Mr LLOYD —It is with great sadness that I wish to inform the House of the passing of Mr Harry Newhouse last week at the Woy Woy Community Nursing Home, which has been his home for many years. Mr Newhouse was the last surviving Gallipoli veteran on the Central Coast of New South Wales and one of only a handful of Gallipoli veterans still surviving in Australia.

I wish to pass on my condolences to Mr Newhouse's family and note that with his passing another part of the Anzac tradition has unfortunately now gone forever. A memorial service for Harry Newhouse was held today in Gosford and I believe that, whilst obviously I could not be in attendance because parliament is sitting, over 100 people attended that memorial service. I was very pleased to arrange messages of condolence which were read out from the Prime Minister (Mr Howard) and also from the Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Mr Bruce Scott), whom I had the privilege of introducing to Harry Newhouse only recently when he was in my electorate of Robertson.

Harry, with his brother George, were part of the gallant Anzacs, who took part in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 and actually landed at Gallipoli on 26 April, the second day of the campaign. Mr Newhouse survived until the grand old age of 101 and certainly lived through many momentous events that shaped not only Australia but also the world. With the passing of Mr Newhouse it is vital that the memory of the Anzacs and the tradition for which they fought are kept alive and are never forgotten by future generations.