Category: Fred’s Story
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Chapter 10 – Tocumwal
Life in the R.A.A.F Brief record of Air Force Service 2 Recruitment Depot, Tocumwal 02-03-43 11 Repair and Servicing unit, Mt Druitt and Nadzab 03-04-43 4 Airfield Construction Squadron, Goodenough Island 25-06-44 Headquarters Northern Command, Finschhafen 31-08-44 2 Personnel Depot Bradfield Park 17-07-45 87 Mosquito Survey Squadron Parks 09-01-46 2 Personnel Depot Bradfield Park 23-04-46
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Chapter 09- Memories of Moss Vale
Friday night was always a big night in Moss Vale. It was late shopping night before the war and whole families would go for a stroll and chat along the street. The farming community would come to town. It was a wonderful atmosphere shops closed at 9pm but people would be around until 10pm. Unfortunately
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Chapter 08 – Impact of war at home
With the outbreak of war things changed dramatically at home. In October 1939 Dad was on the reserve of officers and was called up and took command of the 13th Garrison Battalion at Port Kembla and in later years to take charge of Detention Barracks at Holsworthy New South Wales. Mum became involved with an
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Chapter 07 – Apprenticeship with Alf Stephens
1939 to 1943 Dad was determined I should go into the bank or something with book-work. I was against this move even though he had already lined up a job with the New South Wales Bank (now Westpac) if my exam results were OK. After several arguments when I made it plain I wanted to
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Chapter 06 – First Jobs and School Dux
During my last year at school and for some time after I started work each weekend and or holiday. I worked with the local milkman delivering milk to households. We covered the whole town by means of horse and milk cart. Milk was obtained from Harry Wilson at the end of Lovelle Street. The rival
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Chapter 05 – High School
1935’s big adventure began when I commenced high school at Bowral. To get to and from school we would catch the Southern Highlands Express from Moss Vale in the morning and travel to Bowral and then walk approximately 1 1/2 miles to high school. We walked to the station in Moss Vale was approximately 3/4
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Chapter 04 – Moving to Moss Vale
Midyear 1934 we moved from New Berrima to the two story home dad and mum purchased in Browley Street, Moss Vale. It was huge compared to the one we left with 1 acre of grounds on the main block and a further 60′ x 390’ block adjoining the school which was later sold to the
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Chapter 03 – Running Late for ANZAC day and listening to cricket
One Anzac Day we left Berrima in the 28 model Buick which dad owns to go to the ANZAC service at Moss Vale. Running late he had the foot down doing at least 20 mph when near the Moss Vale cemetery the complete recap came off one of the tyres and raced off down the
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Chapter 02 – New Berrima
In 1927 at age 4, construction of the Southern Portland Cement works was started. Dad secured a job there as “Outside Yard Foreman”, we moved to a half completed house on the corner of Taylor Avenue and Howard Street while a home was completed by the company at the end near the bush in Argyle
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Chapter 01 – In the beginning
Frederick Stacy Anthon [Fred] Started to write this on 21 June 1998 ———————————- Born at Moss Vale on 19th of February 1923 in the house at the corner of Throsby Street and Spring Street Moss Vale. [Possibly Nurse Mary Ryde’s maternity hospital – Venata Page 3] My parents lived at Wildes Meadow on Belmore falls