My grandfather, Waters Eveleigh ("Leigh") Rankin was born in Australia in 1908, and had an eventful and very interesting life. With the encouragement of his children, he bought a computer in 1987 and wrote his autobiography. He completed it before his death in 1989, and his son, Mike Rankin, had it printed as a book in a limited production run. Mike was kind enough to pass copies of the files on to me, and for the benefit of family, friends and any others who may be interested, I have published his story here.

In the course of his research into his family and ancestors, Leigh found an account of his father's childhood, a fascinating story of growing up in "pioneer" Australia. William Edmund Rankin's story is also reproduced here - the original is with the Clarence River Historical Society.

Should anyone be interested in copies of these documents or extracts from the family tree (print or GEDCOM) please email me at Alex.Rogers@geseaco.com.

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"Its Been A Great Life" The autobiography of Waters Eveleigh Rankin

"The Boyhood & Youth of William Edmund Rankin" The partial autobiography of William Edmund Rankin

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