A Somerset documentary producer is asking people in Glastonbury to come forward with memories that could help a new film about one of Australia's most puzzling missing persons cases.

The producer is working with the son of Gary Felton, a British man who used the name Simon Kadwill and later disappeared in Western Australia.

Felton lived in Nannup, in the south west of the country, with Chantelle McDougall, their daughter Leela McDougall, and friend Antonio "Tony" Popic.

All four vanished from a rented rural property in July 2007.

A Western Australian inquest later found that the deaths of the four had not been established beyond reasonable doubt.

The coroner also made clear that this did not mean any member of the group had been found alive.

Now the documentary team is trying to piece together Felton's time in the UK before the disappearance.

They are especially keen to hear from anyone in Glastonbury, Somerset or Chertsey who remembers him as either Gary Felton or Simon Kadwill.

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The inquest recorded that Felton worked at a software company in England in 1986, where he met the real Simon Anthony Kadwill.

It found that Felton stole Kadwill's birth certificate and obtained a UK passport in the name Simon Anthony Kadwill.

The inquest also heard that Felton returned to England in 1998 and went to Somerset, where he was joined by Justine Smith, who later gave evidence about her time with him.

The documentary producer says Felton is also believed to have bought a property in Chertsey and returned to the UK around 1998, 1999 or 2000.

The Glastonbury link is one the team is now hoping local people can help with.

The producer says Felton visited Chalice Well and had his son over for a visit.

Family photographs show the child playing in snow, although the exact year has not been confirmed. The visit is believed to have been around 1999.

The team is also trying to find out whether any local bookshop stocked, or was offered, Felton's books.

Between 1996 and 2000, Felton published titles setting out his spiritual or philosophical beliefs, including The New Call, Servers of the Divine Plan and Rare Insights.

The producer would like to hear from anyone who remembers the books, Felton's online forum, or people connected with him during the late 1990s or around 2000.

Even small memories could help.

The team is particularly interested in recollections of Chalice Well, local bookshops, spiritual groups, or anyone using the names Gary Felton or Simon Kadwill.

Anyone with information can contact the documentary producer through Glastonbury Nub News.

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