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I’ve just had possibly the most extraordinary meeting of my life. A year ago, I posted this story about how my grandparents met - a New Zealand officer who married a Lebanese woman in Egypt at the end of WW2
I’ve just had possibly the most extraordinary meeting of my life. A year ago, I posted this story about how my grandparents met - a New Zealand officer who married a Lebanese woman in Egypt at the end of WW2
About a month ago, a man in New Zealand commented on that post, with this photo of my grandparents, asking if they were my family. He told me my grandfather’s personal photo collection was at NZ national library
Now I’m covering the #RoyalTour, I’ve been able to meet up with him. This is him: Mark Cousins. His grandfather Clarence was my grandfather’s orderly. He died in the war, but sent letters home saying how much he liked my grandfather - which prompted Mark to investigate
