Ngaruawahia High School Yearbooks 1994-2009 Ngaruawahia High School Yearbook 2009 | Page 51
Ben's friends in London could
watch the ceremony.
Jenny Bullivant read a letter
from Adam Garside, a young
London?based accountant, who
was on the holiday in Croatia at
the same time as Ben, and
spent time with him.
He said that if he had such
an impact on his life after only
five days, he could not imagine
what the impact would be like
after losing him for a lifetime.
"You should know that the days
leading up to his death were some of the
funniest ever," Ms Bullivant read.
Former Ngaruawahia High School
principal David Bradford described Ben as the
school's model student.
"You could not help liking Ben," he said.
"He did more in his short number of years
than most of us do in a lifetime. We can see
that here today."
Light rain began to fall as soon as Ben's
casket was carried out of the hall and
through a hockey team guard of honour.
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