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National Servicemen Association of Australia to close its doors in 2026 as Nashos grow older

The country's second-largest ex-service organisation is coming to an end.

The National Servicemen's Association of Australia will be closing its doors in 2026, with leaders saying there are too few of the 287,000 veterans who once served, and commonly known as Nashos, left alive to carry on the group.

At 70 years old, Hervey Bay veteran Brian Barker is Queensland's youngest president of a nasho branch.

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