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Born 12 January, 1884 at Summer Hill to Elizabeth Brooker

1 March, 1944 married to Marjorie Constance Kent at Camberwell [England} Registry Office

Died 17 December, 1859, at Fairy Meadow, NSW. Buried 20 December, 1859, Episcopalian Burial Ground, Wollongong.
Note: "Children of marriage: 7 children living / 4-dead" [not 21 children]

Headstone at East Kangaloon cemetery naming Murdo Brooker 1853-1913, his wife Eliza Jane Diggins (Brooker) 1851-1940, their sons John James Brooker 1887-1902

William James Brooker (left) and a friend hauling 17 ton logs near Wagga

This photo was taken from a portrait of Ron and Judy Brown on their wedding day. Noreen Doris (Judy) Babington was born on 26th December 1914 at Culcairn, to parents William Babington and Mary Ann Ada Holder.
Gordon Ronald (Ron) Brown was born on…

Both Ron and Judy knew each other from the time they were born, they lived in Morven for most of their lives, they both attended the Morven Public School.
When Judy left school at the age of 14 years she worked for the Cottrell family at Mountain…

From left: Mary Ellen Brown nee Babington born 9th November 1912 at Culcairn; Centre - Mary Ann Ada Babington-Bradshaw nee Holder born 12th July 1889 at Gregadoo. Noreen Doris (Judy) Brown nee Babington born 26th December 1914.

Mabel Vera Burgen nee Holder, she is sitting in her front garden at Morven. Mabel was born on the 5th June 1901 at Gregadoo.

Ruth Caldwell about 1909, possibly at the time of her marriage to Andrew Strang Gibson.

Campbell (Rudd), Harriet Ann 1862-1942
born 5 Aug, 1862 Kilmore, Victoria
died 30 Dec, 1942, Wagga Wagga NSW
Wife of James Henry Rudd

Clemson (Cooper), Annie May 1884-1966 and Cooper, Albert E 'Al'
Best Man - John Louis 'Louie' Cox 1887-1973 and his wife Eliza Evelyn Clemson (Cox) 1888-1970 (Annie's sister)

Death Certificate of Adeline Gladys Cooper listing Alice Louisa Scanlan (mother)

Our sacrifice, at home and abroad

Sydney Morning Herald
April 25, 2007
The story was powerful enough: a tale of a mother's love and her son's courage in war. But much more is now known about the family behind Australia's first World War II…