Cameron Hugh Forster (1920 - 2001)

 

Cameron Hugh Forster (Cam), born in Sydney on 9th September, 1920, was the first of three children to Cameron McDougall Forster, MD and Jean Catherine Forster née Officer.  His brother and sister were Frank Menzies Cameron Forster, MD and Mary Jean Officer Forster.  Cam married Nancy Kathleen Geary in Perth on 3rd July, 1944 and they had two children, Cameron Elton Hugh Forster (Hugh) and Jane Ethel Forster.

 

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Cam's baptism day, Church of England, Brighton. Cam the Sydney garden aged one. Cam aged 20 months. Cam aged two. Cam aged three. Cam aged three in the garden.

 

Sailor Cam aged four. Cam at 16, Cochrane Street, Brighton. Sergeant Cam Forster, Collins Street, Melbourne. Lieutenant Cam Forster. Cam's Wedding Portrait, 1944. Army Barracks, Melbourne.

 

Cam at Tarra Valley with Whisky & Soda. Cam Forster, Executive Director, Victorian Farmers Union, 1975. Cam at Lakes Entrance, 1990. Cam with his brother, Frank at Walstab Street, East Brighton.

 

Cam aged two. Cam aged four at a Sydney beach.

 

Cam, aged 3 months, and his monther Jean. Cam, aged 6 months with Tremmie, his Nanny. Cam and Frank, aged 1 month, with their mother. Cam and Frank in 1925. Cam and Frank. Cam, Frank & Mary in 1930.

 

Cam on the RHS, winner of the 100 yards, Ashfield Grammar School, 1932. Cam, Frank & Mary in 1935. Cam, Frank & Mary with their father, Cameron in 1932. Cam and his mother at Brighton. Cam, Frank and their father at Brighton. Cam, Frank and their Aunt Helene. Lieut. Cam Forster with his men at Exmouth, WW11.

 

Cam and Frank April, 1924. Cam and Frank, mid 1920's. Cam with Mary and Frank in Sydney, 1927. Cam and his mother at Brighton. Cam and his father at the back of St. Kilda Road.

 

Lieut. Cam Forster on left - USS Gold Star, WW11. Cam, Nancy and his father in 1944. Cam on left as Best Man at the wedding of Stanley Spencer Docker and Patricia Howard Earp at Bontharambo. Stan was the son of Hubert Spencer Docker and Lorraine Maud Docker née Officer.

 

Their Wedding Portrait, 1944. Cam and Nancy in uniform on the streets of Perth, WW11. With first born, Hugh at Tarra Valley, 1947. With Nancy, Hugh and Jane at Lochiel, Woodside, 1957.

 

Cam & Nancy's children, Jane & Hugh, 1951. Cam with Nancy and their children Hugh on Tammie and Jane on Bimbo at the Yarram Pony Club in 1957. Jan and Sandra Bell are in the background.

 

The Docker's property, Bontharambo where Cam was a Jackeroo.

 

Cam's first property, Lochiel, Tarra Valley. Mustering at Tarra Valley. Mustering at Tarra Valley.

 

 

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