Sportsman Horrie Hubble
Horrie was a wonderful sportsman and active in Maryborough sporting clubs and Fire Brigade. He also organised 7th Battalion reunions in Maryborough for 30 years with up to 300 people attending in the early days.
Horrie passed away in 2007 and his obituary gives us an insight into the man and his life.
Globetrotter Bruce Mackenzie
Bruce Mackenzie served as a signalman during the war, initally with thr 11th Motor Regiment and in 1944 transferred to the 7th Battalion two weeks before they were posted overseas.
Bruce was interviewed twice by his local paper - once when he turned 90 in 2008 and again in 2009 after returning from a trip to Canberra to participate in the dedication of the 7th Battalion's plaque at the Australian War Memorial.
Both stories can be read here.