ALMA HINDMARSH NEE MORRISON

 

Alma Hindmarsh

Born 4 March 1904 in Parkes (NSW BDM 15383/1904)

Daughter of Alexander Morrison and Selina Ann (Pritchard) Morrison

Sister of Kenneth J M Morrison, Irene (Morrison) Hahn, Myra (Morrison) Foster, Alexander Morrison, Eva Morrison, William Morrison, Ethel (Morrison) Reid and John Fisher Morrison

Wife of Bernard Hindmarsh — married 1935 (to 1943) in Macksville

Wife of Frederick Brock McPhillips — married 16 March 1950 (to 1978) in All Saints Catholic Church, West Kempsey, NSW, Australia

Mother of Jan (Hindmarsh) Thomas, Marlene Hindmarsh and Ian Hindmarsh

Died after 12 July 1997 in Gulgong

Alma and Bernie Hindmarsh in Sydney

This photo of Bernie and Alma was taken 9 May 1943.

Five days later, on 14 May 1943, the Hospital Ship Centaur was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Tweed Heads, NSW. Bernard Hindmarsh was the ship's doctor. He did not survive the attack.

Alma with daughters Jan and Marlene

Alma in Sydney

Alma's second husband, Fred McPhillips

Alma in 1962 with her mother, Selina, and her brother Alec's grandchild, Jane Morrison.

Alma and her three children at 9a Bemago St, Nambucca Heads NSW