VETERAN and Tenterfield RSL president Dave Stewart has been handed the duty of opening this year’s Tenterfield Show on Saturday.
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Having spent time right around the country and a stint in Papua New Guinea, Mr Stewart is well placed to recant the history of Anzac.
After completing school, he joined the army as an apprentice vehicle mechanic.
After a series of moves around Australia, he found himself in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea working as a special projects officer training local people.
He served roles supervising and co-ordinating army apprentices and then moved to Townsville where he was part of an army field workshop for the operational deployment force.
A further move and a jump up the ranks, he was then appointed a captain in Melbourne before moving back home to Wodonga as a training officer.
He was posted back to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea where a civil war was ongoing.
A promotion to major soon followed and then he became a national training officer.
Not long after, he and wife Karen shifted to Tenterfield.
He says he’s honoured to be given the opportunity to open the show on behalf of the areas returned and active servicemen and women.
“I’m very honoured to be invited to open the show on behalf of those still serving and the ones baring scares.
“Representatives from Korea, World War 2, Vietnam and Iraq and hopefully more recent conflicts will also be there for the opening.
“They’ll be there representing their comrades,” Dave said.
His address will touch on the history of Anzac and Tenterfield’s involvement and how war impacted on Tenterfield and the show’s history.