While her husband William was away, in Darwin then New Guinea and Borneo, Grandma worked towards the idea of a home of their own with their daughter, Violet, my mother.

Well my Grandmother put together a Glory House!
While William was away, Myrtle gradually put on lay-by furniture, and utensils ready for their new home. She used a firm, Trittons, which was well known in Brisbane, but which sadly no longer exists
Among the treasures Mum and I have inherited were lots of lay-by receipts like the one below.
Grandma made regular payments off items for their future: a bedroom suite, a kitchen dresser and table and more.
Ready for time after the war when they could be a family together in their own home.
It took time after the war. Getting yourself back into civilian life was not easy. Granddad was trying to find out if he could take over the payments of the house which had been lost when his father had an accident but that was not successful. (This is a whole other story that I still need to do further research upon.)
In 1949, this deposit was paid on 1 James Street, Fortitude Valley. The house was owned by William’s uncle Edward Courtenay and it was to become William and Myrtle’s family home for the rest of their lives.