Jean Catherine Forster née Officer (1895 - 1959)

 

Jean Catherine Officer, born 1895, was the daughter of Frank Suetonius Officer and Ethel Catherine Marzetti Officer née Umphelby.  Her brothers and sister were Sir Frank Keith Officer, OBE, MC (Keith), Elsie Margaret Officer and Brigadier Hugh Ronald Officer.  Jean married Cameron McDougall Forster, MD and they had three children, Cameron Hugh Forster (Cam) Frank Menzies Cameron Forster, MD and Mary Jean Forster.

 

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Jean with her elder sister, Elsie and brother, Keith. Portrait of Jean at 2 years. Jean at 3 years and 5 months, November 1898. Portrait of Jean at 3 years, Tasmania. Jean on right with her older sister, Elsie, c1905. Jean at top with her sister, Elsie and brother, Hugh, Toorak.

 

Jean at 9 months, March 1896. Jean on left with her brother, Keith and sister, Elsie at Mentone.

 

Portrait of Jean. Jean dressing up for a Party, Kardinia, Malvern, 1913. Portrait of Jean taken in 1915. Jean with her son Cam aged three months. Jean with her son Frank aged one month. Jean with her sons Cam and Frank.

 

Jean dressing up for a Party, Kardinia, Malvern, 1913. Jean with her sister Elsie (left) at Kardinia, Malvern. Cochrane Street, Brighton. Jean and her son Cam at Brighton. Jean with her daughter Mary in Melbourne.

 

Jean Catherine Officer went through as a BA at the Commencement Ceremony on 13th April, 1918. Jean with her son, Cam at Brighton. A passport photograph of Jean. Jean with her younger brother, Hugh. Jean at the gate of Duneira, her brother Hugh's home at Olinda, Victoria. Jean with her brothers Keith and Hugh.

 

Jean with her grandson, John, 1955. Jean with her younger brother, Hugh.

 

Jean, Melbourne.

 

 

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