Victory in the Pacific 75th anniversary: Stawell's Robert Illig shares his family's story

Cassandra Langley
Updated August 13 2020 - 4:44pm, first published 4:09pm
HISTORY: Robert Illig shares his father's war story on the 75th anniversary of the Second World War was announced as finally over. Mr Illig is picture with his father and mother when he met his father for the first time.
HISTORY: Robert Illig shares his father's war story on the 75th anniversary of the Second World War was announced as finally over. Mr Illig is picture with his father and mother when he met his father for the first time.

STAWELL'S Robert Illig has fond memories of his father, Robert Stanley Illig, or Stan as he was known, who was a prisoner of war in World War II.

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Cassandra Langley

Rural and regional story-telling is where my passion lies. Email: cassandra.langley@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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