OUR own Fred Hyde will have one more award to hang on his wall after being dubbed the winner of the national 2015 RSL ANZAC Peace Prize.

Mr Hyde was announced as the winner by the national RSL president yesterday.

The Second World War veteran's Anzac spirit and dedication to help education abandoned children in Bangladesh were just two of the many reasons he was presented the prize.

Speaking to the Daily News from one of his Bangladesh schools yesterday, Mr Hyde was very shocked to hear he had won.

"There are plenty more people more deserving of this award than me," he said.

The veteran has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to rescuing orphans and ensuring Bangladesh children get the education they deserve.

He sold his house and poured all his money into setting up a non-for profit organisation called Co-operation in Development.

And since 1991 he has built 45 schools, five kindergartens and helped train 165 teachers.

There are currently 12,000 students enrolled in his schools.

The Second World War Veteran said he would miss being in Warwick to celebrate Anzac Day with his fellow ex-service men and women.

"Anzac Day is not observed over here," he said.

"It is school exam time so I will be busy checking on how all the exams go.

"But I will of course be remembering all those mates I lost.

"I always remember them though.

"I don't need a special day to remember them.

"War is something you never forget.

"We don't like to talk about what it was like but that doesn't mean we don't remember."

He was nominated for the peace prize by the Warwick RSL Sub-Branch.

Sub-branch president John Skinner said in his eyes Mr Hyde certainly deserved the award.

"Almost everybody in Warwick knows what Fred has achieved," he said.

Mr Skinner said the group was not surprised that Fred picked up the award.

"We knew he would do well as he has done such outstanding work but you never know what the other candidates have achieved," he said.

"We were all really excited to hear that he had won the major award."

RSL national president Rear Admiral Ken Doolan announced Mr Hyde as the winner yesterday morning.

"Mr Hyde was selected by the RSL Anzac Awards Committee for the award in recognition of over three decades of philanthropic work rescuing and educating orphaned and abandoned children in Bangladesh," he said.

"He exemplifies the spirit of the Anzac within the broader community through his dedication and commitment to others."

Mr Hyde spends six months of the year in Bangladesh directing projects, said he had not really thought about when he would stop.