribly from all sorts of
00:33mental illnesses.
00:35Thirty years ago Ace suffered a traumatic brain injury and he's had PTSD ever since.
00:41He says there wasn't any support when he needed it.
00:44So it kind of spurs me to do what I can to try and help.
00:49Ace says the guitars don't just look good, they're fully functional.
00:54You've got to be able to play them. What's the point of having them if you can't go off the
00:58wall and say,
00:58look what I can do.
01:01One of the guitars honours North West Tasmanian Victoria Cross recipient Teddy Sheehan,
01:06who died defending his ship from Japanese fire in 1942.
01:11That guitar won't be sold. Instead, the La Trobe RSL sub-branch will keep it on display.
01:16La Trobe is very proud of the fact that he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
01:24We have erected a statue in his honour.
01:27And RSL has got various mementos of him and he means a lot to the local area.
01:33A unique way to celebrate a local hero.
01:36go.
01:36Go.
01:40You
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