Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thanks to the Morrison government's commemorative medallions for World War II veterans, I recently had the pleasure of meeting Victor Roy Docking—or Roy McFadyen, as he is commonly called and likes to be known. Roy is 102 years old and as sharp as a tack. He can still tell you the tail numbers of the aircraft he worked on in 1942.

Roy is one of Fisher's World War II veterans. After a tough childhood in orphanages during the Great Depression, Roy found his place in the Royal Australian Air Force. He became an aircraft mechanic, servicing Hudson and Beaufort bombers. Like so many during the war, Roy went through a tragedy of his own, losing his brother, an RAAF pilot, when he crashed over the Pacific. Unbowed by his wartime experiences, Roy started his own business servicing aircraft, Aeroswan, in Swan Hill, Victoria.

Living on the Sunshine Coast since the 1980s, Roy has made two massive contributions. Not only did he serve to help defend this country but, in later life, he was one of the founders of our much-loved Queensland Air Museum. Good on you, Roy, and thank you for your service.