One of Western Australia's last surviving World War II veterans has told 6PR Mornings the Anzac spirit in Australia is stronger than ever.

Arthur Leggett, 103, spent four years as a prisoner of war in Germany and said the values embodied in the Anzac effort were ever present, 107 years to day since Australian troops reached Gallipoli as part of the country's involvement in World War I.

"[The Anzac spirit] established our nation in the eyes of newcomers, and I trust the offspring of the newcomers will have gradually absorbed the meaning of Anzac, not so much the battle itself but the tradition and the beliefs behind it: we are a nation," he told Mornings.

One of Western Australia's last surviving World War II veterans has told 6PR Mornings the Anzac spirit in Australia is stronger than ever.
Arthur Leggett, 103, spent four years as a prisoner of war in Germany and said the values embodied in the Anzac effort were ever present, 107 years to day since Australian troops reached Gallipoli as part of the country's involvement in World War I.
"[The Anzac spirit] established our nation in the eyes of newcomers, and I trust the offspring of the newcomers will have gradually absorbed the meaning of Anzac, not so much the battle itself but the tradition and the beliefs behind it: we are a nation," he told Mornings.

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