Dear
Richard
John (Gunner) Hargreaves as at 3 Aug 2006.
I had a telecon a week or so ago with Wendy, John`s wife, and the latest
is that John is now permanently in a residential home and steadily getting
worse. Apparently he has wide mood swings and becoming quite anti-social
at times; it seems the time may be approaching when he will have to
be transferred to more secure accommodation. Visitors cannot expect
to be sure of a welcome reception. Barry Radford, who for long has been
a great help to John & Wendy, now finds himself black-listed by
John for some unfathomable reason, which is very sad all round. Wendy
says the condition is Vascular Dementia which is irreversible and holds
out virtually no hope of any improvement in his condition.
In case it may be of interest I`ve dug out of the ditty-box a
[pic. of John & I] taken up
on the after GDP of LION just after we had sailed from Bathurst from
the Independence ceremony in Feb 1965. I was the BM & John was my
BSgt and a very loyal one too. We had probably just enjoyed our Tot-
those were the days!
All the best Terry Freestone
John's
home address is - 5 Longfield Avenue, Timperley, Altringham, Cheshire.
WA15 7BZ
