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Young pilot yearned for fern-clad hills of home before his aircraft was shot down in France

ROSA WOODS/Stuff Up to 10,000 people gathered at Wellington’s Pukeahu National War Memorial for an Anzac Day dawn service on Sunday. A story of a young pilot who yearned for the “fern-clad hills” of home before his aircraft was shot down in France during World War One has been recounted at a packed Anzac Day service in Wellington. Up to 10,000 people flocked to the 40-minute dawn service at Wellington’s Pukeahu National War Memorial to pay their respects to service men and women on a calm and clear morning on Sunday. Following an address from Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy, Chief of Defence Forcer Air Marshal Kevin Short recounted the tragic story of 23-year-old Melville White, from Ngaio in Wellington.

Up to 10,000 people turn out for Anzac Day dawn service in Wellington

Musician Sir Dave Dobbyn formally knighted at Government House

Prince Philip: More details about New Zealand memorial due today, as tributes continue

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99

A photographic portrait of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-) and husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Team NZ skipper Dean Barker at the Team New Zealand headquarters in Auckland in 2002. Prime Minister Helen Clark looks on while Prince Philip is greeted by Team NZ chief executive Ross Blackman. Photo: AFP Britain s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip walk past members of the New Zealand Defence Force Māori culture group at Hyde Park Corner in London, as they dedicate the UK s first memorial to the New Zealand fallen on 11 November 2006. Photo: AFP High Commissioner for New Zealand Lockwood Smith attends Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as the Duke is invested with New Zealand s highest honour, the Order of New Zealand, at Buckingham Palace in central London on June 6, 2013.

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