Baird remembers flood victims and veterans

Sydney, 25 April 2015: New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has acknowledged soldiers past and present – including two who lost their lives in the recent floods – at an Anzac ceremony in Sydney’s Hyde Park.Diggers Colin Webb, 79 and Brian Wilson, 72, had plans to march with their fellow war veterans on Anzac Day, when flash floods ripped through the small town of Dungog in the NSW Hunter.The two men, along with 68-year-old Robin MacDonald, died as the surging water swept through the town on Tuesday morning.’There were two veterans that were intending to march and aren’t here,’ Mr Baird said, the sound of bagpipes in the distance.’Two men who fought in Vietnam but lost their lives in the Dungog floods this week. We want to say to their family and friends, we are sorry for their tragic loss.’NSW Governor David Hurley also attended the service at the Anzac War Memorial, as a four-hour march through the CBD came to a close.