Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Due to the nature of my family my dad was in a way sheltered an lead a different life it was not OK even though it was arranged in Australia In the 70s it was OK to live with an aboriginal women but not to marry. We were kept safe via our dad as part of the ottoman family an were not permitted to see my dads family after my parents were married, so my father pursued a existence for his young family when l was 10 sheikhs came to our home in. Bairnsdale then when l was 14 at one of those meetings they had a book of mahomets l think l even had a arrangement of a chosen bride but as to usual my dad never approached an then began his life of strong an silent personality l remember an have pictures of my dads family from my dad as he never spoke about his mother or father till he died except great grandfather sultan mahomet he remembered him being dark also his wife he talked about which was fatima so my great grandfather my grandfather and son where all in the Australian army l will uphold the family name on both sides of my parents never to let history repeat less we forget