To describe someone as “well respected” after their passing does not do justice to how much regard the fullbore shooting sport in Australia and around the...
Graeme Walton Berman (1931-2023)
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Obituaries
John Henry Collinson OAM (1928 – 2022)
John Collinson OAM was born at Flemming, Victoria, on 12 January 1928 and grew up at Steels Creek, North-East of Melbourne. Steels Creek is a very small...
Glencairn Perrin (1931-2022)
Glencairn Donald Perrin was born on the 18th December, 1931 in Toowoomba and resided in Cambooya for almost 80 of his 90 years. He passed away...
Eric Thompson (1930 – 2022)
Eric lived and loved his rifle shooting, but as a young man one of his ambitions was to play VFL football with St Kilda, but a knee injury ended that dream....
Keith Sadler (1936 – 2022)
It is with sadness that we report long standing WARA and SWDRA Life Member,Keith Sadler passed away on 5th November, aged 86 years. Keith was an active...
Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ John Abel (1933 – 2022)
(11 December 1933 – 8 August 2022) Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Abel was born in Herberton, North Queensland, and not long after his birth his parents moved to Townsville...
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Tom ‘Top Cat’ Canty (1935 – 2021)
(Eulogy delivered by Leigh Marett, Natives Rifle Club) Tom was born in Leongatha, Victoria in 1935, The youngest of 4 children and the only boy.I met Tom in the late 1970s, when I was in my teens. To me he made quite an impression, a good shot, and a hard competitor,...
Peter Hallett (1933 – 2021)
16 March 1933 - 30 May 2021 Peter Hallett will stay in the record books as one of Victoria’s finest marksmen. Born in the small country town of Kyabram, he holds the record of the highest score ever shot on the Williamstown Rifle Range with a .303 rifle in 1968. His...
James Wishart OAM (1925-2020)
One of Tasmania's finest and most respected rifle shooters, Mr James Wessing Wishart - B Sc, F.R.A.C.I., C Chem, OAM, passed away on the 21st July 2020. James was born on the 3rd of July 1925, the only son of James and Charlotte Wishart. James started shooting at a...
Peter Evans (1952-2020)
In recent times I have informed my fellow shooters and friends of the sad passing of so many great shooters, each time it seems to get harder to put into words you feelings and thoughts, the longer you have known a person the harder it is to put words to paper this is...
Barry Saunders (1939-2020)
Mr. Barry Saunders passed away on the 12th of April 2020, he was aged 81. Barry was a well respected rifle shooter who started shooting with the TRA back in 1957. His first club was Evandale which he became captain and a Life member, later on he joined Campbell Town...
Andrew Cowlrick (1953-2019)
It is always a sad day when we lose one of our fellow shooters and Andrew Cowlrick was definitely one of them. Andrew was born in New Zealand on September 21, 1953. Andrew came to Tasmania in the 1970’s where he joined the Queenstown RC, and was also a member of the...
Robert Richards-Mousley (1930-2019)
Vale Rob Richards-Mousley. Born in Thebarton. 6/8/1930 – 16/9/2019 For many of us the years are a lifetime, but for one man, the years are just some and a few more. Robert Richards-Mousley, a young Sheep Station Manager, loved shooting. In May of 1958, he decided to...