Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

My father was in the Militia in the Lighthorse in 1939 and was recruited by the RAAF to do navigator training as his maths skills were excellent. He trained at Victor Harbour South Australia and Nhill in Victoria before being sent to the USA and Canada for further training on aircraft. He was a quiet man bur enjoyed the cameraderie and the challenge of the airforce. He met my mother in England who was in the British Army and they married in 1944. When he returned home he found it difficult returning to civilian life. He worked as a builder and painter for some years, building the home we were brought up in. He didn't associate with ex-servce people very much, his squadron was made up of British, Australian and Canadian airmen and he wrote to many after the war. He marched one ANZAC Day under the ODD BODs Banner. Sadley he died at the age of 64 from heart failure