Gordon Parry celebrates his 90th birthday with members of the ''Chums Club'' and invited guests at the University of Otago Staff Club in June 2010. Photo by Linda Robertson. : A trip down Memory Lane

Gordon Parry and his wife Helen in October 1994. Photo by ODT. : A trip down Memory Lane

Lieutenant Commander Phil Bradshaw and daughter Isabelle share an order of service with Gordon Parry at the Battle of Britain remembrance at the Dunedin Cenotaph on September 16, 2007. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : A trip down Memory Lane

Gordon Parry at work as a young Otago Daily Times staff member. Photo by ODT. : A trip down Memory Lane

Gordon Parry on leave in New York shortly after receiving his ''wings''. Photo by Parry Collection. : A trip down Memory Lane

Gordon Parry signs copies of his book My Dunedin at the Dunedin Club in 2006. Photo by Craig Baxter. : A trip down Memory Lane

Gordon Parry celebrates his 80th birthday. Photo by ODT. : A trip down Memory Lane