Life Story of Dawn Olive McCullough

As I continue to explore my family history, I will post occasional life stories of individuals from my family tree. These will be noted with who each person is to me.

Ancestor Reference: Mother

When Dawn Olive McCullough was born on November 30, 1938, in Seymour, Victoria, Australia, her father, David, was 22, and her mother, Vera, was 19.

Dawn was the eldest child of Vera and David, and together they had two other children. Dawn’s father, David, fought and died for his country in the Fall of Singapore in 1942. Vera had five other children with Len Smith, which Dawn helped raise.

At the age of 18, Dawn married Donald Martin George Nunn on September 28, 1957, in Tallarook, Victoria, Australia. They had five children in 15 years. She died on August 2, 2018, in her hometown at the age of 79, and was buried in Tallarook, Victoria, Australia.

At the time of her death, she had 8 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Ancestry Life Story, edited by James Nunn