ian whitehead's life in pictures
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Pictires from the 90 years of Ian Whitehead's life.TRANSCRIPT
I A N W H I T E H E A D
Born23rd December 1920
Berty & Gerty Whitehead – Parents to Ian
Ian & Ilene Whitehead – Siblings
Ian playing cricket at a jaunty angle
Ian with his first set of wheels
Ian & Ilene playing in the park – and Ian as a cowboy
Ian with his pet dog Teddy
Ian Whitehead – while at Park Town Boys High School – in Johannesburg
Berty, Gerty, Ilene & Ian Whitehead – in their garden in Johannesburg
Ian at Durban beach on holiday
Ian in his 1st Traansvaal Scotish uniform
On manoeuvres in Kenya at the outbreak of WW2 with the South African forces – Press Image
Ian
Ian with Medics – arm on the mend
Ian potographed in Egypt
Ian with his section – ‘The Camel Cor’ – during the North African Campaign
Ian
Ian next to a tank in North Africa
Ian with his comrade in arms Ken Morgan in their dug-out – just prior to the Battle of El Alamein
Covering their dug-out to remain hidden) – just prior to the Battle of El Alamein
Sleeping under the 4x4 truck in the desert
Digging a slit-trench in the North African desert – battle pending
Ian with his Dad Bertie – back in Johannesburg on leave after Alamein
Picture of Ian for his mother during the war
Ian & Marine at their wedding (Maurine Wheeler)
Ian & Maurine’s wedding picture 1949
Left: Berty Whitehead, Ilene Whitehead, Noel Slamon, Ian & Maurine, Evelin Van der Valt,
Margaret Wheeler. Louise Little, Terase & Fred Morter
Linden Chistian Church
Ian & Maurine’s four children – Brial, Graham, Neville & Jillian
Berty, Ian & Brian at the Robindale house – corner of Oak Avenue & Will Scarlet Ave.
Ian with a moustache
Home: 5 Clovelly Road, Greenside, Johannesburg during the early 1970s
Sailing champions: Graham and Neville Whitehead with proud parents
Ian & Maurine at 82 Greenway, Greenside, Johannesburg in 1991
Neville, Brian, Jill & Graham at 82 Greenway, Greenside, Johannesburg in 1991
Ian with his Miletary medals in MOTH blazer
Ian in his DJ on his ocean cruse around the Indian Ocean
Ian in good company on his ocean cruse around the Indian Ocean
Ian taking a microlite flight around Reunion in the Indian Ocean
Ian & Nevill in the flat at San Sereno in Bryanston
Ian with the medals in a wall case
Family medals including a DCM for Sgt Major Sidney Thwaits – Ian’s Grand Father
Old family photo of the homstead in the Eastern Cape
Ian in his mid 80s
Ian on his 90th birthday – could easily pass for 60? or 70?
Ian & Lorna Clark enjoying a special moments
Ian reading the Business section at Lorna’s cottage – ever keeping a watchful eye on affairs