A member of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association (RSA) since 1946, Mr Lindsay was officially made an RSA Arrowtown life member on December 7.
Born in 1920, Mr Lindsay was working as a farmer in Drummond when war was declared in 1939.
He joined the army at 21, and trained at the Burnham and Trentham Military Camps, before leaving for Egypt.
After serving in Tripoli, in Libya, Mr Lindsay moved up to join units in Tunisia.
After serving in Africa, Mr Lindsay was shipped to Italy and was involved in the Battle for Cassino, serving in a Bren Carrier platoon.
"Not nice at all; that fortnight in Italy was the worst - but Cassino [was] not very nice. In position to watch the bombing, hundreds of planes coming over, noise, hard to imagine," he said.
When the war ended in Italy, Mr Lindsay was repatriated to New Zealand. He remembers the war officially ending as he travelled somewhere between Trieste and Venice. Rather than celebrating, he said he felt a sense of relief.
Back in New Zealand, he first travelled by train to Auckland with an officer, nicknamed Polly.
In an interview with Lakes District Museum, Mr Lindsay said: "The guard came through and he said, "How are you boys?", and the officer says, "I wouldn't mind a bottle of beer," and the guard said, "there's a pub just up the road here, right next to the railway line. I'll stop the train."
Returning to Drummond, Mr Lindsay became a member of the RSA and bought his uncle's farm. He continued farming for the rest of his working life, and retired to Arrowtown in 1987 with his wife , where he joined the Arrowtown RSA.
Mr Lindsay was made an RSA life member by Arrowtown RSA president Rupert Iles at an afternoon tea function at the Arrowtown Bowling Club on Tuesday.
He served in the army for three years, and 302 days, and has been with the RSA for 64 years.
