After 78 years, Wal Smith will quit as Martin Place Cenotaph guardian

By Sue Williams
Updated June 28 2018 - 1:15pm, first published April 16 2018 - 12:00am
The last post: Wal Scott Smith prepares for his final Anzac Day as guardian of the Martin Place cenotaph.  Photo: Dean Sewell
The last post: Wal Scott Smith prepares for his final Anzac Day as guardian of the Martin Place cenotaph. Photo: Dean Sewell

ON THE going down of the sun this Anzac Day, Wal Scott Smith will mark not only the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, but also his own retirement – after almost eight decades of unbroken service looking after the Martin Place Cenotaph in Sydney's CBD.

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