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Farewell Max Carroll

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From 1YLI Old Mates re Max Carroll: Sad news from Uncle Max’s son Luke. More to follow.

“Sorry to bear this news to you mate but Max passed away on 24 Jan with Eve by his side and my sister Justine and I with them both.We have told people that a mighty oak has fallen but we know how deeply he was loved by so many, and this is an enormous comfort.We hope that you are okay when you receive this and we will be thinking of you.The funeral will be at 1300 next Fri, 2 Feb at Taree. Details will be on the Becker Family Funerals (Taree) website early next week. The service will be live streamed.”

Latest Sydney Gathering

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A group of Sydney classmates and partners gathered in Sydney in support of Bill Houston who was briefly visiting the big smoke with his wife Marina. To our surprise and delight a member of class who has not been seen for some time joined us for the event. Question is who was that classmate?     Vale RSM WO1  Norm Goldspink.

L to R: Peter and Gayle McCann, Dave Goggin, Peter Martyn, John Price, Jeff Brock, Sue Martyn, Rowan Tracey, Bill Houston, Don Muirhead, Marina Houston, Giuliana Despoges, Anneliese Lawrence, Peter Lawrence, Steve Despoges.

Funeral Arrangements for Norm

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From Norm’s daughter Louise, taken from a post by Ross Eastgate on 1YLI Old Mates FB page:

“Good evening Ross

We met with the funeral director this afternoon and made arrangements for Dad’s funeral. The attached notice has the details and will appear in tomorrow’s Canberra Times.

It will also be live-streamed. Click on the following link and the PIN number to watch the event is 3834.

[https://www.norwoodpark.com.au/service-streaming/client/…](https://www.norwoodpark.com.au/service-streaming/client/…)

Regards

Louise”

At this stage there are no arrangements for a coordinated response from the various classes that were covered by Norm.