PERTH Lions Park War Memorial caretaker Stuart Green can be seen every Anzac Day, bearing the ceremonial flag, poised in his family's military regalia.
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Mr Green has dedicated more than 15 years to maintaining the park and was last week putting final touches on its presentation ahead of Saturday's Anzac Day service.
"It took me three weeks to get it right, about a week of that with three painters helping," Mr Green said, indicating the park's freshly painted fences.
"Why do I do it?
"I have about 13 family relations, Green and Chugg, prisoners of war, a Rat of Tobruk.
"The Germans captured one of my grandfather's uncles and gave him hell - I've still got all his war diaries, they treated him harshly, they were horrible."
He said his grandfather, Roy Richard Chugg, was a member of the 3rd Light Horse regiment and his other grandfather, Percy Ernest Green, had been a Tasmanian ranger.
He said he adopted the role of caretaker in 1999, when he became appalled with the upkeep of Lions Park.
"It was a total mess," Mr Green said.
"I thought 'I'm going to do something about this' - I'm fifth generation to this town and the remaining grandson, the last one.
"I just went to the council and the government and I was shocked, they gave me all of the support I coul d ask for.
"I thought I would have to go about the town with a Milo tin to raise the money for paint and cement."
He said his work was for the benefit of future generations, and hoped someone would carry on after he was gone.
