Melbourne turned on the weather for 16 veterans, who each teed off at the Veterans Golf Day at The Warragul Country Club in a four-ball Ambrose format.

Participants from across all services joined in for the day, including the oldest veteran on the golf course that day – 87-year-old National Serviceman Bill Pyle.

Damien Sgarbossa, who has completed two tours of Afghanistan, was the youngest to tee off.

Former naval man, Warragul RSL Sub-Branch President Ben Vahland says it was great to see such a cross section of veterans come together.

“One of the other groups had a team with a cook and two tankies and I had another naval veteran and a cook, as well as an army officer. So, different genres of military service, a different makeup of people but it was a great day had by all.”

With the theme “Get Moving” for this year’s Veterans’ Health Week, a day on the greens certainly delivered.

“Walking the course is the first thing, that’s the physical side of it. That’s a bit of a physical challenge, certainly when you get to the end of the course around the 15th, 16th hole you get a bit tired and worn out by that stage. But there’s good opportunity whilst walking around just to have a catchup, too.”