They are the Wakatipu's last remaining World War 2 veterans.
Jack Reid (95) and Allan Fisher (91), who respectively served in the air force and navy, yesterday took pride of place at the Arrowtown War Memorial after a civic service at the Athenaeum Hall.
Mr Reid, Arrowtown's former mayor, was 18 when he volunteered and served as an air gunner and wireless operator, starting in Gibraltar.
Yesterday he told the Otago Daily Times he moved around North Africa and the Atlantic before finishing his service in England when the war ended.
‘‘I think anything like that is an experience. The main thing is you live through it.''
Pinned proudly on his suit jacket were six medals, the same ones he's worn at every Anzac Day for as long as he can remember.
The Africa Star, the Atlantic Star and the 39-45 Star, sit beside the Defence Medal, the 39-45 Medal and the Service to NZ 39-45 medal.
Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the first Anzac service and while Mr Reid couldn't remember when he first attended one, he clearly remembered George Romans, the man who used to lead them.
‘‘He had not been to war,'' Mr Reid said.
‘‘He was too old in WWI [but] he was there for all of my first years [at Anzac Day].''
RSA member Taylor Reed said Mr Romans' son, Reg Romans, was a lieutenant-colonel and the commanding officer of the 23rd Battalion. He died in North Africa.
During his father's 100th birthday celebrations at the town hall, thought to have been in 1994, Mr Reed said his son was patched through to speak to his father.
‘‘Mr Romans was standing on the stage ... all of a sudden Reg's voice came out. The old man sat down and when Reg finished speaking he just stood up and carried on with his speech.''
Mr Reid said yesterday's service was wonderful, with a large attendance. Numbers were growing each year, he said.
RSA Arrowtown president Lindsay Stirling said yesterday's was ‘‘the largest crowd I've ever seen''.
That was partly due to combining the service with the Arrowtown Autumn Festival, which finished yesterday with the Arrowtown RSA Tea Dance, featuring the Queenstown Jazz Orchestra, Southern Nights and Buckingham Belles.
