Hundreds farewell Kanahooka man Gavin Roberts at Kembla Grange funeral: photos

Kate McIlwain
Updated July 8 2016 - 6:12pm, first published July 5 2016 - 6:00pm

As Nathan Roberts said a teary goodbye at the airport before his brother Gavin jetted off to start work in the UK early this year, the pair made a promise that Gavin would return home, no matter what.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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