Post-WWII
After the war Laffin worked for a number of newspapers and magazines, wrote short novels and began his own feature service and editing unit. With his family he left for England in 1956 where he resided for nearly 40 years. He wrote articles for Australian newspapers and taught English, history and geography in secondary colleges. One of these was Mayfield college in East Sussex where he taught English and History in the 1960s while living in nearby Herstmonceux.
Laffin travelled extensively in Europe, especially the Western Front areas of WWI and in the Middle East. He returned to Australia in 1995. Hazelle Laffin died in early 1997 of heart disease.
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