Wollongong Legacy lunch a big help

Greg Ellis
Updated August 30 2016 - 7:47pm, first published 5:30pm
Legacy: Anthony Perkiss, Peter Fitzsimons, Sophie Barnes and David Swan. Picture: Greg Ellis.
Legacy: Anthony Perkiss, Peter Fitzsimons, Sophie Barnes and David Swan. Picture: Greg Ellis.

Peter FitzSimons may have been the keynote speaker for an annual event in Wollongong that traditionally launches Legacy Appeal Week. But like everyone else in the room he was impressed with another speaker. Among those who took to the stage at the 2016 Legacy Luncheon at City Diggers was South Coast Legacy junior legatee Sophie Barnes, 17, who recently returned from being given an opportunity to lay a wreath beneath the Arc de Triomphe as part of Centenary of Pozieres.

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Greg Ellis

Greg Ellis

Business Editor

Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.

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