Joan Mary Forster née Easterbrook (1920 - 1990)

 

Joan Mary Forster née Easterbrook, born in Newcastle, NSW on 6 June, 1920, was the daughter of Claude Cadman Easterbrook and Vivienne Murial Easterbrook née Nicholson.  Joan married Paton Cameron Forster in All Souls Anglican Church, East St. Kilda, Melbourne and they had two children, Ian Easterbrook Cameron Forster and Edwina Nicole Forster.  Joan died on 3 April, 1990.

 

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Portrait of Joan.

 

Elijah Easterbrook, Joan's Grandfather, born 10 March 1865, Singleton, NSW. Bridget Easterbrook née Lynch, Joan's Grandmother, born 1862, Patricks Plains, Singleton, NSW. Claude Cadman Easterbrook wearing peaked cap, Joan's father, born 25 May, 1889. The last party of the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade to leave Gallipoli, December 1915.

 

Joan, second from right, at school in 1937. Joan enjoying the beach. Joan's Father, Claude Cadman Easterbrook, and her son, Ian.

 

Joan with her son, c1954. Joan in her Red Cross Uniform. Joan at Mt. Macedon in July, 1958. Joan in 1977. Joan at her BA Graduation in 1989.

 

Joan at her BA Graduation in 1989.

 

 

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