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PHOTOS and VIDEO: Eaglehawk and Bendigo dawn services
THIS year's Anzac Day centenary was a milestone in more ways than one for WWII veteran Cec Schilling, who turns 98 this week.
Cec, who was in the 29/46 Battalion and served in New Guinea, was for the first time supported by three other generations of his family on the march.
His son Glenn Schilling, who lives in Sunbury, said he had been accompanying his dad to Anzac Day marches and veteran reunions for about 45 years.
"It's a good thing to do. He loves it," Glenn said.
"The numbers they get here are remarkable, I remember coming here there might have been 50-60 people 20 years ago.
"We used to go to the big march in Melbourne, when dad lost a bit of his mobility we started doing these, we've probably done about 20 of these."
Glenn's daughter Allese now also makes the annual visit to Kangaroo Flat for the marches, and this year brought along her eight-month-old, Oliver.
"I did it last year too, when I was six months pregnant," Allese said.
Glenn said getting the family together for the Anzac centenary involved a bit of extra planning this year, but it had all been worth it.
"Allese lives in Geelong but came to our house last night, stayed overnight then we all left at 7am to get here," he said.
"Now we'll take Cec for a cup of tea at the RSL."
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