How cool, Graham, to know so much of your family history and to understand the trials and challenges they faced. You must have been surprised to hear the guy on the radio mentioning your family!
*Paul LeBoutillier * *www.hondanighthawks.net <http://www.hondanighthawks.net/>* Honda Nighthawk Lovers Email group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nighthawk_lovers> 2015-04-25 16:49 GMT-06:00 Graham Rogers <[email protected]>: > > > About 10.30 Sunday morning on the east coast of New Zealand. > > Yesterday was ANZAC day in New Zealand with ceremonies and parades all > over the country. ANZAC Day commemorates the landing at Gallipol in WW1 by > Australian and New Zealand troops. This year is the 100th anniversary so it > is twice as big as usual. TV and radio broadcasting documentaries and > speeches all day. I was in the car listening to a national radio broadcast > speech when the speaker talked about one family of five brothers, all in > WW1. George Millard was killed at Gallipoli, Albert was gassed in France, > Matthew was bayoneted in the chest but lived, Walter was severely wounded. > He and Matthew died in a mental hospital after the war. William was a POW > in Russia and Poland. > William and his wife Dora, cleared bush and farmed after the war until he > retired in the 50s to a small house in a seaside town on the west coast of > New Zealand. William and Dora Millard had five children, three girls and > two boys, the oldest boy, Dick, fought along side his father in WW2. Dick > committed suicide in the 80's. Elsie or Nell as she was called, the middle > girl, married Trevor Rogers .... My father. William Millard was my > grandfather. > So what's this got to do with motorcycles? I've passed several on the > road ..... > Graham > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
