HEALTH Minister Jillian Skinner will reflect on her family’s military experiences when she addresses the NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women’s (NAJEX) Remembrance Day commemoration and wreath-laying ceremony next month.
Skinner is the daughter of a soldier who served in Borneo and New Guinea during World War II and the wife of a naval officer of 30 years standing, who served with the Royal Australian Navy on HMAS Hobart in Vietnam.
During Skinner’s early career as a journalist she visited Vietnam during the war, including a brief visit to Nui Dat to interview Australian troops.
“War has a lasting effect on so many people. We remember those who have paid with their lives, many others who were injured and the families who have been forever affected by the loss of loved ones,” Skinner told The AJN this week.
Read the story by Evan Zlatkis in the Australian Jewish News.