© Eddie Budgen

For the 548/549 squadron reunion and memorial service held at Petrie in April 1998

There’s a hole in the ground.You can see it still there.
the ghost of a pilot, my soul it can feel.

As a kid I remember and still see the time
My heroes on high,

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© Eddie Budgen

James Davis of Scotland was transported to Sydney in 1824 aged 12 years to serve seven years, convicted for stealing half a crown from a church collection.

He escaped into Bush north of Brisbane and for the next 14 years lived with the natives and was known by his native name as Duramboi.Returning to Brisbane iheopened a blacksmith shop.

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