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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