Last Week’s Meeting:
 
Last week our guest speaker was Patrick Ferry, who was accompanied by his wife Janet.
Patrick is a professional archivist with the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne, which sounds
like an interesting topic in itself. 
 
He is also an historian and has written two books about St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Pakenham.  He has also written a book about World War 1 volunteers from the Pakenham District called: “A Century After the Guns Fell Silent”.
 
Patrick gave an extremely interesting and entertaining talk about the book with particular reference to some of the well known local identities and their families. It is an excellent book and was contracted for distribution to Historical Societies, Libraries and was not for sale to the public.
 
Free copies were given to families of the WW1 veterans featured in the book. The book can be accessed on the internet through:  pakenhamww1.com
 
Patrick is currently research for another book about people from the Pakenham District who served in World War 2.  
 
Report Courtesy of Ken Rook...
 
   
 
 
Oh and of course we had our usual Jokers Wild with our guest speakers wife drawing the winning ticket
 
 
And of course all that attended and those that did not attend were bitterly disappointed that our illustrious Secretary was unable to find the Joker.
 
Or were THEY ????