From The Age on Anzac Day the story of a digger who gave his all and more:
"SOLDIER, prisoner of war and butcher, Ernest Brough has had more cause than most to think about life. For a start, at 87, he has lived a lot of it. Of one thing he is certain: it is worth more than mere money.
He lives humbly in a small, cluttered house in the Geelong suburb of Belmont, with the layers of his life piled around him.
When he sold his country block outside Geelong last year, he donated most of the proceeds — $300,000 — to St Vincent's Hospital for a new heart machine. "Money doesn't count much when you get old." he said. "I'm doing all right without the $300,000. I get a disability pension. I'm OK." "
Much more in the article. Onlt a few days ago, there was a story of businessman planning to spend around 7 million dollars for his 70th birthday bash.
