With them were (from left) Otago district RSA president Lox Kellas, Waihemo Community Board councillor Jim Thomson, Waitaki district deputy mayor Hana Halalele and Palmerston-Waihemo RSA president Chris Walker.
The oldest and longest-standing member of the Palmerston-Waihemo branch of the RSA, Mr Driver recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
He has been an RSA member for the past 78 years and was made president of the Palmerston-Waihemo branch in 2020.
In an interview as his 100th birthday approached recently, Mr Driver recounted to the Otago Daily Times a vivid memory of spending his 21st birthday fighting in World War 2.
As an 18-year-old, in 1942, Mr Driver joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force and spent three years serving in the Pacific, in Fiji.
He recalled that it was not without incident, including a crash where he was thrown from a Jeep as it came off the road.
