AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER'S LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY AT HOME IN SYDNEY IN WWII.
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LETTER FROM AWM.
Posted by nellibell49 on September 16, 2009
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TRANSITION
Posted by nellibell49 on May 6, 2009
Due to re-location from Tweed to Clarence, there will be a break between posts. The Clarence residence incorporates a study area of considerable dimensions and a fine view over Big River Country. Bear with me till I am settled in. Many Thanks. 
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DIARY: PERSONAL INFORMATION.
Posted by nellibell49 on March 19, 2009
BRUCE SANDERS NX27395
| BORN | DULWICH HILL | 19 JUNE 1920 |
| ENLIST | MOORE PARK | 19 JUNE 1940 |
| DISCHARGE | SHOWGROUND | 19 NOVEMBER 1945 |
Before enlisting, home, Ham and Beef Shop. 584 New Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park.
Proprietor: FATHER. JOHN GEORGE SANDERS.
| BORN | PLACE | DIED | PLACE | ||
| FATHER. | JOHN GEORGE SANDERS. | 10-4-1881 | KINCHELA | 10-11-1950. | SYDNEY |
| MOTHER. | ELIZABETH SANDERS. nee CRAIG |
1880 | KINCHELA | 28-12-1943. | SYDNEY |
| MARRIED 28-8-1905. | KINCHELA | ||||
| DAUGHTER | DORIS | 1907 | KINCHELA | 21-1-1932 | |
| SON | CLYDE | 1909 | KINCHELA | 19-2-1979 | |
| DAUGHTER | MAY | 1911 | KINCHELA | 5-6-1991 | |
| DAUGHTER | VERA | 1913 | KINCHELA | 21-6-1967 | |
| SON | BRUCE | 1920 | SYDNEY | 5-6-2005 | BELLINGEN |
| DAUGHTER | BETTY | 1927 | SYDNEY |
SCHOOLS
| KINDERGARTEN | HURLSTONE PARK | 1925-28 |
| PRIMARY | CANTERBURY | 1928-32 |
| INTERMEDIATE HIGH | PETERSHAM | 1933-35 |
| TECHNICAL | ULTIMO | 3 NIGHTS PER WEEK 7-9pm CARPENTRY & JOINERY APPRENTICE 4th YEAR COMPLETE. |
B.S. Married JOYCE BELL. Born 29-11-1926, Died 28-8-2001. from ROSEBERY at MASCOT. 23-10-1948.
B.S. lived
| 1940 | 2 ROSLYN ST ASHBURY |
| 1941 | HURLSTONE PARK |
| B & J lived | |
| 1953 | 27 PAXTON AVE BELMORE |
| 1974 | 42 MORGO ST URUNGA |
| 1975 | 7/25 MORGO ST URUNGA |
| 1984 | 35 BELLINGEN ST URUNGA |
CHILDREN.
| DAUGHTER | LYNNE | B 19-10-1949 |
| DAUGHTER | SUSAN | B 26-5-1952 |
| SON | JON | B 17-12-1955 |
“SUPREMA PETO” = AIM FOR THE HIGHEST.
Motto – PETERSHAM INTERMEDIATE BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL.
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THE LANE BELOW THE FLATS
Posted by nellibell49 on February 16, 2009
I am putting this haunting melody on today. Brings to my mind the tales My Mother and Father told me of Early Sydney . They were born in the 1920s and passed on a fine ‘ oral history ‘ to me. My father also left his diaries and letters of WWII. I am in the process of getting the letters into order on a blog site of his own. In his later years, we combined to ensure that they were all recorded on ” floppy disks” before sending them off to the AWM where we hoped they would be best cared for. I have converted them to CD records and online blogs. The letters still haunt me and bring tears unexpectedly at times. More is said in what has not been written than what has been. Dad was very keen to have his letters and diaries published but we had no resources with which to do so in the 1990s. I am hoping that having them online would please him. His diary featured in Peter Stanley’s (AWM) book on EL ALAMEIN.
My Mother was born in REDFERN and my father in HURLSTONE PARK. As a result I have stories of SURRY HILLS and back lanes of CANTERBURY. This brings me back to THE LANE BELOW THE FLATS.
THE LANE BELOW THE FLATS. Originally a poem by WILFRED NATHAN published in the BULLETIN in the early 20th Century and set to music by members of PASPALUM. Another wee entry into the 20th Century but charming nonetheless. IZZY Foreal ( Peter Knox) located the poem and the vocals are his.
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BRUCE SANDERS A SOLDIER’S LETTERS HOME
Posted by nellibell49 on June 18, 2008
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