Living married ATKINS, Kimberly [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bob spent his early years at Millgrove. However he soon moved with his family down to the Caulfield area and began his schooling at Caulfield PS in 1922. From 6th Grade he went to Glenhuntly PS where he achieved the Merit Certificate at the completion of 8th grade. He then attended Zerchos Business College for two years before commencing work at Waters Trading Co as a temporary clerk in 1931 at the age of 15 years. The company specialized in the importation and export of spices. He joined the Army on 8 April 1942 in the Training Battalion of the Australian Army Service Corps. He was later seconded to "C" Company -24th Infantry Battalion with the rank of Private. He was posted overseas to Papua New Guinea from March 1943 to September 1944. He was home in Australia until the end of 1944. 1st January 1945 saw Bob posted to Bougainville for 12 months before being discharged as a Sergeant in early 1946. It was during this time that Bob received his Military Medal for "B"Bravery in the Field" in April 1945. After his discharge from the Army, he returned to Waters Trading as Factory and Warehouse Manager, where he remained until his retirement on December 24,1976 at the age of 60. He married Dorothy in 1939 and after the war they lived in Caulfield, in 1957 they moved to Mt. Waverley where their 3 daughters grew up, in 1982 they moved to Vermont.

Robert married EVANS, Dorothy Muriel (Dot) on 9 Dec 1939 in Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. Dorothy (daughter of EVANS, Alfred John and THATCHER, Jane Elizabeth) was born on 2 Aug 1916 in Caulfield, Victoria, Australia; died on 22 Oct 2008 in Victoria, Australia; was buried on 27 Oct 2008 in The Necropolis, Springvale, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dot attended Caulfield PS #773 from Preps in 1922 to Year 8 . She was about 15 when started working as a machinist at a knitting factory in the Caulfield area. She worked there until she married Bob in 1939. During the war she lived with her parents and went back to work in the knitting factory until the end of the war. When reunited with Bob she resumed home duties and with Bob raised their three daughters.