“We should always remember that those men in Tobruk gave us their today for our tomorrow.”

Said veteran association boss Lachlan Gaylard of the death of WWII veteran Tom Pritchard who died at 102yo on Saturday. He was our last ‘Rat of Tobruk’ – the name given to the 14,000 Aussie servicemen who maintained control of the vital Libyan Port in the fight against the Germans in 1941. Lest we forget…