Meet Peter

Peter was born in Bunbury in 1926. He went to school in South Bunbury, and left at age 14 to work at various jobs around Capel, Picton and Bunbury.

Joining the RAAF in 1944, he trained in Busselton, and then South Australia. Subsequently a posting took him to the then-named Dutch New Guinea until the end of the war, and then onto Townsville until 1946.

Peter is seen here wearing his medals to the recent ANZAC service at Ocean Star. Peter was a track and road cyclist from 1941-1950. He was the South Bunbury Cycling Club champion, and in 1948 he won two big races in Adelaide and Tasmania.

He was chosen for the WA State team and came 2nd in the Donnybrook-Collie race. In 1950 Peter was ranked as number one cyclist in WA and captained the State team in Tasmania.

Peter and his wife Mary had seven children of whom he is very proud, five boys and two girls. Peter shares his secret to life as being “be kind to your body”.