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BENJAMIN S. TAYLOR
OAM, born 17 July 1927 – death 1st January 2012 The Board of
Directors and Staff of Deaf Sports Australia wishes to express our deepest
sorrow at the passing of our Life Member, Benjamin (Ben) Taylor OAM on late Sunday
1 January 2012.
Ben was a long time delegate and director of the then
Australian Deaf Sports Federation and Secretary of the Australian Deaf Lawn
Bowls Association. He also served as President and Secretary for New South Wales
Deaf Sports Association and New South Wales Deaf Lawn Bowls Association.
Mr. Ben was also Secretary / Organizing Committee Member for
the very first Australian Deaf Games, held in Sydney in 1964/65 and as Team
Manager, led the Australian Team at the 1989 World Games for the Deaf in
Christchurch, New Zealand, the 1999 World Deaf Lawn Bowls Championships in Durban,
South Africa and the Australian Deaf Cricket Team when India toured Australia
in the mid 1980s.
He was also actively involved with Ash-field Bowling Club
and Burwood Bowling Club in various capacities. He was made a Member of the
Order of Australia
in 2001 and his citation read, for service to deaf and hearing impaired people,
particularly through the Australian Deaf Lawn Bowls Association, and to lawn
bowls.
Ben was also awarded Life Membership of Deaf Sports
Australia, Deaf Lawn Bowls Australia, Deaf Cricket Australia, New South Wales Deaf
Lawn Bowls Association and the Deaf Society of New South Wales. Deaf Sports
Australia will always remember Ben’s period consisting on 60 years of
contribution to Deaf Sports Australia. We are forever appreciative of his
services.
Our sincere condolences to Ben’s wife, Beryl, his daughters
Diana and Jane, and their families. May God rest his soul.
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