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25th November 2016, 11:34 AM
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Re: Captain killed in collision.
Mr Strange, an Instructor at the Vindi, always said, When he dies he will have Nothing on his Grave Stone and people would say , "That's Strange,"
I went to a Reunion at Sharpness and in the Cemetery in Berkeley I found his grave, It was full of his name and all his details . He let us down.
I could have danced on his grave but didn't.
Brian.
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26th November 2016, 05:48 AM
#52
Re: Captain killed in collision.
Thrtee odd headstones we have found said as follows.
One at the top of a hill in the cemetry,
'Wonderful view'.
In a country one,
'Passed into heaven at Bendigo Station.'
At another very obscure one a head stone that just said
'Our Father'.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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