Thanks to Kylie McKay of Romsey for providing this card.
Fan is Fanny McKay of Hill Croft Dairy, Newlands. The Hugh she refers to is Hugh Hilliar and Will Geddes is his nephew. They, with Will's cousin William McKay, died in a boating accident at Tarwin in July 1917, just before the cousins were due to leave for WW1. You can read about it here.
The stories of William McKay and William Geddes as well as that of Kylie's grandfather Gordon McKay, are told in my book, The Old Boys of Coburg State School Go to War. They were all members of the pioneering McKay family who owned some of the earliest quarries in the area and went on to be prominent dairy farmers.
William Geddes. Courtesy Cassy Twomey.
William McKay. Courtesy Cassy Twomey.
Gordon McKay. Courtesy Coburg Historical Society.
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