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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. ....

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