My brother and I were aware of the existence of our parents' letters as they had for many years been stored in a well used damp garage. Upon our parents death the family papers were entrusted to Dennis' care and upon investigating a small old cardboard suitcase held together by a dilapidated pair of tights these letters and cables were found; the photographs being in a family album were better protected and survived also.
Having fond memories of the years we spent in Australia during the war, I read the letters and found that they told the personal story of a family separated by war. When...