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Max Hilton Lutherborrow was born on 13th May 1924 in Goulburn, a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. He was the elder son of Harry Lutherborrow and Lilian Monk. [1] The family soon after settled in Weldon Street, Burwood, in Sydney's inner western suburbs. [2] On his paternal side, Max was a three x great grandson of convicts Paul Lutherborrow (arrived in colony 1796) and Ann Jackson (1806), and William Pincham (1807), and four x great grandson of George Patfield (Second Fleeter 1790) and Mary O'Brien (1793).
He attended Homebush Public School, Lidcombe Commercial School for two years and Stanmore Commercial School in 1939. In 1940, he served sixty days in the 26th Infantry Battalion, Australian Military Force, before discharging to enlist in the Merchant Navy. [3]
On 22nd September 1942, now eighteen years of age, Max enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force for service during the Second World War, Australia then being under imminent threat of Japanese invasion. [4] He gained promotion to Leading Aircraftman in June 1943. Following adverse reports of 'homosexual tendencies' and recommendations received from the training group and service police, he was discharged 20th August 1943. [4][3]
He changed his surname to Luther-Borrow. [5]
Max married twice, to Greta and Betty surnames unknown. He had eight children, six with Greta and two with Betty:
After the Second World War he moved to California, in the United States of America where initially, he and a partner formed a flight school in the Bay Area. Eventually moving to Woodland, approximately 15 miles (24 kms) northwest of Sacramento, Max worked for several years at Elm Ford before turning his attention more exclusively toward tennis. He was a member of the now-defunct Country Oaks Racquet Club for several years prior to becoming an instructor there in the mid-1980s. He continued to be active in the game and in the Woodland Tennis club following the closure of the Country Oaks club in 2006. For as long as his health allowed, Max voluntarily looked after the City Park tennis courts, meticulously cleaning the courts each morning, as well as tirelessly attempting to thwart vandalism to the courts and nets. His enthusiasm for the game and for fitness in general was remarkable, and countless local players credit him, at least in part, with some degree of their own success in the game. [6]
Max passed away, aged 87 years, on 7th August 2011, as a result of complications from a series of strokes. He was survived by Betty, two daughters, and four grandchildren in Woodland, as well as several children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren from his first marriage. A memorial service was held in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1405 Cottonwood Street, Woodland. [7]
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