Summary

Photograph of members of the McPhee and Baker families in Balwyn, 1931, including Ellen (Nell) Amenda McPhee, nee Baker and John (Jack) Albert McPhee, who came out to Australia on the SS Demosthenes in 1919.

Taken at the residence of Jack and Nell McPhee at 18 John Street, Balwyn, the people featured are as follows:
Back row from left to right: Leonard Baker (Nell's brother, known as Len), Leonard's wife Edith Baker (known as Edie), John Albert McPhee (Nell's husband, known as Jack).
Middle row from left to right: Emily Baker (Nell's sister, known as Sis), Emily Baker (Nell's mother known as Granny Baker) holding baby Hilda (Nell and Jack's daughter, born 23/11/1930), and Ellen McPhee (nee Baker, known as Nell).
Front row from left to right: Ron McPhee (Nell and Jack's son, born 28/1/1923), and Jack McPhee (Nell and Jack's son, born 15/7/1921).

Ellen (Nell) Amenda Baker, born on 15/1/1896, worked in England as a scullery maid for a shoe and slipper manufacturer. John (Jack) Albert McPhee, born on 1/12/1896, had served in the Australian army during World War I, and while in England he visited his friend Charles Baker's family in Southampton where he met Charles' sister Nell. They corresponded during the War and married on 12 April 1919. Nell and Jack boarded the SS Demosthenes at Southampton on 26 July 1919 and landed in Melbourne on 14 September 1919 where they initially lived with Jack's parents in South Melbourne.

Physical Description

monochrome photograph

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