Michael Manning

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1948 Michael George Manning was born on the 8 July 1948 at the Military Families Hospital, Moascar camp, Ismailia, Egypt as the second son of Robert Francis Manning and Dorothy Bertha Newman. Robert Francis was serving in the British Army and undertaking a tour of duty in Egypt after the Second World War. The birth occurred at the Command General Headquarters (GHQ), 2nd Echelon, Middle East Land Forces (MELF) of the British Army^[1]. Birth Certificate

1950 Returned with the rest of the family from Egypt back to England. The family returned on the Empire Windrush sailing from Port Said, Egypt. Due to unrest in the local population about the British occupation of Egypt, the journey from Moascar to Port Said was accompanied by an armoured car^[2].

1957 Migrated with the family from Southampton, England to Australia on the SS New Australia arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia on 30 January 1957 after a 6-week voyage. Due to the troubles around the Suez Canal, the ship travelled around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa stopping at Dakar, Senegal and Durban, South Africa. It then took two weeks to cross the Indian Ocean with the first sight of land being Fremantle.

Information on the SS New Australia including the travel conditions for new immigrants is available here. It was no luxury cruise with males and females separated and crammed into small cabins packed with bunk beds. The ship continued on to Melbourne where the family was met by Robert's cousin Victor Sheridan, and then to Sydney where the family disembarked. The last part of the trip was by diesel train sitting up overnight to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1962 Enrolled at the Kelvin Grove High School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1965 Completed the Senior Leaving Certificate at Kelvin Grove High School, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the final year at Kelvin Grove HS, Michael was in class 12A1, Roy Ryan was the class captain, Jan Knight was the class teacher, and he was a prefect in that year. He was also awarded the English Prize and a half-Blue for golf. He also appeared in school performance of Pygmalion that year.

1966 Accepted into the Science Faculty at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1968 Awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science (Microbiology) by the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.
Michael attended the Women's College Ball that year with Ros Outridge.

1976 Awarded the degree of Master of Science (Microbiology) at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.

1979 Awarded the degree of Master of Library Science. School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

1981 Appointed as Lecturer in the Graduate School of Librarianship, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1984 Awarded the Graduate Diploma in Computing at Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1989 Appointed as the Microcomputer Support Specialist in the Computer Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1991 Appointed Manager, Technology Services at the Library, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

2002 Appointed Manager, Technology Services in the Library, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW Australia.

2004 Marriage of Michael Manning and Louise Rodger on 23 May 2004 at Kiama courthouse, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia

2007 Graduated with the degree of Master of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) from the University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW Australia. Photograph 1 Photograph 2

2016 Retired from the Library at the University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Photographs

1948 Robert Francis Manning with his two sons William Francis Manning (L) and Michael George Manning (R) Location: Ismailia, Egypt Date: 1948 Photograph

1949 The Mannings at Fayid, Ismailia, Egypt on the Great Bitter Lake in 1949. Dorothy Bertha (Newman) Manning holding Michael Manning and William Manning with Robert Manning. Photograph
- Robert Francis Manning with his sons Michael George Manning (L) and William Francis Manning (R) Location: Great Bitter Lake, Ismailia, Egypt Date: Probably 1949 based on ages of Michael and William Photograph

About 1950 Michael George Manning and William Francis Manning with their father Robert Francis Manning at Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. Photograph

About 1951 Michael (l) and William (r) with their grandmother Alice Frances Christina (Gammon) Newman outside her home at Culcheth, Lancashire, England Photograph
- The Manning-Newmans outside the house of George Frederick Newman and Alice Frances Christina (Gammon) Newman. Photograph
Back row from left: Dorothy Bertha (Newman) Manning, George Frederick Newman, Olive Frances Newman
Front row from left: Michael George Manning, Alice Frances Christina (Gammon) Newman, William Frances Manning

About 1951 Dorothy Manning with sons William (left) and Michael (right) and her sister-in-law Mabel Doris Manning in Northern Ireland. Photograph

1952 Robert Manning with his sons Michael and William in the town square of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. it is uncertain whether the car was owned by RFM. Photograph

1952 Butlins Holiday Resort, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Robert Manning with sons Michael and William. This photograph was taken at a Butlin's Holiday camp in a chalet typical of these developments at Clacton-on-sea, in Essex, England. Photograph
Michael and William on the beach near Butlins holiday camp, Clacton-on-sea, Essex, England. Photograph
William and Michael attending entertainment at Butlins at Clacton-on-Sea. Photograph

1952 Michael and William at the front of 52 Willow Road, Ambrosden, Oxfordshire, England. In the background is the much-loved tricycle. Photograph

About 1954 William and Michael at Liverpool, England. Their father Robert Francis Manning was stationed for a number of years in Liverpool with the British Army. Photograph

1961 Robert and Dorothy Manning with their sons William and Michael and Olive Newman on Greenmount Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photograph

1960 The Manning family enjoying the sun and sea at Shornecliff, Queensland, Australia. On the back of the print, 'On the rocks - Shornecliff near Brisbane' had been written Photograph

1961 Robert and Dorothy Manning with his sons William and Michael and Olive Newman on Greenmount Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photograph

1960s The Mannings having a picnic lunch From left: Robert Francis Manning, William Francis Manning, Dorothy Bertha Newman (Manning), and Michael George Manning. Date: unknown but appears to be early 1960s Location: unknown Photograph

2004 Marriage of Michael Manning and Louise Rodger on 23 May 2004 at the Kiama Courthouse, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. Among the guest attending the wedding were (from left) Iain Rodger, Maree Coe, Peter Brown, Anna Coe, Jan Manning, Louise Rodger, Bill Manning, Michael Manning, Hugh Rodger and Desma Rodger. Photograph Photograph 2 Photograph 3 Photograph 4

2016 Attending the marriage ceremony of David and Amy Coe at the Catholic Church, Stafford, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 16 November 2016. Photograph

2018 Ruth, David, Dudley and Michael Manning in the back garden at Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland on 22 August 2018. Louise and Michael Manning were visiting from Australia. Photograph

2022 Having coffee with Louise at Barroul House cafe, Bonaira Street, Kiama, NSW, Australia on his birthday 8 July 2022. Photograph

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Certificate - UK Government issued 22 February 2011.
2. ↑ Personal Communication - DBM