Bill and I recently went down to Bright as we have been doing for the past 15 years or so, but this time we took a detour to Mathoura- only an extra 400km! The purpose was to visit Mathoura, which is the town that Bill's grandfather lived before heading off to World War 1. He was working in the bank, left to go to WW1, then returned to Mathoura and became the bank manager. The town of Mathoura presented all those who returned from WW1 with a gold watch that Bill now has. Bill had been in contact with a local historian, who had sent Bill a newspaper article about the presentation so this was a chance for us to stand in the hall and see where this event happened. Eric Swanston Frost, responded on behalf of all the diggers according to the article. So we saw the place, took a photo of the building we think may have been the bank residence when he was living in Mathoura. Quite an interesting stop.
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