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In October 1955, Grant Beaumont, better known to friends as Jim, entered a city hotel

in Adelaide on a high after a win at the horse races. The Australian Army veteran had recently

returned to South Australia after years spent serving overseas and was now working as a

taxi driver for local cab company, suburban taxis. He owned several vehicles, working hard

long hours to earn extra income. Keen to celebrities went at the races with

a drink, Jim walked into the Victoria Hotel on Hwyntel Street in the heart of Adelaide

City. His attention was immediately drawn to a woman who was sitting eating a meal with

another couple. Struck by her natural beauty and warm brown eyes, Jim worked up the courage

to approach the woman who introduced herself as Nancy Ellis. The two hid it off immediately.

Just six weeks after their first date, Jim proposed to Nancy and by December that year,

the pair were married. Nine months later, in September 1956, they gave birth to their first

child, a daughter they named Jane Narte. November 1958 marked the arrival of Anna

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