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The Yapp’s Family Site

My wife Joyce and I immigrated to Australia in 1965 at the ripe old age 20. We were classed by the Aussies as 10 Pound Pomes apart from their adoring term “Pomey B********s”. We lived in Sydney for a while but decided to pack up our car and trailer and we headed for Adelaide in South Australia where we lived for 15 years.

In 1981 we decided it was time for another change so we once again packed the cars up and went north to Queensland and settled in Brisbane where we live to this day.

It was all very exciting for a young couple back in 1965; we were sponsored to Australia by a group Apex. On our rather apprehensive arrival in Sydney Harbour we were placed with a family in Concord. Within the first week of arriving, I had found a job with a company named Hornibrooks that were building the frame construction for the Sydney Opera House, so I played a very small labouredly part in that. We bought our first Holden car and we found a 3 bed roomed flat in Haberfield that we shared with our new on board ship friends from Wigan.

Don’t laugh, but these are our ID photos, passports were not required for the move.

Jim 1965 Joyce 1965

We left shores of Old Blighty on the 1st of February 1965.

We were taken to Waterloo Station were we had to get our train that took us to Southampton

Source: Internet

We should be hiding somewhere in this photo feeling a little excited but at the same time quite scared

 but to us back then it was all a big adventure.

Our first car was a 1956 Holden FE Sedan.1965 all our belongings heading for Adelaide

We bought our first house in Modbury in South Australia for $7,900

 

Two Simple Words.

[Webmaster comment”Ha Ha!?]

 Jimmy 1945 and 2010

                  

  Officially Retired now, still a Big Head and Show Off and loving it.

The clever little chap that has build and made this wonderful Yapp Heritage site for all Yapp’s to take advantage of is My Nephew Clive Yapp; [Who is also officially retired editors comment ] seems silly to call him my Nephew as he is not that much younger than me [30 months editors comment ] but it does just keep him in his place. Ha ha!!

I won’t say too much about the reason for this Web site as I believe you will soon understand its reason.

George Yapp was my brother and Clive’s Dad, sadly George was killed in action in Korea on the 20th May 1951.

 

 

George Yapp Hong Kong 1950

 

George Yapp [KIA  1951] Queen Elizabeth II Cross and Georges medals

Like all us Yapp’s; George was an Extremely Handsome Chap. I was only 8 when George died so I didn’t really know him too much but I can recall him coming home on leave with his rucksack over his shoulder.

I know Clive will be covering his Father’s details but I just wanted to say that we have always been very proud of George and he will never be forgotten.