Richard Fidler

He wanted to stay to tend to the graves of the men he'd buried.

In fact, one of the initiatives he'd taken on Gallipoli was beautifying and regularising the cemeteries.

He'd used his nautical skills to map every grave on the peninsula and then worked to make the cemeteries a place of honour for the dead.

Tell me about the gesture he performed on his last day on that peninsula.

So he walked through the cemetery scattering wattle seed, Australian wattle seed that he'd soaked in water because he wanted the dead to be shaded by their native trees.

I've been to Gallipoli a few times.

Unfortunately, none of those seeds seem to have taken.

But what a gesture.

So for bravery decorations, it's immediately below the Victoria Cross.

It's what you give someone for outstanding leadership or extraordinary courage, particularly if the courage isn't quite VC standard.

So you give them a DSO.

What did the troops make of him being awarded the DSO?

They were thrilled.

He was modest.

He kind of tried to play it down a bit.

And by this stage, his desire for decorations has changed.

He kind of sees through the

the futility of getting a medal for, you know, warlike actions.

But, yeah, he's proud.

He's really proud.