Carrying on the Peart name

Each year an Anzac Commemoration Service is held at the Rome War Cemetery which contains the graves of 426 Commonwealth servicemen. New Zealand soldiers were part of the Allied force which liberated Rome in June 1944 and the cemetery was established soon afterwards. New Zealand and Australia host the service on alternate years and 2025 it's our turn. Wing Commander Heather Peart's grandfather served in World War I in the trenches in France and survived being gasses and shelled. Her father's three brothers also served in the Airforce during World War II, with one uncle going on to serve in the RAF. He flew spitfires in North Africa, Burma and India and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Heather Peart speaks to Stacey Morrison.