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     George Dunstone Hargreaves George Dunstone Hargreaves. Grew up in Ganmain, a few hundred miles west of Tumut. His father ran bullock teams transporting goods of any sort, but mainly lumber, throughout the Riverina district. It was a pretty tough time and the depression in the 30s had a devastating effect on the Australian countryside. Money was scarce and George had to leave school at fourteen. During this period, he developed the rudiments of the retailing skills he would later use in his own business. Apparently he and a colleague would buy up the merchandise of bankrupt businesses in one town then haul it over to more prosperous areas and set up a bargain sale. They did this for years during the depression, moving from town to town throughout New South Wales and Queensland. They never made much money out of it but managed to survive the depression reasonably well. World War II interrupted all that and he joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941. He received his wings at Point Cook Air Force Academy in Victoria and then boarded a troop ship for the USA, eventually doing more training with the Canadian Air Force. After more training in the UK, he becam a Flight Lieutenant and transferred as a bomber pilot to an Australian squadron based in India where he spent the rest of the war in sorties against the Japanese over Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and Thailand. He survived the war and returned with, among other things, a stronger education and enough money to buy a small retail (men's and women's wear, shoes, etc.) business in Arncliffe, Sydney. He went on to build this into quite a successful business and ran it until his retirement in 1970. He passed away on 18th October, 1984. His wife currently (7/94) lives in Sydney. [Source: letter from son, Alan John Hargreaves, to Alvy Ray Smith, June 12, 1994.] George was born at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, on 23 September 1911. He married Phyllis Constance Algar on 12 April 1948. George died on 18 October 1984 at age 73.

     She married H Chippendale on 6 October 1945.

     He married M Drury.

     She married (?) (?).

     He married E (?).

     She married P Arnold.

     She married Frank Mayr.

     He married Lesley Elizabeth Eadie.

     She married G Vickory.

     She married J Pickworth on 8 April 1939.

     He married Olive E Hargreaves on 8 April 1939.

     Patricia R Pickworth married (?) Reid.¹ She married H Watkins on 17 September 1966.

     She married H Murphy on 10 February 1968.

     He married L Hampson on 30 November 1977.

     He married Patricia R Pickworth on 17 September 1966.

     He married Barbara J Pickworth on 10 February 1968.

     She married R Bray on 1 December 1934.

     She married R Walker.

     He married E Forbes on 3 December 1945.

     She married Richard W Hargreaves on 3 December 1945.

     Lt Frederick Hargreaves Hargreaves Book, p 89:

"Bert's son was Frederick. Frederick served in the Air Force, enlisting in 1943, reaching the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He returned ot run a fruit shop in Tumut." He married Doreen Beaven. Frederick was born on 25 June 1919.² Frederick died on 23 July 1969 at age 50.²

     She married Lt Frederick Hargreaves.

     She married L McKenzie on 30 December 1970.¹

     She married R McMahon on 14 June 1975.¹

     She married Scott Pfeiffer on 27 February 1971.¹

     She married D Willey on 20 September 1980.¹

     Clemens was born on 25 December 1913. He married E Scott on 21 November 1942. Clemens died on 1 March 1971 at age 57.

     Trevor was born on 29 January 1921. He married E Ellis on 14 November 1942. Trevor E Hargreaves died on 9 February 2005 at age 84.¹