WARNBRO, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – May 2003
Contributed by
Pat HAYNES (49B)
Yes, I have had
another visitor from overseas - not far away - George Burnett and wife Liz were in Perth
for a couple of days over the weekend. We met in Fremantle, had a fish and
chips lunch, a look around town and they then went
back to their hotel. We each had differing plans for the weekend so arranged
to meet again on Monday (12th May). I drove into Perth, picked
them up at their hotel and we had a quick drive around some of the spots of
interest in Perth before taking them home to Warnbro, calling in at points of
interest along the way. I had planned to take them to have a tour of
Mandurah, but unfortunately they had to return to get some souvenirs to take
back to New Zealand.
They only had an hour or two because their flight home today (Tuesday 13th
May) via Melbourne
left here quite early. I believe they enjoyed their brief visit as they said
they had wanted to come back again, finances permitting. Although it has
been 51 years since we last met, it seems like it was only yesterday we left
Arborfield behind. Such is the power of shared good and bad times of our
time at AAS. Like Gordon (Bonner), George and brother
Ken (Burnett) were in our barrack room together in ‘J’ Block.
George BURNETT
& Pat HAYNES
Liz, George
& Pat
Published: May
2003
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