Local Identity Passes On

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Local identity, Jim Bavin, passed away today.

Some days ago, Jim was travelling in his gopher, on his way out of Duidgee Park when he moved onto the grass to avoid a step. The gopher capsized, leaving him with a broken hip and in a lot of pain.

Jim was eventually taken to Royal Perth Hospital where he was to have an operation to repair the damage. Complications set in and he was put into intensive care. He was released from IC yesterday, Tuesday, but passed away this morning.

Jim was a well-known figure around Toodyay. When he first arrived, he was a volunteer bush fire fighter and was on many committees for volunteer organisations around town. Jim was a member of the committee of The Toodyay Herald and a valuable volunteer, helping month after month proof-reading and putting the paper together.

On behalf of The Toodyay Herald I would like to extend our condolences to Jim's family for their loss. He will be sorely missed.