Melanie Manion (now Leith)
1964-1967
Email: melanie@computermail.net

 

I was born in Sale, Victoria, My family moved to Malaysia in 1964,

I remember turning 7 on the ship that we were sailing to Malaysia on.  I was half way through Grade 1 when we arrived in Malaysia and came back to Australia just before the end of 1967 so finished Grade 4 at South Wagga Primary School before moving to Forest Hill Airforce Base. 

My family lived at 24 Jalan Azyze so it was a quick walk to School every day.  I often think about my time in Penang and wish I had been able to move back to Malaysia with my family when they were transferred back there again in 1979/81 but I was working and my Brother was in Year 12 so only our youngest Brother, who was 14 then, was lucky enough to live in Robina Park for about 2 and 1/2 years, until mid 1981, before returning to Amberley Airforce Base in Queensland with our Parents.

Even though I lived in Malaysia a long time ago, it is a time in my life that I have never forgotten. I visited my family in Malaysia in 1980 for a few weeks, it was great to be back.

 

Melanie Leith
23 October 2011