F. B. Vickers

[1] F. B Vickers was born in England on 25 March 1903 at Rood End, Oldbury, Worcestershire.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Vickers (engine-fitter) and Elizabeth Alice Amelia, née Jukes.

On 9 February 1938 he married Louie Rachael, née Horner at St. Albans Church of England, Highgate Hill, Perth.

[2] He worked on the land, on sheep stations, as a poultry farmer and in road gangs, before serving with the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East during World War II .

After suffering a leg injury he returned to recuperate in Australia and began to write while recovering in hospital.