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R.I.P Allan Dunford

kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 25 March 2013 9:29:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		A very dear friend of mine passed away today. Many of you will have known Allan & you may have bought some mining gear from him over the years. He was bringing in Proline dredging gear & also the chinese motors plus numerous other stuff. Allan had been battling a brain tumour for the last few years. It slowly took his breath away & today was his last. On the forums he went by the avatar of Fudnz & on trademe as Snuffy. We spent many a day up the Kyeburn, German Creek, the Hogburn just to name a few places. Spent many a day detecting up in the mountains. Allan shared my wife & mines wedding day up in Skippers seven years ago. My wife & I paid him a final visit on saturday evening. He didnt know we were there but we talked to him, held & rubbed his hand & baid him farewell amongst tears & thoughts of the good times we spent together. He will be sadly missed. Rest in peace my dear friend & leave some nuggets for me in the great goldfield in the sky. Allan Dunford JW

number8wire		Posted : Monday, 25 March 2013 10:03:47 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Truly sad and sorry for the loss of your close friend kiwijw. I didn't have the privilege of knowing him but I am in no doubt that he was certainly a true gentleman and a genuine lifetime friend. Trust me when I say that I'm positive he would have known you were there at his side on Saturday night, having been through similar circumstances with a close friend myself. He would have felt every loving memory shared, and in his own way, reminisced with you about all those great times together. Gone but never forgotten.
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5AMP		Posted : Tuesday, 26 March 2013 8:36:42 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 3/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 57 Location: wellington Thanks: 105 times Was thanked: 16 time(s) in 11 post(s)		Allan was a really nice guy -one of nature's gentlemen-he taught me how to sluice and many other things. My condolences to his family. I wont forget him.

overdog		Posted : Tuesday, 26 March 2013 5:03:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		Sorry to hear that John. Always hard when a good man goes.

Hogburn		Posted : Tuesday, 26 March 2013 6:52:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 24/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: Mosgiel, Otago Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 8 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Thanks for your post kiwijw. Allan, as it has been said above, was a true gentleman. Between him and Sean (LepreSean), they both got me hooked on gold back in the early 90's as a youngster up the Hogburn in Naseby (hence my avatar "Hogburn")! RIP Allan.