And not before time.

Taranaki town Stratford is to honour its Gallipoli hero, Lieutenant Colonel William Malone.

A life-size bronze statue of Lt Col Malone was approved by Stratford District Council yesterday and could be unveiled on August 8 – the anniversary of the World War 1 battle for Chunuk Bair in Turkey, The Taranaki Daily News reported.

Lt Col Malone, 52, died on Chunuk Bair on August 9, 1915, probably from friendly fire from a British warship.

You can read something of my regiments history here.

Better late than never. Should have been a VC but they were sharing more blame than medals that day.