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Australia / Re: George and Margaret FERGUSON, Queensland and Victoria
« on: Saturday 26 April 25 03:45 BST (UK)  »
Thank you maddys52
I did try to view the yearbook photos but found it awkward to register, having not been a US high school graduate myself. If possible/allowed could you share here so that I might show to colleagues who remember (Wilson) Murray ?
I have attached a photo of Murray and one of the Mount Cowley fire tower near Lorne in Victoria taken from a local newspaper article in 2007.

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Australia / Re: George and Margaret FERGUSON, Queensland and Victoria
« on: Friday 25 April 25 07:28 BST (UK)  »
G'day
I think I can help with this query. I worked with (Wilson) Murray Ferguson from 2005 until his tragic passing in 2010, in fact he was my mentor.
The following is purely from my memories of long conversations we enjoyed as fellow Fire Lookout Observers in the Otway Ranges so may be flawed.
Murray told me he was born in Queensland but that at some point during the war his family relocated to the USA. They must have spent quite a long time there as Murray recalled obtaining his driving licence in America at quite a young age during the era of gigantic, finned cars and subsequently driving to school. He described going to the drive-ins with his friends and how the restaurants would serve food on little tables attached to the car door.
I believe some of his later contemporaries here in the Otways called him Tex possibly because of his American experiences?
I hope these few snippets of information are of use to you in your research.

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