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ANZAC COVERAGE
At 94 years old, Alan Murphy is Narromine's eldest veteran, having served in World War II.
Mr Murphy served for five years and four months from January 1941.
He ran into some trouble when he first wanted to enlist.
"I enlisted in June 1940 at 19 and my people wouldn't sign my papers so I waited until I was 20 on the first of July, I enlisted and put my age up to 21," he said.
"I got my letter from them saying they had an abundance of recruits and they wouldn't call me up for a while, they called me up on January 21, 1941. I sailed on the Queen Mary on April 9, 1941."
He went on to serve in the army in the Middle East and the Islands.
Mr Murphy is a Narromine local, through and through, having lived in Narromine his whole life.
He believes he signed up for the army because not much was happening around Narromine in the late 1930s and he was looking for adventure.
"I was probably looking for a good time and a bit of adventure," he laughed when asked why he enlisted.
" I enlisted and put my age up to 21,"
- Alan Murphy
Mr Murphy got all this and more making some life-long friends from the army, although a lot of them have passed away now.
The veteran is pleased to see Anzac Day has grown throughout the years.
"I think a lot more people are interested in it, more children and locals and it's a big thing in Sydney isn't it?''
"I've only been to a couple in Sydney, they used to have a turnout in Brisbane, I'd go up there every year," he said.
"There's only about half a dozen of us World War II chaps left in Narromine. A lot never came back after the war, a lot were called away from here and then they came back (to Australia) and stopped around Sydney.''
After the Second World War, Mr Murphy went on to drive taxis and trucks.