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July 14, 2014
A special evening will be held in the Kingaroy next week for families of local soldiers honoured during a recent trip to Europe.
A South Burnett delegation – which included Council and RSL representatives – placed small red poppies on graves and memorials of local residents at World War I battle sites in Belgium.
The “poppy trail” took place before the delegation headed to the Netherlands for the Patrick Tiernan commemoration ceremonies in Dodewaard.
The “Place a Poppy” presentation evening will be held on Wednesday, July 23, at the Kingaroy Town Hall.
Before the delegation left for overseas, it gathered together requests from local families to honour their war dead.
Special packages have now been prepared for each family with copies of photographs of the sites.
Author Liz Caffery has also prepared a limited-edition photobook, “Poppies For Remembrance”, which will be launched on the night.
Murgon SHS captains Geoffrey Kinsella and Kirsten Upton, who accompanied the delegation overseas, have been invited to compere the evening.
Liz will also show a Powerpoint presentation she has prepared.
The evening will officially launch the photobook, and copies will be available on the night to purchase.
Hardbound copies are $100 or spiral-bound copies are $50.
There will only be limited supplies available at this price; orders will also be taken on the night if all copies are sold for $105 (hardbound) or $60 (spiral).
Liz said a number of people had been invited to attend the evening.
Yarraman resident and former Halifax bomber crewman Paul Tunn, who took part in the same World War II bombing raid in which Patrick Tiernan died, will be a special guest.
Other families to be represented include relatives of Private Jack Hunter, from Nanango, whose remains were identified and reburied 90 years after he was killed near Ypres.
The evening is open to the public but RSVPs are requested.
Contact Bronwyn Barry on (07) 4189-9155 or by email before next Monday (July 21).
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