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RIP Trevor Ford

To: Phil Gregory <>
Subject: RIP Trevor Ford
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 03:34:53 +0000
Sad to hear, Phil.

Carl Clifford


> On 31 Aug 2015, at 1:06 pm, Phil Gregory <> wrote:
>
> Just back from PNG, and very sad to hear that my birding mate Trevor Ford 
> died peacefully with his wife Kym beside him on Aug 22; he had been under 
> treatment for cancer for the past 18 months but seemed to be responding well, 
> to the extent of planning trips again and debating taxonomy issues. Sadly he 
> had a massive relapse about a month ago and never recovered. He and I did 
> trips to Sulawesi and Halmahera, PNG, and just last year Socotra, Kuwait and 
> Dubai.
> Kym will be scattering his ashes in various favourite birding spots, 
> including of course Buckley's Hole on Bribie Island, for which he penned an 
> excellent booklet. I shall miss him, RIP mate.
> Phil Gregory
> ornithological writer/ bird guide/ tour organizer
>
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> Website 2: Http://www.cassowary-house.com.au
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