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 At various times, family members resided with Vi at Graceville.  Julie Gillman (neé M-P) stayed with her while she undertook tertiary studies. John McClymont stayed with her after the Vietnam War as his mother, Minnie, had died while he was in Vietnam.\\
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-{{:vi_s_kitchen_graceville_enhanced.jpeg?350|}} Vi with her nephew Tom in her kitchen at Graceville.((Provenance T.A. & M.T. M-P))\\
+{{:vi_outside_her_house_graceville_enhanced.jpeg?250|}} Vi outside her home Graceville.((Provenance T.A. & M.T. M-P))\\
 Vi’s other interests include the various dogs she owned in her life. Her South Stradbroke Island experience didn't stop her habit of enjoying a good whisky and a plain //Capstan// cigarette every night before dinner. These activities were a then common M-P family, before-dinner trait.
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 **For more photos of Stan and his family, click on [[Stan]]**.\\
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-. **Hugh** Burnett M-P, born 22 July 1916 at [[w>pBoonah,_Queensland|Boonah, Queensland]]; died 15 November 1984.((SMH death notice, 17 November 1984.)) He contacted polio when young which affected a leg, but nevertheless went on to be a capable sportsman.((e.g. Photo of him as member of the Kings School tennis team 1934; E. Pitcher, eulogy for Hugh M-P, 20 November 1984.)) His eulogy suggested that the family were advised to move from Queensland to a cooler climate, i.e. Leura.((E. Pitcher, eulogy for Hugh M-P, 20 November 1984.)) Like his brother, he went to King's School, leaving in 1935.((Australian Military Forces, Demobilization Procedure Book for Hugh M-P.)) He graduated from the University of Sydney with a MB,BS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) in 1942. While at Sydney University, he lived at St Paul's College.((//Alumni Sidneienses//, University of Sydney Archives, accessed 25 October 2003; E. Pitcher, eulogy for Hugh M-P, 20 November 1984.)) He enlisted as a medical officer on 15 July 1943, serving until 29 July 1947. (({{https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=30898810&isAv=N}};Australian Military Forces, Demobilization Procedure Book for Hugh M-P.)) He became a well-respected obstetrician/gynaecologist, working and living in Newcastle. On 5 October 1962, at the Kings School chapel, he married nurse Elizabeth Ann Harper (23 September 1935 - 5 March 2014)((Marriage certificate, registration number 27695/1962)); they had no children.((Elizabeth's father, Harold Casterton Harper, an insurance agent when she married, received an MBE 'for conservation in 1978, //Supplement to the London Gazette//, 30 December 1978, p.20.)) After Hugh died, Elizabeth remarried, taking the surname Clark.\\
+. **Hugh** Burnett M-P, born 22 July 1916 at [[w>pBoonah,_Queensland|Boonah, Queensland]]; died 15 November 1984.((SMH death notice, 17 November 1984.)) He contacted polio when young which affected a leg. His eulogy suggested that the family were advised to move from Queensland to a cooler climate, i.e. Leura.((E. Pitcher, eulogy for Hugh M-P, 20 November 1984.)) Like his brother, he went to King's School, leaving in 1935.((Australian Military Forces, Demobilization Procedure Book for Hugh M-P.)) As with all his siblings, and despite his polio legacy, Hugh was a capable sportsman.((e.g. Photo of him as member of the Kings School tennis team 1934; E. Pitcher, eulogy for Hugh M-P, 20 November 1984.)) In adult life, he was a very good golfer and is remembered as having owned a racehorse.((TA M-P, pers. comm)) Hugh was a very social man, and a photograph in the //Sydney Morning Herald// shows him enjoying the opening night of one of Sydney's leading restaurants, Princes. He was shown with a future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, a friend from university, and famed American violinist Guila Bustabo.((photo reproduced in SMH, 5 November 1983, p.?))\\
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+Hugh graduated from the University of Sydney with a MB,BS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) in 1942, in the midst of World War II. While at Sydney University, he lived at St Paul's College.((//Alumni Sidneienses//, University of Sydney Archives, accessed 25 October 2003; E. Pitcher, eulogy for Hugh M-P, 20 November 1984.)) He enlisted as a medical officer in the army on 15 July 1943, serving until 29 July 1947 apparently mainly in Papua new Guinea. (({{https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=30898810&isAv=N}};Australian Military Forces, Demobilization Procedure Book for Hugh M-; Newcastle Herald, 19 November 1984.)) After the War, he became a well-respected obstetrician/gynaecologist, from 1947 mainly working and living in Newcastle. He formed a partnership with Dr W. McLaughlin from 1948. He died aged 68 having suffered from serious illness for 'several years', including 'severe chest disease'.((Newcastle Herald, 19 November 1984.))\\
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+On 5 October 1962, at the Kings School chapel, he married nurse Elizabeth Ann Harper (23 September 1935 - 5 March 2014)((Marriage certificate, registration number 27695/1962)); they had no children.((Elizabeth's father, Harold Casterton Harper, an insurance agent when she married, received an MBE 'for conservation in 1978, //Supplement to the London Gazette//, 30 December 1978, p.20.)) After Hugh died, Elizabeth remarried, taking the surname Clark.\\
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 {{:hugh_m-p_ml.jpg?400|}} Dr Hugh M-P in 1952 when he  was Medical Superintendent of Crown Street Women's Hospital.(( see{{http://judithgodden.com.au/jg1/crown-street-womens-hospital/}})) He is sitting next the legendary Matron Edna Shaw (in white) and with future Matrons Blair (right) and Love (left) as well as graduating midwives.((ML PXA389/1.)) \\
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 **For more photos of Hugh M-P, click on [[Dr Hugh]]**