Dave grew up in Bulawayo, Rhodesia / Zimbabwe.

He worked for more than  20 years in Medical Mission work in rural Rhodesia / Zimbabwe and then ~ 20 years in Cape Town, mainly in newborn baby care, particularly improving the care at a primary care level.

His 13 years of post-retirement work involving the improvement of newborn care in rural District Hospitals in South Africa.

He has had a Christian commitment since his high school years, working for the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe. In Cape Town, he was a member of Christ Church, Kenilworth, and was involved in the Missions / Outreach group.

He has been married to Dawn for 58 years, and have 4 children and 7 grandchildren, all living in Australia.

Harry and Adrienne joined the Parish after the Rev Ian Brown gave them a reference to help them adopting a five year old girl.  Since then he has served in many activity areas including pastoral care, grounds and building maintenance & project managing developments. He has been a warden, parish secretary, on several committees including property, finance, children’s ministry, incumbency and pastoral care. 

He has authored or edited/coedited church publications such as New ERA News and The Parish Matters and the Parish Profile prepared by the committee. He currently is secretary of Pastoral Care.

He has worked all his life here as a staff member of the University of Melbourne and still teaches on Energy Efficiency Technology.  

Beyond love of family and gardening he still has a passion for fast cars.