Trevor Davies (1956 - 2011)
Trevor Davies was one of the founding members of REDWatch and served on the REDWatch Coordinating committee up until his sudden death on 14th June 2011. He was the long term secretary of the Darlington ALP Branch, an Elder of the South Sydney Uniting Church. co-editor of the South Sydney Herald among his very many other activities. Here we have gathered some material about Trevor's contribution to the community and some links to other information and tributes. Vale Trevor Davies.
The Funeral Service for Trevor Davies will be held at 10am on Thursday June 23, 2011 at Pitt Street Uniting Church, 264 Pitt St, Sydney (near to corner of Pitt & Park Streets and a block from Town Hall Station). The service will be followed by refreshments until 1pm.
This notice has the details for Trevor Davies Funeral. Please run off a copy and place it in a prominent location to let people who may have known Trevor know about the funeral. PDF 111KB.
The South Sydney Herald in July 2011 did a for page wrap around "In Memory of Trevor Davies (May 25, 1956 - June 14, 2011) - Founder and News Editor". We have extracted the wrap so this material with peoples memories of Trevor can be made available on the REDWatch website. The full version of the SSH can be found at www.southsydneyherald.com.au. This material and other tributes in text form will also be added to www.southsydneyuniting.org.au. The File is 363KB PDF.
A BBQ gathering to discuss a fitting memorial for Trevor Davies and to raise some funds towards will be held on Saturday 26th November 2011 from 12 Midday to 2.00pm at Charles Kernan Reserve Darlington. Options raised in SSH include a Trevor bench in Darlington and more recently a suggestion that Sydney Uni should name a new park in its Abercrombie Street redevelopment after Trevor. It has also been suggested that there should be a campaign in memory of Trevor for an accessible Redfern Station. Join the discussion by attending this BBQ.
A BBQ gathering to discuss a fitting memorial for Trevor Davies and to raise some funds towards it was organised for Saturday 26th November 2011 from 12 Midday to 2.00pm at Charles Kernan Reserve Darlington. Options raised in SSH include a Trevor bench in Darlington and more recently the suggestion that Sydney Uni should name a new park in its Abercrombie Street redevelopment after Trevor. It has also been suggested that there should be a campaign in memory of Trevor for an accessible Redfern Station. The attached leaflet has been put together by some Darlington people interested in progressing a memorial for Trevor. File is 117 KB PDF
Save the date – A gathering of family and friends in memory of Trevor Davies:
A plarque to Trevor Davies is now opposite to the Abercrombie Street entrance to Charles Kernan Reserve. The text was written by Rev Dorothy McRae McMahon. It was delivered as part of the Abercrombie Street upgrade by City of Sydney Council which was launched by LOrd Mayor Clover Moore on 24 July 2015.
This is a photo of the wording on the memorial plarque to Trevor Davies is now opposite to the Abercrombie Street entrance to Charles Kernan Reserve. The text was written by Rev Dorothy McRae McMahon. It was delivered as part of the Abercrombie Street upgrade by City of Sydney Council which was launched by LOrd Mayor Clover Moore on 24 July 2015.
