Leading Seaman Roy Miller, of Dunedin, at the Anzac Day service outside the Montecillo Veterans' Home and Hospital in South Dunedin yesterday. Roy Miller was just 17 when he joined the Royal New Zealand Navy, and within two years, he was on board HMNZS Taranaki, headed for the Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation in Borneo. Indonesia's campaign of infiltration into Borneo sought to exploit the ethnic and religious diversity, with the intent of unravelling the proposed state of Malaysia. Mr Miller was in the Royal New Zealand Navy for eight years and said apart from his marriage, it was the best time of his life. He was one of about 400 people, many of them fellow returned servicemen, who attended the Anzac Day service at Montecillo Veterans' Home and Hospital in South Dunedin yesterday.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 25, 2018 17:03 UTC