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Lyall & Ethlyn Freshney were both awarded a BEM in the 1982 Queen's Bithday Honours List for community service as house parents at the Roland Boys Home (then the Roland Children's Home). Roland childrens services now relocated to Romaine Park.

FRESHNEY Lyall Thomas 27.12.1929 - 10.12.17

Devoted, faithful and loving husband to Ethlyn. An amazing, loving and inspiring father to all his children and their partners. Much loved and adored grandfather and great grandfather.

A true friend to all.

A committed servant

to the Lord.
Published in The Examiner on Dec. 13, 2017

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Birthday December 27, 1929

  • The temperature on December 27, 1929 was between 0.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
    • June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
    • June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
    • July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
    • October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
    • November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.

Day of death December 10, 2017

  • The average temperature on December 10, 2017 was 1.1 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
    • May 27 » Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
    • June 14 » London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
    • July 28 » Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
    • September 19 » The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
    • November 21 » Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
    • December 4 » The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.


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