Sally, Adrian & Peter Riordan (~1968)

My father Adrian William Riordan (1903-1966) studied at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. In 1930 he married Roslyn Newell Rutherford (1893-1979). They had 3 children; Richard (17.3.32-14.4.04), Roger (b 24.3.34), and Julienne.

When WW1 started Roslyn began training as a masseuse, and after she graduated she worked in military hospitals in England and then France in 1917-18. Her family kept her letters home, and these are reproduced here. After the war she became active in the Girl Guides in NSW.

In 1931 my father was posted to Victoria Barracks and the family remained in Victoria, apart from 2 years in England while my father did a course at the Imperial Staff College.

I was born in 1934, and on 24.6.61 I married Shirley-Anne (Sally) Yeo. We had 3 children - Peter, Adrian & Sarah.

Sally died unexpectedly in 1999, and in 2000 I married our long time friend Patricia Herman.

Pat died of cancer in 2010.