Ab saFron 12 is Australian, of Russian Jewish descent. Not sure how he is still writing on HC since he has been dead 6 years but the mystery makes it more interesting.
I read this from the Wiki
Saffron was born in Annandale in 1919, of Russian Jewish descent. He was educated at Annandale and Leichhardt primary schools and at the highly prestigious Fort Street High School. Although his mother hoped he would become a doctor, Saffron left school at 15 and began his business career in the family's drapery firm in the late 1930s. He enlisted in the Australian Army on 5 August 1940, and reached the rank of Corporal before being discharged 4 January 1944.[3] Saffron did not serve overseas. Saffron then served in the Merchant Navy from January to June 1944.
