O'keefe-Innes Wedding
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A photograph of the bridal group taken after the marriage of Mr. lan Innes, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen Innes, of Vaucluse, to Miss Gwendolyne O’Keefe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. W.
O’Keefe, of Mosman, Sydney, at St. Michael’s Church, Vaucluse. The Innes family is one of the best known in the Pacific, although members all live in Sydney now. lan Innes won the MM during service with the RAF in France, The bride was attended by her cousin, Jean Schwerkert (left), and Miss Marygowan Innes. (whose own wedding is reported elsewhere).
Hawthorn, Victoria, at St. Mark’s Church of England, Camberwell, Melbourne.
The bride was given away by her stepfather.
Bridesmaids were: Heather Benison, only sister of the bride, and Valda Youlden, only sister of the groom. Mr. Athol Dunks, cousin of the groom, was best man, and Mr. Fred Holland (only son of the late Mr. Harry Holland who also was lost on “Montevideo Maru”), was groomsman.
Photograph shows—bride and groom; and, be hind them, Mr. Dunks and Miss Benison, Mr.
Holland and Miss Youlden, Mr. and Mrs. Davie, and extreme right, back, Mrs. Youlden, mother of the bridegroom.