Article 5YGTT Veterans praise number of young people at Melbourne’s Anzac Day services

Veterans praise number of young people at Melbourne’s Anzac Day services

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Estimated crowd of 50,000 listen to Last Post at Shrine of Remembrance after Covid restrictions lifted

For Vietnam veteran Peter Liefman, seeing the crowd's smiling faces made leading the Anzac Day march through Melbourne even more special.

The 74-year-old, who was a national serviceman in 1971, was chosen to lead Monday's march along St Kilda Road through to the Shrine of Remembrance with fellow Vietnam veterans Gary Taylor and David Grierson.

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