Shep's Place Family Tree

Before the war ended the bank recalled him from the army to his Sub-Inspector position. He went to his home only to find himself locked out, his belongings in suitcases on the front verandah, and his marriage of 32 years had ended. The divorce went through in 1947.

He then married Bunty Whitty, then of Double Bay, Sydney.

Stanley retired from the A.N.Z. Bank aged 60 years in August 1952. He visited Adelaide in 1949 and 1954, the second time with Bunty. For the ten years after Stanley's retirement he worked for a firm of accountants. In 1970 ‎(aged 78)‎ he was doing T.V. commercials and played the part of a judge in an episode of the Melbourne produced "Homicide" called "Taken Care Of", as well as other but more minor parts. He and Bunty lived at "Fernholme" which, with his sister May Gould, he inherited in 1945 at his father Osmond's death. In 1970 Stanley wrote to his cousin Violet Stevenson that he was finding the care of 25,220 square feet of "Fernholme" which took a lot of maintenance, too much for him and he had put the place on the market and was being besieged by agents.

The successful sale accomplished he and Bunty moved to a unit he had purchased two years previously, one of six which faced Abbot Street and the back gate of "Fernholme". The old house was demolished and units for the widows of Masonic Lodge members were built on the cleared site.

Arthritis plagued Stanley for some time before his death at 81 in 1987.

"The wedding of Miss Bunty Whitty, second daughter of the late Mr. Harold Whitty of Berrigan, N.S.W. and Mrs. Mona Whitty of Double Bay to Mr. Stanley Wilson of Sandringham, Victoria, will take place at St. Columba's Church, Woollahra next Tuesday. The bride will wear her mother's wedding dress which was also worn by her sister Mrs. James Macquarrie Anthill who will be matron of honour. Family heirlooms, a Honiton lace veil more than 150 years old and a gold bracelet given to the bride's great aunt by Queen Alexandra will be worn by the bride."

Next came a photograph of the bridal couple, the caption dated 21 May 1947.

The account said they had married "last night" and gave similar details to the earlier one, with the addition that the bride's gown was heavy cream satin, and that the reception had been held at the home of the bride, Cooper Street, Double Bay, and that they would live in Victoria.