Welcome to my Family Home Page I was born in the town of Zejtun, Malta on the 22nd September 1949, the second son of Johnmari and Jovana Gatt. In 1951 my family migrated to Australia. My brother Joe was 2 1/2 years old and I was 18 months. We lived in the Latrobe Valley until in 1954 we move to Sunshine, a western suburb of Melbourne. I attended St. Paul's Primary school and Sunshine Technical secondary school. During that period my parents had two more children, my brothers David and Mario. My first full-time job was with the sporting goods manufacturer Spalding .In 1970 I joined the gasket manufacture Richard Klinger as an estimator and later as a sales representative. In 1978 I joined AA Gaskets as their Sales/Marketing manager and in 1989 I was appointed General manager of the company. I left AA Gaskets in 2000. In January 2001 I joined Sealing Components Australia the agents for world renowned mechanical seal manufacturer NOK as the Manager. In June 2001 I bought a 1/3 share of the company. I have since left Sealing Components and sold my 1/3 ownership and am doing part time consulting in the Automotive industry. I am also a Rotarian. I jointed the Rotary Club of Coburg in 1989 and due to my change of employment transferred to the Rotary Club of Diamond Creek in 2001. I was President of the club in 2005/06 and I am district secretary 2007/08. I have a new partner Eileen whom I met at Rotary.
Eileen and I went to our Rotary District Conference in March. Prior to the conference we did a bike ride on the Bright to Wangaratta Rail trial a total of 170km. We left Bright at 6.50am on the Tuesday morning and arrived at Wangaratta by 2:00pm after Eileen's bike having two punctures . We stayed over night in Wangaratta and left Wednesday morning at 6:20am and arrived in Bright at 1:10pm. here are some photos of the trip.
I have five children, Rhonda, Johnny, Annette, Adrian and Katrina. Our three eldest children are married and we have nine grand children, Hayden and Riley (Rhonda's) Mara, Judzea and Teneniel (Johnny's), Reece, Blake and William (Annette's) and Raven (Katrina).
Rhonda & Timothy Fogarty Rhonda our eldest married Timothy on the 12th November 1994. They have two sons Hayden Bryan born 9th October 1996 and is in Grade 2 and Riley John born 3rd August 1998 starts school this year. They have a cabinet making business.
John & Fiona Gatt John our second child and eldest son married Fiona Snedden on the 3rd December 1995. They have three daughters Mara Catherine born 4th May 1996,
Annette & Roy Le Long Annette our third child and second daughter and Roy have three boys. Reece James born 21st May 1996 and Blake Owen born 5th August 1998 and William Charles born 5th December 2002. Reece is in Grade 2 and Blake starts school this year.
Adrian Adrian is still at Home and is a boiler maker.
Katrina & Adam Foley Katrina and Adam have been with each other for about 7 years. They just have a Son Raven. Raven was born 2 months premature at 10:12am on the 18th February. He weight was 2lb 8oz.
updated Thursday, 22 November 2007
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