Thanks for the replies, Dad will be very happy with the result. Thanks for the spelling correction for Joe Wallis. I was thinking that myself, that maybe Joe Wallis was a Sydney sider and Ambrose went round the schools when he wasn't training. Things were a little more sociable and hands on in the 3...

My Father recently wrote a book about growing up in Sydney in the 20's and 30's. He made mention of two people who influenced him in his development, one being Ambrose Palmer, our countries great heavy weight boxing champion of that period and the other, a referee by the name of Joe Wallace. When my...