Six veterans have received a special acknowledgement for their service in the second world war.
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Whitlam MP Stephen Jones presented World War II veterans Phillip Smith and Hubert Bell with medallions at Bowral War Memorial Park on Thursday.
The commemorative items were to acknowledge their service and the significance of the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war.
"With all the things going on in the community, we didn't want this anniversary to pass without recognising and celebrating that," Mr Jones said.
Mr Smith was an RAAF Flying Officer who served with the RAF XV Squadron.
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The veteran said he was pleased to receive the commemorative medallion.
"It's special. We served 75 years ago but it's just a memory now," he said.
Meanwhile Mr Bell was an Army Sergeant who served with the 2/6 Cavalry Regiment in PNG.
"I'm delighted, very proud to have it," he said.
Four other Southern Highlands veterans will receive the commemorative medallions this week.
Ronald Penn enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1944. He served in European waters as well as the Pacific.
Nancie Leigh enlisted on December 17, 1942 as a RAAF aircraftwoman. She served as a communications person in far north Queensland.
Hurtle Milton Ford was a RAAF leading aircraftman and served with Second Airfield Construction Squadron in Morotai.
Ronald Ross Morton enlisted on January 23, 1944 and served as a RAAF leading aircraftman.
Saturday, August 15 marks 75 years since the end of the second world war.
Almost a million Australians, both men and women served in the second world war.
They served in campaigns against German and Italian forces in Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean, and against Japanese forces in south-east Asia and other parts of the Pacific.
The Australian homeland also came under direct attack for the first time, with attacks in Sydney harbour and Darwin.
By the end of the war almost 40,000 Australians had lost their lives.
