Anzac spirit kept alive- Dandenong RSL members Corporal Kiersten Cooper and Hamed Abdullah are

SHOPPERS are invited to keep the Anzac spirit alive.
Anzac badges will be on sale at various shopping centres in Victoria, including the Dandenong Plaza.
Dandenong RSL Aged Care and Community co-ordinator John Filmer said members of the RSL would be selling badges throughout the city.
This year members Corporal Kiersten Cooper and Hamed Abdullah will be selling badges.
Corp Cooper has recently returned from peace-keeping service in East Timor and just completed 20 years in the Army Reserve.
She joined the RSL upon her return.
Mr Abdullah acted as an Iraqi interpreter for Australian troops in Iraq.
“He served with them for three years,” Mr Filmer said.
“But he pulled out because of safety last June.”
Mr Filmer said the two members were selling badges to show the Anzac tradition had been carried through the more recent members of the army and peace keeping forces.
“It’s just the changing face of the volunteers really,” Mr Filmer said.