Complex sentence: Alan McNicoll was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, Victoria, on 3 April 1908, the second of four sons of Walter McNicoll, a school teacher and Militia officer, and Hildur (née Jarlsberg).
Split into simpler sentences: Alan McNicoll was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, Victoria, on 3 April 1908. He was the second of four sons of Walter McNicoll, a school teacher and Militia officer, and Hildur (née Jarlsberg).