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HOME PAGE
Information for the exCUSTOMSnet Fraternity
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For former members, spouses & kids of the Rhodesian/Zimbabwe Customs
& Excise Department
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This website will soon be moving to http://www.excustomsnet.com. Please place this address in your Bookmarks/Favourites now. You can access the current website
from the above link until the changeover is made. I will place further details here soon.
Sign/View the exCUSTOMSnet Guestbook/Blog
Recently added items & news of interest: (Date added in parenthesis)
I have converted the Pension Application and Certificate of Life forms to pdf format.
If you would like these, please email the webmaster. (October22, 2009)
Sadly, news of the passing of two former colleagues has been received. It was reported
in the OSPA magazine that Ken Hull passed away. No further information is available and it
will be appreciated if anyone can supply any further details. Thanks to Leo Fincham for the information.
Gerry Cilliers passed away on 14th June 2009 after a long and very brave battle. Thanks to
Dave Field, who passed on this information from Macky Cilliers. Please look for any pictures you might have of Ken Hull
or Gerry Cilliers for our "We Remember" photo album. The We Remember Page has been updated. (October 15, 2009)
A new sub-page titled "Pension Information" has been added to this website and contains information for Zimbabwe Government Pensioners. It seems hopeful that some
payments might be made to those who are eligible. Please note that you will need to submit two forms and bank account
information to receive consideration. Please email the webmaster if you need the required forms. (October 15, 2009)
Thanks to Chris Annear, four new photographs have been added to three of the photo albums (available
to members) (September 13, 2009)
Welcome to Bob & Hillary Blyth, our newest members. The Current Membership Page has been updated. (September 2, 2009)
More new members to welcome! Welcome Richard & Pat Makings and Chris Annear. Membership
now stands at 185. (August 29, 2009)
Welcome to our newest members Chris Found
and Joy Delport (nee Palmer). The Current Membership Page has been updated. (August 1, 2009)
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NEEDED: A clean copy of the gazetted Customs Coat of Arms and any Southern
Rhodesia/Federal/Rhodesia/Zimbabwe crests for inclusion in the website.
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Email address (eDDRESSbook) Book & membership records etc. maintained by John "Aussie" Austin
in England. Many thanks to Aussie for initiating this informal network and for spending a lot of time maintaining
& updating records and for keeping the lines of communications open.
Content kindly provided by many members in
the network.
Website and Members' private photo albums maintained by Arthur Adams in Washington State, USA. Email the webmaster
NOTE:
Please feel free to use the "GUESTBOOK" (WEBLOG) to post and view messages and items of interest posted by members. Suggestions for the website can be placed here
as well. Use the link above or the link to the Guestbook near the top of this page.
GUESTMAP: Please place a marker on your place of residence on the world map. Then add a
comment. As you move over the various pins on the map with your curser, you will see the name & comment from
the person who lives there. Click here to access the map, then click on "Hide Welcome Message". You can get a more accurate positioning by using the
zoom feature. Select "List" at the top of the map to see details of all the posings and comments. You
can also use the ZOOM feature when viewing the map to more clearly see the pins when there are several
in a small area. After using the zoom feature, you can drag the map with your curser to make different areas of the
map visible. 55 entries on the map as of October 25, 2009.
Note: This site is optimized for the Internet Explorer browser. Other browsers might
display some pages slightly differently or the text might not be properly aligned.
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1. Email membership finds our former colleagues widely
dispersed across the globe, including....
Australia, Botswana, Canada, China, England, Malawi, Mocambique, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, USA & Zimbabwe.
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Email address book (eDDRESSbook) membership is free and gives you access to our various web-based photo albums,
also for free. If you would like to join, simply complete the form on the "Membership Form & Criteria" Page and select "Submit".
3. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Membership Form
Patricia Schonstein - Author - and Former Colleague : Read her books
South African Alliance of British Pensioners
Chas Lotter's "Rhodesian Roll of Honour"
Rhodesian Music Website
Bulawayo based Morning Mirror
Rhodesian Currency
Andre Guernier's Blog
The Zimbabwe Independent Newspaper for reliable Zim News
zwnews for independant news on Zimbabwe
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