Bro Frank Bewley of Trinity Lodge 9165 was born on May 25th 1931, now aged 85 and settled in Kettering with his wife Sylvia. VWBro Trevor Boswell DPGM recently presented Bro Frank with his 50 years in Freemasonry Certificate.
Frank was initiated into Freemasonry at Scarborough Temperance Lodge under the UGL of Queensland Australia. Upon moving to New South Wales he became a member of the Sydney St. George Lodge, becoming Senior Warden before returning to the UK. He was a joining member of the Bullbrook Lodge, subsequently joining Brookmans Park Lodge in Cheshunt and Trinity Lodge in Kettering.
Frank served in the Fleet Air Arm as a Petty Officer and saw service in the Korean War on board HMS Glory with 821 Squadron in 1948 until medically discharged in 1961. Last year Frank was delighted to attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace as a war veteran.
From 1961 to 1964 he worked as an aircraft engineer with Handley Page at RAF Honington and in January 1964 he emigrated to Australia and worked as an aircraft engineer with Trans Australia airline in Brisbane and from 1967 until 1977 he was with Hawker de Havilland in New South Wales.
On returning to the UK in 1977 he joined British Aerospace as Head of Quality Engineering and subsequently Quality Audit Manager until retiring in 1993.
All Frank and Sylvia's children reside in Queensland and Sydney, Australia while in the UK Frank and Sylvia are co-ordinators for Neighbourhood Watch at their home in Kettering.