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Disaster relief fund helps veterans access mental health support

Army veteran David Dyer has found a sense of belonging through helping others. (ABC News: Brant Cumming)

When Australian army veteran Dave Dyer came back traumatised from an overseas posting, he "fell down a hole". He said volunteering had saved his life.

Mr Dyer worked as a medic in Rwanda in 1994, towards the end of the country's bloody civil war.

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