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Digging hard ‘Smokey’ celebrates 50

 Bernie equipped with his digging tools and his reliable 1982 Datsun Ute. (Jesse Hamilton)

For half a century, Bernie Kerle has devoted his life to honouring the memory of the dearly departed as the […]

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