Strangely, his birth certificate notes his name as George Bede NORTHCOTE, although he was always known as Leo Bertie Bede NORTHCOTE throughout his life.
At the age of 10 months of age, Leo's father died at the age of 45 years of age in Bourke, leaving his mother to care for nine children.
The following photograph was taken of Leo when he was about 2-3 years of age, about 1889-1890.
After Leo's mother's death in 1927, Leo was photographed at his much-missed, beloved Mother's grave at the Field of Mars Cemetery at North Ryde, NSW:
My memory of Leo NORTHCOTE was of a kind and loving grandfather who used to sing me to sleep with sweet lullabies. As you can see from the photos above, he is rarely photographed away from his family.