Yank Marries an Aussie Lass
Photos of my mom and dad's whirlwind courtship and marriage. My father was a sailor serving on U.S.S. Pelias and my mother was a store clerk. It was frowned upon for Aussie girls to consort with Yankee sailors, let alone marry one, so they were compelled to wait 6 months and to seek official permission from parents, clergy, and the Navy.
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Out for the day taking pictures with Dad, probably at King's Park before they were married. January 1943. Taken the same day as the photo of Mom with the car.
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