The prompt for Week 30 is 'Colorful', a work that describes several (many!) of my ancestors.
One colorful family member I can recall is my father's brother Ernie Green. A larger than life character, Ernie, known as Squib, was the second of the 10 Green siblings. Squib was born in 1910 and died in 1987. He fought in the army in world war 2 before settling on a farm near Mildura, in northern Victoria. Below is a copy of a postcard Squib sent to his sister Nancy during his service in WW2, with his photo superimposed above the pyramids.
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| Sent from Egypt, World War 2 |
I only have one photo of all 10 Green siblings, taken in 1965 with their father, Frank Walter Noble Green, seated front centre. Squib is easy to identify - he is the one balancing a beer bottle on his head! Colorful indeed!
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| All ten Green family siblings, taken in 1965 |
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