Arrangements: Darren Bokenham

Huzzah!



First of all to get to this point it has taken a lot of effort by a lot of
people. The sheer logistics of tidying up loose ends has certainly taken its
toll. Thank you to you all. All of Darren's personal business has been
arranged.



Funeral in Warwick:



His Funeral will be held at the Warwick Uniting Church, 11am Friday the 6th
of January. The church is located at the Cnr of Guy and Fitzroy St's in
Warwick. The service will be open to all, and will have eulogies spoken by
Darren's friends and colleagues.



There will be no formal escort for the service, before or after. The service
will be followed by a 'Staintune salute' that will be prepared with the
bikes on the day. This service will be followed by drinks and a light supper
provided generously by the church.



For those that are coming from Brisbane, a mass ride is planned; IT WILL
LEAVE AT 8AM SHARP from the McDonalds at Goodna. There are no stops planned
so come prepared and fully fuelled, bike and rider (It may well be hot- be
hydrated). It will take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes depending on
traffic and will cover the 135km in one stretch. It will be taken at the
speed limit, no less and no more. Cars are welcome to follow as of course
many will be in hire cars. Please if you can, tie black ribbon to your left
mirror in tribute. Could representatives of your respective ride groups
please email me approximate numbers of attendees of both the ride and
service to:



NO STUPID RIDING WILL BE TOLERATED; THE POLICE AND MEDIA HAVE BEEN INFORMED
OF THE RIDE. We will be riding as one group and we expect everyone to stay
as one group.



There are obviously people coming in from many places, those that are
staying in Warwick are invited to simply show up at the service or if they
wish to join the mass ride from Brisbane whether they tack on somewhere
along the route (suggest Cunningham's Gap) or leave Warwick very early and
then return with the ride the full distance. We will not stop to pick you
up, so be ready to join on the back of the group.



The family has arranged the funeral and have requested no floral tributes
and instead have asked that anyone who wishes to make a contribution please
make that to the Steven Walter Fund, who arrange the Snowy ride every year -
http://www.snowyride.com.au.



Please contact myself at: if you or your ride group would
like to make a donation. The Bank account details are as follows:



Bank: Westpac

Name: Chris Coote

BSB: 034081

A/C: 194622

(Please ensure any deposits are identified as 'For Boky')





Service in Sydney:



It is planned to have a memorial service in Sydney at the Granville RSL
Auditorium at 5pm. It is on Memorial Drive, Granville. You are welcome to
have a drink or two afterwards at the RSL club. This service will be for
those that cannot make it to Warwick, for his fellow army servicemen and
friends.





To finish, these arrangements will only work if you work with everyone else
as a team. Ask questions, pay attention and ride appropriately. The end
result will be worth your efforts. Boky was a precision rider!



Regards,





Chris Coote

 

The Service in Sydney is on the 13th of January. apologies.


CC, Kitten, Birdman and Peka