As Anzac Day approaches, Heather Willis, the President of Legacy South Australia & Broken Hill, is urging all governments to improve the help available to those who have served Australia.

Heightened geo-political tensions and anxiety over potential conflict are growing and are a reminder that Australian Defence Force personnel on the frontline may once again experience the devastation of death or injury.

Traditionally, Legacy has been known for caring for the families of World War I and II veterans – the widows and children of veterans who didn’t come back from those wars or returned with physical or mental injuries.

More recently, there have been conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Malaya/Borneo, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as numerous other peacekeeping missions close to home and around the world. Legacy continues to look after the families of these veterans – we serve the families of those who served.

As a greater understanding of the effects of Post Traumatic Stress emerged, it became clear that it can affect the entire family, not just the veteran, but their partner and their children as well. The recent Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide – and Legacy South Australia and Broken Hill’s own........

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