Ned Brennan never misses a dawn service, and this year holds a special significance to him because it was on October 13 in 1915 that his father Edmund Joseph Brennan enlisted in the Great War.
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"He was a beautiful man, he got married late in his 50s and he was a very gentle person," Mr Brennan said.
"To think he was just 18 years old. They all died for nothing, I can't imagine what he went through and I think if he had his time again he would never have gone back."
Like many who came back from the war, Edmund or "Ted" Brennan, rarely spoke about it.
"One time I remember asking him if he killed anyone, and he said 'I certainly hope not, son'."
Ted Brennan would have enlisted around the time news came back of the death of his brother William Brennan on Anzac Cove.
The history of both brothers is recorded in Trevor Munro's book Wellington's Finest.
Ted Brennan was born in 1896 and grew up in Montefiores.
He had been working as a farmhand when he enlisted at the age of 18 in October of 1915 and in March the following year he sailed on the Orsova.
It had been intended that he join the 7th Light Horse, but several mistakes were made and he never got there.
He was transferred to the newly-formed 2nd Double Squadron on July 6 1916 and served with the 'Camels' throughout 1916 and 1917.
Looking back in 1980, Ted Brennan told Fairfax that he had felt privileged to have the "experience of a lifetime" visiting the Holy Land.
"I spent one Christmas in the Holy Land and travelled around to the various cities and towns in the area," he said.
"I went to places where Christ had lived and preached including Jerusalem, and Bethlehem, and I was fortunate enough to visit a number of places where Christ had performed some of his miracles."
"These included places around Jerusalem, like the garden of Gethsemane, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Jews' Wailing Wall and the Sea of Galilee, and I even tried walking on water!" he said.
According to Wellington's Finest, throughout 1917 the Camel Brigade fought alongside the Light Horse.
The Cameleers though, fought as infantry, with the camels providing an independent means of transport.
On February 8, 1917 Ted Brennan was transferred to the Reserve Company of the ICC and on March 20 he moved to the 4th Battalion Headquarters.
He transferred to the 17th Company (a part of the 4th Battalion) on December 16 1917.
Ted was attached to the Transport Section on March 20.
In mid 1918 the cameleers were split up because war conditions no longer suited camels.
He was transferred to the 14th Light Horse Regiment on July 1 1918 and to the 5th LH Brigade Headquarters on August 10.
He was one of the first soldiers to get a land settlement on his return, naming his property in Montefiores 'Baalbek', after a place in Lebanon that had struck him with its beauty when he took leave there after fighting.
