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Howard, John

Period of Service: 11/03/1996 - 03/12/2007
Release Date:
05/08/1999
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
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Released by:
  • Howard, John Winston
MEMORIAL SERVICE IN SWITZERLAND

His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir William Deane AC KBE will,

as he indicated, attend the ecumenical memorial service at Interlaken

in Switzerland next Thursday, 5 August 1999.

The service will also be attended by Senator The Hon John Herron,

Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs who is

currently in Europe and has already visited many of the survivors

of the canyoning tragedy.

During the absence of the Governor-General, Major General Philip Michael

Jeffery AC MC, Governor of the State of Western Australia, will be

Administrator of the Commonwealth.

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