Evelyn, Olive, Bill and Fred de Lacy were all noted swimmers.
Evelyn de Lacy (later Whillier) swam for Australia at the 1936 Olympics.
Olive was 12 years old when she completed her first Swim though Maylands and was the first woman to cross the finishing line in the 1934 Swim through Perth.
Bill de Lacy won the 1931 Swim through Perth.
Fred de Lacy was both a champion swimmer and a swimming coach who trained champion swimmers. Fred died in 2017.
See our De Lacy family Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.
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