Shooting incedent

[henniek]

Many years ago , around about 1980 - a young man shot himself with his farthers R1 army rifle. Can anybody remember who he was ?
The surname  ? Hucker seems to stuck in my mind..  as the young man who died tragically years ago. Can any else one remember the incedent ?

[Patricia Lotte]

I remember that. i think it was Stephen Hucker. They lived in 3rd, or maybe 2nd avenue at the time. Very sad incident.

[Michael Alexander]

At that stage they actually had moved to 7th avenue, to the house next to the shopping centre...... Stephen's dad, Dave Hucker was a member on this forum until his own death at the beginning of this year.....

[henniek]

Thanks Patricia and Michael , Yes Dave and Helen Hucker lived in no 22 /3rd Ave
Four houses away from Peter and Lee Poole , 16/ 3rd Ave . They moved to 7th ave shortly before the incedent . But I can not remember the year

[Julian Laubser]

The year is quite correct and the name seems familiar. I returned to Omund in 1979 to work on no 2 Plant and that was a big story going around at that time.Niel Bennet , the pipe smoker , and also avid member of the gun club knew of the story well. He however also passed away due to illness not long after I left in 1981.He was a great guy passed away in Milnerton Hospital area .