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Q: Can you give us a summary of your life?

A: I was born on the 19th of August, 1917 in Windsor. My father was away at the war and I didn't see him until I was two. I grew up, on his return - in 1919, we

01:01:00:00 moved to Caulfield where I lived until the Second World War. I went to Caulfield North State School. And the local church, and had a pleasant childhood although with memories of war. In 1937,

01:01:30:00 I'll go back a bit, I attended Caulfield North Central School, became dux there and then went to Wesley like my father on a scholarship. I changed careers - choices - while at Wesley, and decided to become an actuary. I joined the militia in 1937 and I was a sergeant by the time the war broke out.

01:02:00:00 I was in the 2nd Medium Brigade and was seconded to other regiments for particular reasons. The 15th Field Artillery Regiment. Later I returned to service with the Mediums

01:02:30:00 but in 19 - I was commissioned in 1940, too, I was transferred to the 2nd Field Artillery Training Regiment in Puckapunyal, later moving to Greta. And I tried to get into the air force at one stage, but the war took an unusual turn. I

01:03:00:00 was - people were competing, well I was competing for where to serve. Although I tried to get into the air force I finally was transferred to Melbourne to become a ballistician in the last two years of the war, helping to make range stables for the short 25 pounder gun. During the war, in September '41, I married and had

01:03:30:00 a wonderful marriage lasting nearly 54 years. After the war I resumed my actuarial studies and qualified; I became manager of the Collective Insurance. At the age of 60 I was




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Archive01:03:00:00it leads back to the, the fogey, old Masters I had at Melbourne Grammar School.

Q:Can I ask how your mother came to be living in Australia and where she came from in England?

A:I don’t know where she came from but her mother was an English widow and she had four daughters and she emigrated to Australia with these four daughters. And my mother was the eldest of the daughters. And she was a powerful old lady my grandmother.




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01:03:00:00 Marker 6 Event it leads back to the, the fogey, old Masters I had at Melbourne Grammar School. Q: Can I ask how your mother came to be living in Australia and where she came from in England? A: I donâ€™t know where she came from but her mother was an English widow and she had four daughters and she emigrated to Australia with these four daughters. And my mother was the eldest of the daughters. And she was a powerful old lady my grandmother




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