Dear all,

The Rumbelow and Descendants weekend is at the end of the month. Progress continues as  the Committee firms up the program for the weekend of 29/30 March.  

Tickets 

Attendance is pleasing. At present there are some 100 or so registered to attend the functions  planned for the weekend. If you haven’t purchased your ticket, for our planning the sooner the  better, please. The Encounter Bay Football Club Function Room caters for 200 (in comfort). 

https://www.rumbelow.net/tickets 

Event Information / Program 

All information regarding the Event, Program, Exhibition and Histories are available on the Rumbelow.net website. Everyone interested is invited to review this central source and provide updates or additional items if necessary.

https://www.rumbelow.net/events/2025/program  

Sunday Program 

An addition to the Sunday program, following the Cairn Ceremony, is the Peter Rumbelow will conduct a walking tour of the Peter Matthews Exhibition at the Encounter Bay football Club. The talk will commence at 1.00pm on Sunday. 

https://www.rumbelow.net/events/2025/cairn 

Memorabilia Display

Relatives and guests are welcome to display memorabilia or artifacts concerning Rumbelow and descendants on Sunday 30th March. Items are to be arranged on tables provided. Guest are encouraged to include label and provide a note about the items significant and providence (if able).

Should you have memorabilia such  as Certificates of Awards, awarded by the Government, The Royal Humane Society, or similar, please  consider displaying it with the Peter Matthews Collection. An accompanying photograph of the  presentation, if available, would be appreciated.

It is anticipated major valor awards will be displayed alongside the Peter Matthews  Collection. Other items may be displayed on designated tables with the clubrooms. Valor Awards, once provided, can be photographed and included on the Rumbelow.net website.  Once recorded they are available for all to see and remain indefinitely. 

https://www.rumbelow.net/events/2025/memorabilia 

Portrait Reprints Available 

Authorised reprints of the paintings from John Ford and the Peter Matthews Collection will be available. 

Pre-paid orders can be made now at https://www.rumbelow.net/reprints 

Prestonjee Bomanjee 1854 Artwork by John Ford OAM 

John Ford our artist for the 2005 150 Reunion and painter of the Front Cover of  “The Rumbelows of Encounter Bay”, will be in residence. He is producing a painting of the “Pestonjee Bomanjee” the barque which conveyed our forebears to Port Adelaide. 

This original painting will be the subject of a “Silent Auction” over the Saturday Dinner. https://www.rumbelow.net/events/2025/auction 

Victor Harbor Primary School 

Matt leaves no stone unturned. His enquiry with the Victor Harbor Primary School, regarding Rumbelow House, one of the four houses within the school, has an enquiry for students to visit the Peter Matthews Exhibition on Friday 28 March. 

The  VHPS wishes to appoint a representative of the Rumbelow Descendants in an advisory capacity.

In Memorium Pte. Frank Rumbelow - (1885 - 1918)

Died in Action – Western Front 1917 

Frank Harris Rumbelow was born on 26th March 1885. He enlisted in the 48th Battalion, Australian  Infantry, AIF, in August 1915. Frank had 12 months’ military experience with the 22nd Light Horse  prior to joining the 1st AIF and in January 1916 he embarked on the HMAT Borda from Adelaide to  sail to Suez. He then joined the 48th Battalion and sailed to Marseilles in June 1916 to join the  British Expeditionary Force. 

On 7th August 1916 he was wounded in action in France and admitted to a field hospital with a  gunshot wound to the head. He was later transferred to England and went to a hospital in  Birmingham. He was discharged from hospital in October 1916, convalesced, and then returned to  France in December.  

On 12th October 1917 he was reported missing in action, and this was later upgraded to killed in  action in April 1918 aged 23. He is named in Belgium at the Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon  Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen. 

Frank was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. 

Frank Rumbelow shares the same birthdate as the Event Secretary Matt Rumbelow.

Any Questions? Please Contact Your Committee 

• Chair - Ian (Charlie) Rumbelow 

• Secretary - Matthew Rumbelow 

• Treasurer - Ally Hoffrichter 

• Committee - Malen Rumbelow, Malcolm Rumbelow 

• Cairn  Service - Peter Rumbelow 

• EBFC Liaison - Don Rumbelow