Veterans and red poppies take pride of place on Remembrance Day

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Updated November 11 2017 - 3:33pm, first published 2:06pm
TOUCHING: Korean war veteran John Cooper joined Ballarat's Remembrance Day ceremony while visiting his brother from the Sunshine Coast. Pictures: Lachlan Bence
TOUCHING: Korean war veteran John Cooper joined Ballarat's Remembrance Day ceremony while visiting his brother from the Sunshine Coast. Pictures: Lachlan Bence

Korean war veteran Sgt John Cooper, 84, donned his slouch hat and service medals and with misty eyes remembered the horror of war as he sat in the warm sunshine at Ballarat’s Remembrance Day service.

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Michelle Smith

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