Bega Show Society searching for servicemen's families

THE organisers of the Far South Coast National Show are calling for the descendants of the Bega Valley servicemen who died during World War 1 to step forward. The 142nd Bega Show will be officially opened on February 20 at 7pm by the NSW Governor, General David Hurley (Ret’d). It is most fitting he will open the Bega Show as this year is the 100th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. Part of the opening ceremony will be honouring the 185 servicemen from the Bega Valley who lost their lives in WW1, including in the Gallipoli campaign. The Bega Show Society is trying to contact as many descendant families of these 185 soldiers as possible and invite them to attend the official opening. A representative of each family will then place a handmade, ceramic Flanders poppy in a commemorative display. If you are a descendant and would like to join the proceedings, you can register with Bega Show Society secretary Narelle Griffin at begashowsecretary@hotmail.com or call her on 0427 921 452. RELATED ARTICLE The 185 servicemen from the Bega Valley known to have lost their lives in WW1 are: ALDRIDGE, Percival Charles ALLAN, WP ARMSTRONG, John Squire ASHWORTH, Victor Wadsworth BALDWIN, Christopher Davis BANKS-SMITH, Sydney Harold BEASLEY, Edward John BECK, Ferdinand BECK, Francis S BECK, Harold BECK, James BECK, James Aloysius BECK, Samuel BECKETT, John Raymond BELLCHAMBERS, William BISHOP, Harold McKay BLACK, Donald Mervyn BLACK, Norman Stanley BLACK, William Morton BLACKA, John Henry BLEAKLEY, William Leslie BLOMFIELD, Edwin Norton BOUQUET, Albert Herbert BRIMBLECOMBE, William BRITTEN, Joseph BROOKS, Raymond Clifford BROTHERTON, William Edward BROWN, Aubrey Edward Furnell BROWN, Donald BROWN, Kenneth George Adams BURTON, Arthur Herbert BUTLER, Sydney BYRNE, Thomas Francis Joseph CAMPBELL, Eric Courtney CHAPMAN, Henry Edward CLARKE, Henry John Thomas CLYNCH, Eric Henry James COCHRANE, Edward Gregg COLE, Alfred COLLET, Robert Stratford COLLINS, Cecil Lionel V. CORNELL, Samuel Thomas CROFT, William George CROUCH, Norman Russell CUNNINGHAM, Ernest Semple DAVIDSON, Roy DAWSON, Vivian Gwynne DAY, Albert James DAY, Donald Oswald DAY, Mark Ernest DEAN, Tom DONALDSON, Francis Patrick DUMMETT, Alfred DUNN, Alfred William George DUNN, Helier Leslie Cecil DUNN, William ELLIS, Clarence Millington ELLIS, Guy ELLIS, Raymond Stanley EVANS, Henry Oscar EVERSHED, Arthur Clifford FAWCETT, Cecil Stanley FILMER, Howard Stanley FLOWER, James Herbert FREEMAN, Harold Ernest GEILVOET, Cornelius GEOGHAN, Albert GLEESON, William Francis GORDON, James GOUGH, John Myles GOWARD, George Silvester GOWING, Benjamin Getty GRANT, Harold Ambrose GRANT, William James Robinson GREENWOOD, William John HAMILTON, John Leslie HARRISON, Percy Bertram HAVARD, Ernest Frederick HEFFERNAN, Bernard Joseph HENDERSON, Thomas William HIGGS, Joseph Albert HOBDEN, Noel Carlyle HUNT, Gladstone Montague HYDE, William James IRVIN, David George JAGGERS, Ambrose Campbell JESSOP, Charles Edward JOHNSON, Edgar Bootes JOHNSTON, Harry JOHNSTON, Robert Henry KAUTER, William KEBBY, James Charles KENNELLY, William KERR, Patrick James KOELLNER, David LAING, Thomas LAVINGTON, John LIVINGSTONE, D’Arcy York LONGHURST, Vincent James Martin LUCAS-TOOTH, Archibald Leonard Lucas LUCAS-TOOTH, Douglas Keith Lucas LUCAS-TOOTH, Selwyn Lucas McGREGOR, David Edward McMILES, Joseph Campbell McVEITY, William MEAD, Herbert Leslie MEAKER, Eric Edward MEEK, Cyril Wallace MEEK, Lancelot Gordon MOLONEY, William James MOORE, Percy Albert MORROW, George Frederick MUNN, Ronald Thompson MURPHY, T MURRAY, William Victor NICHOLLS, John Harold NUTLAND, Charles John O’REILLY, Donald Henry PEISLEY, Lindon George Albon PEISLEY, Oscar Henry PENDER, Leonard George PHEENEY, David PICKARD, Stanley James PRUSS, William Wallace John QUINLIVAN, John Patrick QUINLIVAN, William Joseph RAMSEY, Alfred Ernest RANDALL, Ronald James RANKIN, Alexander REED, Edward Ernest REID, Walter Francis RILEY, Frank RITCHIE, Eric Cecil Howard RITCHIE, Frank Lane RIXON, John Osborne Montague RIXON, Trevor Stuart ROBERTS, Herbert ROBINSON, Ernest Edward George ROBINSON, William John Lawrence ROOTSEY, John Thomas ROWELL, Thomas RUSSELL, Walter Herbert RYAN, Francis James Claude RYAN, Gordon Armstrong RYAN, Roy John Black SAWERS, Robert SCHAFER, Frederick James SCOTT, Kenneth Lindsay SECCOMBE, Walter Thomas Dyer SEVERS, Charles Bert SHARPE, Oscar Hargrave SHELLEY, John Edward SMITH, Charles Stephen SMITH, Frank Rupert SMITH, John Joseph SMITH, Robert Edwin John SMITH, Richard William SMITH, William STAPLETON, James Eden STAPLETON, John Francis STEWARD, David STRICKLAND, Leopold Arthur Alfred SUTHERLAND, James Alisine SUTHERLAND, William TARGETT, Ernest Wilford TASKER, Thomas William THATCHER, Sidney Rupert THELAN, William Francis THORNTON, Albert Francis TONKIN, William Spencer TRIGGELL, Peter WALKER, William Henry WALTER, Clement Wallace WENT, Albert Edward WEPPLER, Henry Robert WHELAN, Bernard James Dennis WHITE, Leslie Cecil Reginald WILKINSON, John WILLIAMS, Alfred Henry WILLIAMS, Edward WILLIAMS, Reginald John WILSON, James WORLAND, Norman Wallace WREN, Henry Erasmus YOUNG, William Stevenson

Bega Show Society searching for servicemen's families

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