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    Boulder Primary School

    Clifford Booth1956

    Eastern Goldfields Senior High School

    Clifford Booth1963

    University of Western Australia Studying Engineering. Initially lived at Kingswood College at the university, but later moved in with Ian Campbell in Marmion Street, Cottesloe.

    Clifford Booth1 Feb 1968

    Mum died after a long battle with cancer. This was a seminal moment in my life. For the first time I really thought about the meaning of life and decided what I was doing was not making me happy. So I quit university and headed out on a new path, at the time unknown.

    Clifford Booth22 May 1969
    7 Jul 1969Kalgoorlie - Boulder, WA, Australia

    Clifford Booth Started work at International Nickel Australia Ltd. International Nickel was a Canadian company so this was my first exposure to Canada as most of the bosses and many of the workers were Canadian. This job took me all over Western Australia and to many isolated outback places I would never have seen, but for it.

    18 Mar 1970Kalgoorlie - Boulder, WA, Australia

    Clifford Booth Notified of indefinite deferment for national service for the Vietnam war

    25 Jan 1972Kalgoorlie - Boulder, WA, Australia

    Clifford Booth By this time the WA nickel boom was dying down and the writing was on the wall so I resigned from International Nickel Australia Ltd and moved to Darwin

    27 Apr 1972Darwin, NT, Australia

    Clifford Booth Started work at Commonwealth Railways as a storeman in Darwin

    I met Stephanie Brown at the Waratah Club and we had a loving relationship for about a year. We tried the long distance relationship after I moved to Port Augusta, but we were both young and it was much harder in those days. Like all good things in my life, from time to time, I still remember Stephanie with great fondness.

    Clifford Booth1 May 1972
    8 Sep 1972Port Augusta, SA, Australia

    Clifford Booth Secured a job as Assistant Programmer at Commonwealth Railways in Port Augusta. The start of my IT career.

    I met Andrea through Maurice and Lynne Hughes and we started a relationship. I worked with Maurice at the IT department of Commonwealth Railways. Andrea moved to Port Augusta and we rented a flat before eventually moving to Melbourne.

    Clifford Booth1 Jun 1973
    22 May 1974Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Clifford Booth Resigned from Commonwealth Railways and accepted a job with TAA in Melbourne. This was the beginning of a long period of time working in the airline industry.

    10 Jun 1976Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Clifford Booth 1976 First Australian Passport photo

    Married Andrea. It was a small ceremony in the registry office. Those in attendance were Andrea's parents, (Jack and Enid Lund), Andrea's sister (Vivian) and Andrea's brother (Robert)

    Clifford Booth5 Jul 1976
    6 Jan 1981Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Clifford Booth Australian Passport photo

    Relocated to Canada to work at Wardair. The intention was stay for 18 months. It turned out to be almost 38 years.

    Clifford Booth14 Mar 1981

    Moved to Copenhagen to work with Christian Rovsing A/S on the Air Canada Data Network (C$150M) and the American Airlines Data Network (US$220M)

    Clifford Booth22 Apr 1983

    Hired by Sperry Computer Systems to work at SAS Data after Christian Rovsing was sold.

    Clifford Booth2 Nov 1983
    4 Dec 1985Toronto, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Australian Passport photo

    20 Dec 1990Toronto, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Australian Passport photo

    2 Jan 2001Toronto, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Australian Passport photo

    15 May 2003Toronto, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Canadian Citizenship

    27 May 2003Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth First Canadian Passport photo

    5 May 2008Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Canadian Passport photo

    Separated from Andrea

    Clifford Booth15 Jul 2009
    29 Nov 2010Toronto, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Australian Passport photo

    28 Feb 2013Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Canadian Passport photo

    14 Dec 2014Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Married Michelle

    29 Aug 2017Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Clifford Booth Canadian Passport photo

    Separation

    Clifford Booth28 Jun 2018

    Arrived back in Australia

    Clifford Booth5 Nov 2018
    1 Mar 1972

    Clifford Booth Stephanie Brown - My first true love, and she has remained in my heart since I met her.