Anton Overy was honoured to visit Gallipoli last year with his maternal grandfather, the place where his great Uncle Jack Bannister and several other Kāti Māhaki men served. The great-great-grandson of Margaret Bannister, Anton descends from armed forces stock.
His father Edward and grandmother Wendy both served in the Royal New Zealand Navy and his great-grandfather Stanley James Sampson, served in the Māori Battalion Company D during WWII.
Anton Overy at ANZAC Cove.