Having celebrated his 97th birthday two days before Anzac Day, Mr Hitchen was not going to miss the march and walked the entire route with grandson Michael Koruniak by his side.
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The man, originally from Coonabarabran, plans to march again next year.
His uncle started the Cooee March from Gilgandra and Mr Hitchen walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on opening day.
In World War II, he served in New Guinea as a communications technician, joining a week after the bombing at Pearl Harbour.
Daughter, Marilyn Koruniak, said he already had a communications business and his role, although in the air force, was to tell the army what the Japanese were doing.
“He was commissioned to the army, even though he was in the air force,” she said.
For Mr Hitchen, marching on Anzac Day was about respect for the men he served with.
“He realised what it means to us,” Mrs Koruniak said.
“It’s appreciating the sacrifice they made for this country.”
Mr Hitchen keeps fit by ballroom dancing once or twice a week, walks around the block three times every couple of days and keeps his stamina up with a bowl of porridge every morning.
