From gold to groceries

By Jenna Johnstone
Updated December 15 2015 - 5:20pm, first published September 3 2014 - 4:00am
Drum major, Wally Thomasson, for the Charters Towers Excelsior Band, leads the way ahead of soldiers from the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) as they march through the town of Charters Towers on Anzac Day.
Drum major, Wally Thomasson, for the Charters Towers Excelsior Band, leads the way ahead of soldiers from the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) as they march through the town of Charters Towers on Anzac Day.

WALTER Thomasson’s story is one of experience and insight, starting as a humble Charters Towers schoolboy to become one of the town’s most profitable employers.

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