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On hearing the news Dawson Kwauk, then Managing Director of the Swire Group in Taiwan,
had the company flag on their headquarters in Taipei lowered to half-mast. Later he
visited the grave of "Uncle Findlay, my beloved mentor" at Woodlawn Cemetery where he
found that, rather fittingly, GFA lay close behind the graves of soldiers who fell in the two
world wars.
Woodlawn Cemetery
Looking back over his life, we realize that this man, who heard and followed a different
drumbeat, accomplished some extraordinary achievements, participated in some spine
chilling adventures, and experienced some personal tragedies in a life dedicated to
following where his Drummer called.
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On hearing the news Dawson Kwauk, then Managing Director of the Swire Group in Taiwan,
had the company flag on their headquarters in Taipei lowered to half-mast. Later he
visited the grave of "Uncle Findlay, my beloved mentor" at Woodlawn Cemetery where he
found that, rather fittingly, GFA lay close behind the graves of soldiers who fell in the two
world wars.
Woodlawn Cemetery
Looking back over his life, we realize that this man, who heard and followed a different
drumbeat, accomplished some extraordinary achievements, participated in some spine
chilling adventures, and experienced some personal tragedies in a life dedicated to
following where his Drummer called.
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