Trove Tuesday

Trove Tuesday – Geoffrey Roy Whimpey

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This week, I decided to take a break from my Marr family, and decided to look for some articles I haven’t yet shared for my Whimpey family, and I came across some poems written by my dad’s cousin, Geoff Whimpey.

Candlelight
Candle-light (1934, February 3). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. 40. Retrieved October 18, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51269875

 

Fire Folk
Fire Folk (1935, April 27). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. 45. Retrieved October 18, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47116269

 

Australia
Australia! (1935, March 16). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. 52. Retrieved October 18, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51382848

 

I also found the following article about Geoff.

Air Hero's Exploits
NEWS OF THE DAY (1944, August 24).The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved October 18, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206002999

 

Geoffrey Roy Whimpey was the son of Albert Roy Whimpey and Phyllis Walsh. He was born 30 November 1920 at Brunswick North, and killed in action in World War II, on 5 July 1944.  Albert Roy Whimpey was the brother of my grandfather, John Ernest Whimpey.