Geoffrey John Coombs was born in Smithton Tasmania on December 25 1945. He was the eldest of six children, to Marie and Harry Coombes. At the age of 21, Coombes enlisted for the Australian Army, where he joined the 3 Troop 1st Field Squadron and headed off to defend his country and allies in Vietnam. Coombs was deployed as an Engineer, otherwise known exclusively as a ‘Tunnel...
The Stanley Chamber of Commerce is set for a minor shake-up with the departure of former Chairperson, Bernard Atkins, who stepped down from the role at their recent AGM, held in June. Mr Atkins was the original Chairperson of the chamber when it was formed in 2005. Since then he has been at the helm for 15 out of 17 years that the chamber has been in existence. What began as a vision to...