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| cont ... “I could be talking about football, couldn’t I? Relentlessly honing skills, eye on the ball, choosing the right option: that is the recipe for survival.” At the ceremony for Charles Edmondson on Friday 8 February at Rookwood Cemetery a signed Swans guernsey, scarf and cap covered his coffin and “up there Cazaly”, “cheer, cheer the red and white” and the “The Last Post” were played, it was how he would have wanted it. The thoughts of everyone at the Swans are with Charles Edmondson’s family. You have lost a father, a grandfather, a great grandfather, and a mate - we have lost one of our greatest supporters. May you rest in peace Charles. ------------------------- ----------------------- Remiss of us not to acknowledge the passing of a great man and Swan. R I P Charles Edmondson. |
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| sydneyswans.com.au The Sydney Swans this week paid tribute to foundation member and life-long supporter Charles Edmondson, who passed away on February 1, aged 92. While growing up in Wodonga on the NSW-Victorian border, Charles Edmondson was the sole South Melbourne supporter surrounded by Collingwood fans but, from the age of nine, he took on the Magpie army with gusto, proudly wearing his red and white. Nothing would stop Charles getting to see his beloved Swans and in 1933, at the age of 18, he cycled more than 300km to be there when the Swans beat Richmond to win the 1933 grand final. He had to wait another 72 years before, as a guest of the Club, he got to see his Swans win the next grand final, beating West Coast in 2005. He was 90 years-old at the time. In 1940, Charles Edmondson completed his flying training in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and served in Squadron 451, stationed in the Middle East. He then served in Cypress, before transferring to the RAAF as a Wing Commander and serving in a special squad flying Mustangs in Italy. After the war, Mr Edmondson worked in a range of roles, including being employed on the Snowy Hydro Scheme and as the General Manager of the Royal Aero Club at Bankstown Airport. Mr Edmondson and his late wife Catherine relocated to Sydney in 1982, and became foundation members of the Sydney Swans after the Club had relocated from South Melbourne. In 2004, Mr Edmondson was a guest speaker at the Swans’ guernsey presentation dinner and told of his long-time passion for the club and the similarities he saw between a football team and a fighter squadron. “In many ways, a fighter squadron reminds me of a football team,” he said. “Same age group, about 26 pilots at full strength to a fighter squadron, a need to practise one’s skills over and over and over again until one is doing everything purely by instinct. “In an emergency, survival could well for us depend on choosing the right option. |
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