Documents relating to Joan Terese O’Brien

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Joan - before she met Keith

Joan's birth certificate
Reference in the 19 April 1941 Daily Advertiser to the Alymerton hospital where Joan was born
Joan’s Intermediate Certificate from Sacred Heart Presentation College, Mt Erin, Wagga Wagga
Letter from 6 year old Ben Landsberry to Joan - 1991
Sacred Heart Presentation College, Mt Erin, Wagga Wagga
Notice re Joan's appointment to the public service (Cootamundra Herald of Friday 6 March 1942)
Reference for Joan from the Taxation Department
Joan's Certificate of Service from the Taxation Department
Joan's Certificate for Double-Entry Bookkeeping (July 1939)
Joan's Certificate for Double-Entry Bookkeeping (November 1939)
Joan's certificate from the Southern Cross Commercial College (November 1939)

Keith - before he met Joan

Keith's birth certificate
Keith's Holy Communion card - 1935
Article re the 80 mile ride - 1940
Keith's Certificate for the 80 mile ride - 1940
Keith's Certificate of Enrolment - 1942
Keith owns his criminal history
The punishment Keith managed to escape
Keith's Army Admission Form - 1942
Lindsay's Army Admission Form - 1942
Keith's Army Driver's Licence
SS Both - Keith's transport to New Guinea
SS Both - Keith's transport to New Guinea
A ship of the same type as the Anna McKim - Keith's transport to The island of Nissan
The island of Nissan
Article re Tropical Butter - Launceston Examiner - 1994
Mount Bagana - One of Melanesia's youngest and most active volcanoes
Slit trenches - WWII
Corduroy tracks - used extensively in New Guinea in WWII
Keith's Certificate of Discharge
Keith's previous occupation as a Tailor's Apprentice
Keith's move to painting and decorating

Joan and Keith together

St Joseph's Catholic Church, Neutral Bay where Joan and Keith were married on 16 May 1953.
Joan and Keith's marriage certificate
27 Grove Street, Dulwich Hill - Joan and Keith's first home together
31 Wellbank Street, Concord - purchase in the late 1950s
Avoca Beach Theatre - A Bit of a fleapit back in the day
Avoca Beach 1970s
224 Rusden Street, Armidale as it is today - The Brown family residence and shop
Moon's Bakery - a Uralla based supplier to the Rusden Street Shop
3 Oak Tree Drive, Armidale as it is today
The modified floorplan of the Brown's home at 3 Oak Tree Drive, Armidale
Armidale College of Advanced Education where Keith worked as a caretaker
Keith almost drowns attempting to save a fellow swimmer (Nambucca Guardian News on Wednesday, 4 November 1987)

Joan and Keith - the latter years

Page 1 of 2 of a letter from Joan to the Landsberry family following the death of Alf Landsberry (Christmas 1991)
Page 2 of 2 of a letter from Joan to the Landsberry family following the death of Alf Landsberry (Christmas 1991)
Page 1 of 3 of a letter from Joan to her sisters Gwen and Claire who were about to head overseas for a three month trip (July or August 1994)
Page 2 of 3 of a letter from Joan to her sisters Gwen and Claire who were about to head overseas for a three month trip (July or August 1994)
Page 3 of 3 of a letter from Joan to her sisters Gwen and Claire who were about to head overseas for a three month trip (July or August 1994)
A letter from Keith to Gwen and Alf Landsberry (July 1990)
Keith's funeral service booklet
Keith's death certificate
Joan's death notice
Joan's funeral service booklet
Joan's death certificate

Nan and Jimpa (Henrietta and Horace) Keith’s Parents

Death certificate for Nan's father, Thomas Hogan
Death notice for Nan's father, Thomas Hogan
Bankruptcy notice for Nan's father, Thomas Hogan
Notice of the issue of a warrant against Nan's father, Thomas Hogan
St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Enfield - where Nan and Jimpa were married
Notice of Nan and Jimpa's 50th wedding anniversary
Nan and Jimpa’s house at 31 Davidson Avenue, Concord as it looks today
Where the Browns all lived
This is Wikipedia's picture of Devon - yum, yum!
Tinned ham - looks delicious!!
The danger when managing a tinned ham
The Commonwealth Bank piggy banks that were playthings for the four Brown siblings when visiting Nan and Jimpa
Ponds Cold Cream - one of Nan's favourites
The gift of choice for Jimpa
Navarin of Lamb - 'fancy' food
Nan's funeral service notice (1974)
Nan's death notice (1974)
Dalton Gardens (where Jimpa lived as he aged) as it is today