THE Eastern Bay branch of the New Zealand Malayan Veteran’s Association is commemorating Malayan Veterans Day with a ceremony at the RSA Memorial Gardens on Friday.
Following a tipple of rum at the RSA, Whakatane veterans will gather at 11am, joining others around New Zealand as they mark the day.
Around 30,000 New Zealand service personnel were involved in the conflict in Malaya, Malaysia and Borneo between 1949 and 1989.