Grafton Cameron Dickson Forster (1869 - 1949)

 

Grafton Cameron Dickson Forster, Dentist, born in Moyston, Victoria on 3 July, 1869 to Charles Cameron Forster, Chemist and Mary Annie Forster née Grafton and was the third of nine children.  He married (first) Mary Helen McDougall at Parkville on 22 August, 1985 and had Cameron McDougall Forster and Helene McDougall Forster and (second), Susan Elsie Paton and had Paton Cameron Forster and Donald Cameron Forster.  He died in Perth in 1949.

 

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Grafton c1870s. Grafton c1870s. Grafton, the young gentleman. Grafton on right, Stawell. Grafton on left, Melbourne, c1890. His sugery, St. Georges Terrace, Perth, Christmas 1897.

 

Grafton with his son, Cameron, at rear of St. Georges Terrace, Perth. Grafton with his wife, Mary Helen Forster née McDougall (left), her sister, Jean Menzies Rae, and his son, Cameron, at the side of the St. Georges Terrace surgery. Grafton with his wife, Mary Helen Forster née McDougall and their daughter, Helene at Riverslea. Grafton at the wheel, Helene with leg over door and Mrs Rae and Mary Helen in the the back seat. Grafton and Susie with their sons Paton and Donald c1925.

 

A mid-life Portrait.

 

Grafton on Left with his Dental Staff. Grafton on Right outside the surgery.

 

Captain Grafton Forster, Riverslea's garden. His biography, Western Australia. Grafton and Paton. Grafton, Susie, Paton and Donald. Grafton and Susie at Llewellyn Jones, Canterbury, 1943. Grafton Cameron Dickson Forster, c1930.

 

Rockingham - From left Dizzie Nixon, Paton, Arthur Rout, Winnifred Rout, Ethel Nixon, Helene, Donald and Grafton. Rockingham - Helene & friend, Donald, Nancy, Grafton, Susie, Ethel & Jack. Riverslea - From left Arthur, Ken, & Winfred Rout, Ethel Nixon, Donald, Paton, Susie & Grafton and Dizraeli Nixon. Grafton, Susie, Donald, Paton and Jack Geary at Iluka. Grafton on right with his sons (from left) Cameron, Paton and Donald.

 

Christmas at Rockingham - Donald, Ethel, Jack, May Morrow, Pat, Grafton, Nancy and Susie, mid-1930s. Grafton, Ethel, Nancy, Winifred Rout, Donald, Susie, Pat, Arthur Rout and Jack. From left Paton, Donald and Susie, Jack and Ethel Geary and Grafton at the rear, 1933, Rockingham. Grafton in middle and Susie seated to right. Grafton saying a few words at the Rockingham Regatta.

 

Grafton with Paton at 18 years, 1939. Grafton with Donald at Riverslea, west side. Grafton driving his Chev, Riverslea. Grafton with his champion Borgois (Russian Wolfhound). Arial view of Riverslea.

 

Swan River from Riverslea. Cars in front drive, Riverslea. Riverslea from Garden. Riverslea garden west side. Riverslea from front.

 

Grafton and Susie with Helene and her children Malcom, Susan, John and Richard at Riverslea.

 

 

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