Historical information

John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett

After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren.

Physical description

An A3 copy of a group photograph of three rows of adults and a front of children with foliage in the background and foreground. Four males in the back row, four males and one female in second row, two males and four females and two infants in the third row and six infants in the front row.
On the back of the photo there is a list of names
Baack Row Bob Birstall, Richard(Dick) Lockett, George Lockett, Herbert(Herb) Lockett
2nd Row William(Bill) Bertha(Birdie) Lockett, Tom Lockett, George Scholes, James(Jim) Lockett
3rd Row Elizabeth Lockett(Jim on Knee), Mary Birstall, Alf Lockett. Grandfather Lockett. Edith Lockett(Scholes), Jane Lockett(Ina on Knee)
Front Bob Burstall, Clarance, Ivy Scholes, Les' Birstall, Florence Birstall
Front Bob+Clarie Burstall, Annie Lockett, Ivy Scholes, Sis Burstall, Floe Burstall (Cooper)