AT 5.30am on Saturday, Sunraysia Daily's Pete McGuinness will be standing at the end of his driveway, honouring the memory of his father Paddy, who served in the 2/22nd Battalion, 2nd AIF, in World War II.

Normally, Pete would be in Melbourne at the Anzac Day dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance with the families of his father's regiment, joining them afterwards for lunch and sharing memori...