"I had to close my eyes, I couldn't open them because all I could see is 54,000 names on the walls of the Menin Gate - otherwise there would have been too many tears ... but I got through my song and did my duty."
Dave Dobbyn performs at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ieper, Belgium Photo: NZ Defence Force
Dave Dobbyn speaks from the fields of Passchendaele after performing at the centenary commemorations of the day New Zealand lost 845 soldiers in battle in just a few hours.
