Doug’s mum Sarah decides to visit her old home in England and so Doug joins her on the P&O Strathnaver. London, Birmingham, Dosthill, Tamworth Castle, Peterborough, Hoddlesden. Sarah stays on and Doug flies home via New York.
Dating back to his early days in Canada, Doug’s father was involved in horse racing. In Perth they had success with many horses, most notably the 1932 Easter Cup win with Dainty Princess. There were hard times and some bad accidents for father Walter. Doug has some betting wins and after the war was a ‘betting clerk’ for a friend.
The Cash family arrives in Sydney, Australia aboard the SS Niagara. Over the next six years they lived in Liverpool before moving to Enmore, Darlinghurst and Lewisham. During this time, Doug’s dad worked for Maytag/Eureka and Doug commenced his schooling including attending Darlinghurst Public School.
Doug tells us about his birth in Canada and that of his father Walter, mother Sara, brother Cecil and sister Alice and the family’s movements through Ontario, Manitoba and finally Vancouver, BC before moving to Australia.