William Francis (Bill) McKie

  General Notes:

William Francis McKie suffered from Convulsions when he was 2 years old and nearly died in Hospital. His mother (Rosabell Mary Watson) told Bill this when he was a young Boy. She told him that Dr. Short and Sister Johnson were working on him in the Tottenham Hospital, after she had rushed him there when he took Convulsions. Dr. Short was sticking pins in his body, and he didn't flinch. The Dr. and Sister would look at each other and then at Bill's mother and then back at Bill. Dr. Short took Bill's Appendix out and there were no more Convulsions. Sister Johnson confirmed this with Bill when they met at a School Reunion in Tullamore NSW about 1989. She said that they had nearly lost him and that Bill was very lucky to be alive after what he had gone through.
Bill was born on a Monday. Bill & Sue moved from Tottenham to Bundanoon in June 1988. Bundanoon is near Bowral in the Southern Highlands of N.S.W.
Bill registered for National Service in 1966. Anyone aged twenty had to register. Registration Certificate No- 1056339 was dated 12th August 1966. He received a deferment dated 28th September 1966. They drew birth dates and if didn't come out you were deferred and under the arrangements at the time would not be called up. It was a lot of these National Service people that were sent to Vietnam, and those that came back got no recognition.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Maintenance Officer.

William married Susan Joy (Sue) Buerckner, daughter of Frederick (Fred) Buerckner and Ivy Josephine Dilia (Josie) Doyle, on 6 Sep 1973 in Condobolin, NSW Australia. (Susan Joy (Sue) Buerckner was born on 16 Feb 1947 in Condobolin, NSW Australia.)

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