You fought with bravery and honor at Kimberley, Passchendaele, Gallipoli, Romani, Crete, Tobruck, Milne Bay, Yongju and even in Vietnam.
And I know why you did it.
Abounding in your back yards were stalking cassowaries, spiders that rot your flesh, invisible but lethal jelly fish, Coastal Taipan and Brown snakes, not to mention saltwater crocodiles Great White sharks, Stone Fish, blue ringed octopi and the odd Marble Cone Snail.
War must have seemed safe compared to he horrors of home.
Here's to you mates. Fair Dinkum. I would have been on the first transport out, too.