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Gerry Coleman - Great Granddad's Utility Knife
Keepsake mini podcast
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Gerry's keepsake is his great-granddad's utility knife, which was gifted to him for saving the life of a world-renowned Australian test pilot, Harry Hawker, in 1913.
