Yass remembers our veterans

By Jessica Cole
Updated September 11 2014 - 11:29am, first published September 10 2014 - 5:00am
Fred Cassidy enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at 18. Upon return he married his sweetheart Wendy (pictured). They recently celebrated their 71st anniversary.
Fred Cassidy enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at 18. Upon return he married his sweetheart Wendy (pictured). They recently celebrated their 71st anniversary.

“It is my melancholy duty to inform you… Great Britain has declared war upon her and that, as a result, Australia is also at war. No harder task can fall to the lot of a democratic leader than to make such an announcement.” 

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