For several years, the Bay of Plenty Branch of the 22 Battalion Association has held a Christmas Dinner at the RSA in Katikati. Here is a selection of photographs of the participants. The final Dinner, in 2010 was recorded by TVNZ and featured
on the TV1 Evening News on Sunday 5 December. There is a link to the newsclip below.
Katikati 2010
This dinner was attended by nearly 40 people, of which 13 were 22nd veterans. The event was recorded by a TVNZ cameraman, and the dinner featured on the evening news, for Sunday 5 December 2010.
You can download the TVNZ News item as a .FLV file
here or as an MP3 file here. Or you can play the file in the browser window below:
Back Row (L-R):
Des Flavall, Charles Purcell, Chuck Hausman, Malcolm Waller, Lionel Isted, Barry Bracewell Front Row: Jim Sherratt, Ned Nolan, Haddon Donald, Stu Southall, Doug Froggatt, Stewart Nairn, Barry Dods
Katikati 2009
Back Row (L-R):
Charles Purcell, Brian Smaller, Bill Lees, Malcolm Waller, Vern Pope, Des Flavall, Barry Dods, Barry Bracewell Front Row:Stu Southall, Jim Sherratt, Haddon Donald, Ned Nolan, Doug Froggatt, Stewart Nairn
Haddon Donald addressing the lunch
Katikati 2008
Back Row (L-R):
Charles Purcell, Bill Lees, Stewart Nairn, Des Flavall, Vern Pope, Malcolm Waller, Brian Smaller, Barry Dods, Doug Froggatt Front Row:
Jim Sherratt, Stu Southall, Haddon Donald, Lloyd Cross, Henry McRae, Ralph Steele, Ned Nolan
Katikati 2007
Back Row (L-R):
Barry Dods, Mark Knight, Henry McRae, Des Flavall, Vern Pope, Stewart Nairn, Scotty McMillan, Doug Froggatt Front Row:
Brian Smaller, Ned Nolan, Ralph Steele, Haddon Donald, Lloyd Cross, Jim Sherratt, Stu Southall
Katikati 2006
Back Row (L-R):
Gordon Hudson, Barry Dods, Des Flavall, Doug Froggatt, Charles Purcell Middle Row: Bryan Smaller, Vern Pope, Ralph Steele, Mark Knight, Keith Martin, Stewart Nairn Front Row: Alec Saunders, Henry McCrae, Ned Nolan, Lloyd Cross, Jim Sherratt, Stu Southall