A FAMILY get-together, the discovery of a locally known war veteran’s story and a new home for a plethora of valuable war records – all made possible as connections more than 1200 kilometres apart, finally came together.

Kerry Spencer, OAM, of the Gosford RSL branch in New South Wales, headed to the south-west to meet with Kaye and Wayne Annett and the Casterton RSL’s Barry Kent, to pass on the war medals and records of the late Keith Baggs, who went to school in Bahgallah and then served Australia during the Second World War, many years after.