Young still touched by war on Anzac Day
Heart touching: for Tammie Bastian and son Claye, Anzac Day has particular relevance.
TAMMIE Bastian was one of the young people in the crowd at Mirboo North’s Anzac Day service.
She was not simply honouring those men who landed at Gallipoli in 1915, but remembering friends lost more recently in the passage of war.
The Mirboo North mother served in the Australian Army with Three Combat Services Support Battalion at Townsville and her partner Ryan Eaves with the Four Field
Battalion.
“We have lost three friends in Afghanistan since the war started and I’ve come along to pay my respects to them,” Ms Bastian said, with son Claye on her arm.
She undertook training with the army in Malaysia and Mr Eaves has served in Afghanistan, Iraq, Timor and Solomon Islands as a bombardier. Ms Bastian wore his medals in his absence on Wednesday.
• See The Star’s full Anzac Day coverage on pages 20-22 this week.
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