Notes:

Gardening with Lynda & children at home, suffered a massive & fatal heart
attack. Lynda attempted resuscitation, to no avail.

Wayne married Lynda Dorothy Long [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Australian Army
Service Number WX13621
Date of Birth 22 Aug 1920
Place of Birth NARROGIN, WA
Date of Enlistment 28 May 1941
Locality on Enlistment KELMSCOTT, WA
Place of Enlistment CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin MARTIN, GEORGE
Date of Discharge 24 Dec 1945
Rank Craftsman
Posting at Discharge 117 BDE WKSPS

Donald married Elvie Annie Douglas [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Variously employed as an orchardist and miller on the Kalgan River near
Albany (had a sawmill with his brother Percy), orchardist at Bedfordale from
the late 20s, and a carpenter on the construction of the Canning Dam in the
30s, where he lost an eye to a splinter of wood.

An avid supporter of
Labor in WA, he died the night of the historic win by the Tonkin led Labor Party of the
February 1971 Western Australian State election. His last words to Irene
before he retired that evening were "They've finally won, Mother".

Thomas married Irene Hilda Champion on 2 Jun 1915 in Armadale, Western Australia, Australia. Irene (daughter of Joseph Henry Champion and Annie Matilda Callow) was born on 18 Dec 1886 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; died on 22 Jul 1984 in Armadale, Western Australia, Australia; was buried in Karrakatta, Western Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Western Australia in about 1908, with her father's family, when he
went to help his sister Mary Rogers (Champion) whose husband, the Rev. James
had left her destitute in Albany when he ran off to America with the housekeeper.
Remembered for, amongst other things,her wonderful cooking, especially her
"flat buns".
Survived all of her siblings.