22 March 2022

Thesis on the life of Alonzo Marion Poe submitted

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After a gap in postings, this is a short item to say "thank you" to those who have provided support and encouragement in various w...
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08 June 2021

Redundant reminisces: the ghost of employment past

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  Writing about family history has helped sort out many mysteries, tested my memory and forced reconsideration of not-quite forgotten events...
16 April 2021

I was a CEB and a server at St Silas South Seaford in the ‘60s!

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One October day in 1967 I was waiting at the bus stop just outside the Frankston Train Station. A dignified gentleman approached me from the...
01 April 2021

The WAAAF’s 80th birthday and Joan’s coming of age

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An earlier post celebrated Joan’s 100th . March 2021 also marks 100 years of the Royal Australian Air Force and the 80th anniversary of the ...
26 March 2021

Norman – ‘Rae’ of Sunshine...

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  In honour of: Captain Norman Gordon RAE, MC (1886-1977) and the Australian Light Horsemen who served in World War 1. From Nanneella to Nym...
14 February 2021

Joan’s 100th

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Mum, Joan Kathleen Marsh, was born at Phoobsering Tea Estate , just north of Darjeeling on 14 February 1921. The estate was one of the oldes...
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14 October 2020

Darjeeling’s historic graves

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Find A Grave  allows anyone to search their online database and add pictures and information.  Registered users can upload pictures of hea...
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18 August 2020

Fred Marsh’s Indian war service

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When I was a primary student in the 1960s, ‘Remembrance Day’ – or Armistice Day as mother called it – was the opportunity to wear family med...
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