Bert Collins, one in all Australia's oldest surviving World Warfare II veterans and the oldest member of the Australian Labor Occasion, has died on the age of 105.
Albert "Bert" Collins was as a consequence of rejoice his 106th birthday subsequent month.
Tributes recognising and remembering the Bankstown native have been posted on-line following information of his dying.
"My buddy Bert Collins handed away this morning," Blaxland MP Jason Clare stated.
"Bert was the oldest member of the Australian Labor Occasion.
"He would have turned 106 subsequent month. Relaxation in Peace previous buddy."
The Labor Occasion additionally posted "Vale Bert Collins" on social media.
Mr Collins rose to the rank of a sergeant within the 52nd Australian Composite Anti-Plane Regiment (AIF) primarily based in Papua New Guinea.
The veteran's Anzac spirit has by no means wavered and is a high quality many admired.
The centenarian was the oldest veteran to march in Sydney's Anzac Day march in 2019.
He was additionally one of many world's oldest survivors of melanoma, beating most cancers at 101 years of age.
"After I was a boy, my Mum instilled in me a vital lesson, which I've lived by my whole life," he instructed the Canterbury-Bankstown Council final yr.
"She stated I have to keep in mind to by no means be impolite to anybody, to by no means inform lies and to all the time present respect in direction of others … and I've day-after-day of my life."