A World War II veteran has died while making his way to an Anzac Day dawn service.
John Atkinson, 98, was travelling to the Port Broughton foreshore in South Australia on Thursday morning when he fell from his mobility scooter, the Yorke Peninsula Country Times reported.
He was helped up but then reportedly fell again.
An ambulance was called but he died at the scene.
‘He was very much looking forward to taking part in the dawn service, and later leading the local march from the RSL, as he has done many times before,’ Mr Atkinson’s son, Russell, said.
‘He was so independent and resilient.’
Mr Atkinson joined the RAAF in 1943, as soon as he turned 18, to help the war effort.
He served as a transport driver in the Pacific.
The Returned and Service League of Australia sent its condolences to Mr Atkinson’s family, saying it was ‘very sad news’.