A World War II veteran who was shot and survived the Siege of Tobruk before escaping a prisoner of war camp managed live until he was 100 and make a huge impact on the community he loved.
Later that year he and his fellow troops arrived in Palestine where they fought in the Siege of Tobruk, which stretched for 241 days.He was captured as a prisoner of war in July 1942 and taken to Italy and moved through "many" prisoner of war camps before he escaped with two other prisoners in 1943.
Mr Curtis said his grandfather said little about this time other than to explain that "the Australians were considered the naughty boys".Sydney Kinsman was known for his exhuberant Christmas light displays.Mr Kisnman and his wife June Kinsman moved to Alice Springs to work shooting kangaroos in 1948.Mr Kinsman served on numerous community boards during the next seven decades and dedicated much of his time to community service.
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