CRAY, RAY

Raymond William Cray was born in the New South Wales town of Narrabri in 1909. He began the study of music at an early age, playing first cornet in the brass bands of Bathurst and Orange by the time he was fifteen. He won his first solo championship at the contest at Milthorpe when he was seventeen and also played trumpet in theater circuits and various touring groups, including the George Sawley and Pete Rowe shows. His travels eventually took him...