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Leslie Averill ceremony in Le Quesnoy

Leslie Averill ceremony in Le Quesnoy

Leslie Averill (far left) attends the ceremony, in 1977, to mark the naming of a new school and street after him. Gordon Parkinson of the New Zealand Embassy in Paris is fourth from the left.

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le quesnoy liberation
france
1970s
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G.N. Parkinson

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Bernard AARTS

Posted: 09 Aug 2011

I am a French-Australian citizen living in SYDNEY-AUSTRALIA and born (1945)in GHISSIGNIES par le QUESNOY. I went to HIGH SCHOOL and played SOCCER in LE QUESNOY. On this picture, I have recognized Paul RAOULT (front row, sixth from the left) the actual MAYOR of LE QUESNOY. Apparently, LE QUESNOY is a sister city of CAMBRIDGE (Northern island of NZ). Please, could you confirm. I would like, eventually, to make a personal visit to New Zealand (CAMBRIDGE ?) for ANZAC DAY in 2012. I would be grateful, if you could put me in contact with the people organising the ANZAC DAY event ...