A Wellington World War Two veteran has called on wartime colleagues to turn out for the Remembrance Day parade through the town on November 11. Llolyd Tarr, a sargeant in the Army Catering Corps, who saw action in Malaya and Korea, and who was decorated with the Pinjat Jasa Medal by the King of Malaya, said: "There were just three of us at the head of the parade last year, and I thought it looked odd." Read the full story and much more in this weeks Wellington Weekly News, in all good local newsagents from Wednesday.
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