from Prue Deckert nee Rapkins 2005

Prue and John visited the lighthouse in late 2004, Prue was the daughter of lighthouse keeper Eric Rapkins. In 1944 she left for the USA to marry Wilfred Deckert who had been a menber of the 5th Air Force (US) as a radar operator. She sent through a package of scanned photos and other information including from the Caloundra Topic sent to her by Stella Comino in 1947, and photos from around Caloundra including the Caloundra State School. See attached files - tags: world war two, association with

Caloundra Topic