Funerals of Association Members
At funeral of Buster Mills (NGVR). Ralph Seeto, Ed Hardy , Jesse Chee, Bill Bickerton
Harry Green's funeral. Chapel, Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane, 2005.
Funeral Col. Mal Bishop MM (2/5 Ind Coy, CO. PNGVR) 2007. Barry Wright, Bob Collins, ?.
Association members at the funeral of Tom Lega MM (NGVR/ANGAU) - December 2007.
Front . Phil Ainsworth, Tom Lega (NGVR/ANGAU), Norm Mundy, John Holland, Douglas Ng, Bruce Crawford OAM.
Middle. Barry Wright, Mike Griffin, Ralph Seeto, Bob Collins.
Back. John Winterbotham, Paul Brown, Tom Dowling
Front . Phil Ainsworth, Tom Lega (NGVR/ANGAU), Norm Mundy, John Holland, Douglas Ng, Bruce Crawford OAM.
Middle. Barry Wright, Mike Griffin, Ralph Seeto, Bob Collins.
Back. John Winterbotham, Paul Brown, Tom Dowling
2008. Funeral of Terry Egan DCM. Above, Norm Mundy, Tom Dowling, Barry Wright.
Below. Des Pryde (PNGVR/AATTV) and Peter Rogers DFC.
Below. Des Pryde (PNGVR/AATTV) and Peter Rogers DFC.
Jack Goad (NGVR) funeral 2008.
Below. ?, Bruce Crawford AM., John Holland.
Below. ?, Bruce Crawford AM., John Holland.
Jack Goad Funeral. ?. Doug Ng.
Jack Goad Funeral. ?, Paul Brown.
March 2008. The funeral of Bob Davies (PNGVR). Bob was a school teacher and spent nearly 40 years as a teacher in PNG.
Above. At the end of the service waiting for the hearse to pass. Barry Wright, Mike Griffin, Bob Collins, John Holland, Paul Brown.
Below. At the reception later. Ralph Seeto, Tony Boulter, Douglas Ng, ?.
Above. At the end of the service waiting for the hearse to pass. Barry Wright, Mike Griffin, Bob Collins, John Holland, Paul Brown.
Below. At the reception later. Ralph Seeto, Tony Boulter, Douglas Ng, ?.
Association members at funeral of Tom Keenan (NGVR/ANGAU), Sept, 2013.
Back. Colin Gould, Ralph Seeto Tom Dowling, Paul Brown.
Centre. Peter Rogers, Bruce Crawford, John Holland.
Front. Simon Hui, Barry Wright, Norm Mundy, Kam on Leo (NGVR), Shui Hong Wong (NGVR), Phil Ainsworth.
Back. Colin Gould, Ralph Seeto Tom Dowling, Paul Brown.
Centre. Peter Rogers, Bruce Crawford, John Holland.
Front. Simon Hui, Barry Wright, Norm Mundy, Kam on Leo (NGVR), Shui Hong Wong (NGVR), Phil Ainsworth.
After Tom Keenan's (NGVR) funeral Sept 2013
L-R Norm Mundy, Graeme Blanch, Ralph Seeto, Mal Zimmerman, ?.
L-R Norm Mundy, Graeme Blanch, Ralph Seeto, Mal Zimmerman, ?.
Association members at the funeral of Bruce Crawford Sept 2016.
Back from L. Bob Collins, Ian Thompson, Gil Harvey-Hall, Kevin Shorthouse, John Holland, Colin Gould, Bill McGrath, Phil Ainsworth.
Kneeling. Paul Brown, Douglas Ng.
Back from L. Bob Collins, Ian Thompson, Gil Harvey-Hall, Kevin Shorthouse, John Holland, Colin Gould, Bill McGrath, Phil Ainsworth.
Kneeling. Paul Brown, Douglas Ng.
Association members at the funeral of Rudy Buckley, 2018. Colin Gould, Bob Collins, Mal Zimmerman, Douglas Ng, Ralph Seeto and Albert Seeto, a relative of Rudy's who was a Cpl in the ARA.
Funeral Mike Zimmerman. 1st September 2022. From L. Phil Ainsworth, Bob Collins, Kieran Nelson, Gil Harvey-Hall, Jesse Chee, Mal Zimmerman, Kerry Glover, Paul Brown.
The members formed a guard of honour for the casket when being carried to the gravesite and deposited poppies on the casket prior to burial.
The members formed a guard of honour for the casket when being carried to the gravesite and deposited poppies on the casket prior to burial.
Another photo of the group at Mike Zimmerman's funeral.
Bob Collins, Kieran Nelson, Gil Harvey-Hall, Mal Zimmerman, Jesse Chee, Kerry Glover, Paul Brown.
Bob Collins, Kieran Nelson, Gil Harvey-Hall, Mal Zimmerman, Jesse Chee, Kerry Glover, Paul Brown.
Two days after Michael's funeral the following letter was received about the conduct of the PNGVR members at the funeral.
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Comment
The Secretary,
P.O. Box 885,
PARK RIDGE, Qld., 4125
Mobile:- 0424 562 030
David Goldhardt,
6 Twin View Rd, Elimbah, Qld 4 September 2022
Sir.
I would would like to thank the members of the PNGVR who were at the funeral of Michael J Zimmermann on Friday 2nd September 2022 at Caboolture and Districts Lawn Cemetery, Deception Bay, Qld.
I am ex Australian Regular Army from 1975 to 1984 with the rank of Corporal., Signals, Enoggera Brisbane, Victoria Barracks Brisbane and Lavarrack Barracks Townsville.
Due to chronic medical problems, I now have a walking and movement disability where I have to now use a Walking Aid of a Wheelie Walker and am extremely unsteady on my legs and feet..
At the funeral grave site, I saw the PNGVR members waiting to form an Impressive Guard of Honour and approached one gentleman introduced myself mentioning briefly my regular Army Service and Rank, and asked for a spare Poppie if they had one.
Another gentleman approached me at the first mans request and after a second introduction and again rank and details to him he reached into his pocket and pulled out one and gave it to me.
He then offered to assist me to stand up from my walker and take the two/three steps to get to the coffin when we reached that part in the funeral service.
I thanked him and went to sit by the allocated seats where I only had 3 steps to get to and place my given Poppie on the coffin.
After one of the first military person approached the coffin, he made an excellent speech to the gathered guests, explaining the tradition of why poppies were used and placed, placed his and all the rest of the PNGVR placed there, so I stood up to place mine and within a few seconds of me standing, one if the military gentlemen was holding my elbow and I had not realised he was anywhere near me,
He helped me the short way to the coffin, held me while I placed my Poppie and helped me back to my seat.
I am sorry I have forgotten the gentleman's names, , but I would like to ask that you please pass on my Sincere thanks to ALL OF THEM them for helping me as well as being there for Michael Zimmermann Funeral.
I was born in Madang PNG, To American Lutheran missionaries who left USA in 1947 and were living in Asaro (Asaroka now called Asaloka) 12 miles west of Goroka, At age 8 went to a mission boarding school in Wau, For High school flew to Brisbane each year into second boarding school,
After high School, got mechanic apprenticeship with Ela Motors Lae with Michael for 2 years then Ela Motors Madang for two more years before moving South to Australia and joined the Australian Army.
My parents spent 43 years in Asaro, Goroka and Kainantu before moving South to Australia.
Thank you very much for Your PNGVR Group for their service at the funeral and what they did to help me..
David Goldhardt
0439 662 241
[email protected]
Corporal
Army number 211359
