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Grandad and Granma (Robert and Sybil), I was very fond of Granma, a reserved pleasant nature'd lady who doted on her children and grandchildren. Grandad was quiet and distant, emotionally trouble from the war. He served as a signalman in north africa, was a rat of tobruk, helped defeat Rommel. Winston Churchill shook his hand as he congratulated them on victory in north africa. He then returned to Merredin, where Granma fell pregnant with Mum. Then he served in Papau new Guinea against the Japanese, seeing some ugly action there. A beach landing where his captain was killed behind him aas they were landing, captured Japanese committing Kuri Kuri. He caught Malaria and had to be sent home. After the war his nerves emotions must of been shot, he was hospitalised a number of times. I guess he had post traumatic stress and suffered from this the rest of his life. And of course this heavily influenced the relationship he had with Granma and his kids. But he never turned to Alcohol to ease his mind....