Today Andrew X, who served as an electronics technician with the Royal Australian Navy for six years including time in the Persian Gulf, gave me his service medals and read out this very powerful peice of writing at the bottom of the front steps of the Victorian parliament in Spring St.
This is an astonishingly powerful cry from the heart. His act of trust in me makes these medals relinquished in deep deep despair into Medals of Honor.
Being accepted by him to receive his medals is one of the greatest compliments ever bestowed on me in 64 years of a culturally rich life.
I will do all I can to make his voice heard.
And to continue to strive to spread knowledge of the human rights lessons of World War Two.
Geoff Fox, 8th November 2021, Down Under
FREEDOM, DEMOKRASI AND CIVILISED HUMANITY 