November 05, 2006

Tribute to Roy Harper...my dad

Francis Roy Harper
14/03/1927 - 5/11/1995

I don't have a lot of pictures of dad but I really enjoyed spending time at mum's yesterday sifting through photos to find these.


Dad on a picnic rug in his early 20s.

























Royal Marine Dress Uniform outside the Cenataff in London















Dad with some WRENS in Malta (friends of Mum's)





















Dad with his best friend. Name unknown.
























Royal Marine active duty uniform











































After dad left the Marines he returned to England. Here he is on duty as a London Bobby. He is with two Amercian Marines who decided to dress up as English men for a night out on the town. One is called Darwin Lesh.

One of dad's self portraits.

























Mum and Dad got married shortly after they arrived in Australia in 1959.






























A birthday party for Dad in Olinda's famous Cuckoo Restaurant. Pictured with mum, Carole and Daniel. Another one at the same place, perhaps a few years later.


In the 90s down at Dad's house in Inverloch, with Ally and me.











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