Violet Isabel Baldock

Marriage notice, 1863

“Baldock—Bawn,” Sydney Morning Herald, 2 January 1863: “January 1st, at the Scots Church, by the Rev. Dr. Lang, M.P., Mr. Alfred Baldock, of Bathurst, coach-builder, to Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. George Bawn, Surry Hills, both natives of the colony.” NSW BDM marriage registration 6/1863, Sydney district.

Birth registrations of the twelve children

NSW BDM birth index: Alfred, 5319/1863, Bathurst; George, 5325/1865, Bathurst; William S., 5784/1867, Bathurst; Frances L., 6380/1869, Bathurst; George F., 6486/1871, Bathurst; Ada Ellen, 7089/1873, Bathurst; Alice Lilla May, 5181/1875, Redfern; Maud B., 5659/1877, Redfern; Ethel Blanche, 789/1880, Sydney; Clarence, 6399/1882, Redfern; Violet J. [Isabel], 7872/1885, Newtown; Elsie G., 8902/1887, Newtown. All father Alfred, mother Frances E. (Bawn).

Accident at Bathurst, 1867

“Accident at Bathurst,” Bathurst Times, 18 December 1867, reprinted in the Empire, 20 December 1867, p. 5 — a runaway horse and van from Wood and Co. collided with a telegraph post outside “the shop of Messrs. Baldock and Blackwood,” Durham Street, Bathurst.

Dissolution of partnership, 1874

NSW Government Gazette, 6 October 1874, No. 230: notice of the dissolution by mutual consent of the partnership between Alfred Baldock and William Blackwood, coach builders, Durham Street, Bathurst, dated 30 September 1874, witnessed by J. W. Ashworth.

Trustee of the Bathurst burial ground, 1874

NSW Government Gazette, 31 March 1874, p. 978, item [699]: appointment of Richard Hipsley, Edward White and Alfred Baldock as trustees of the land at Bathurst set apart as a burial ground for the Independents.

The three-legged chicken, 1864

“Notes of the Week,” Sydney Morning Herald, 30 July 1864, p. 8: “Mr. Baldock, of Esrom, near Bathurst, reports that a Spanish hen in his possession lately hatched, amongst others, a chicken with three legs! … The ‘little stranger’ seemed to be perfectly healthy, and was running about briskly when last seen.”

Sydney directory entries, Darlington/Chippendale

Sydney street directories: “Baldock, Alfred, coachbuilder,” Cleveland Street, Darlington; and “37 Baldock, Alfred, coachbuilder,” Myrtle Street (south side) — both in the Camperdown/Darlington trades district adjoining Redfern, consistent with the Redfern-district births of Alice Lilla May (1875) and Maud Beatrice (1877) and Alice’s own marriage certificate, which gives her birthplace as Darlington.

1891 NSW census

New South Wales census, 1891, Census District No. 93, Newtown, O’Connell Ward — household of Alfred Baldock, No. 26 Harden Street, schedule 198: 3 males, 6 females.

Death and burial of Frances Elizabeth Baldock, 1905

Burial register, St Stephen’s, Newtown (Parish of St Stephen, County of Cumberland), entry No. 17841: Frances Elizabeth Baldock, abode 38 Hordern Street, Newtown, died 8 March 1905, buried 9 March 1905, aged 61, clergyman W. J. Roberts. NSW BDM death registration 2351/1905, Newtown district, father George, mother Ellen.

In Memoriam notices for Frances Elizabeth Baldock

Sydney Morning Herald, 8 March 1906, p. 6 (three separate notices: from husband Alfred; from “her loving son and daughter-in-law, George and May Baldock”; and from “her ever loving daughters, Ada, Lillie, Maude, Ethel, Violet, and son, Clarence”); repeated in materially the same wording by the six children on 7 March 1908, p. 12, and 7 March 1914, p. 22.

Death, obituary and burial of Alfred Baldock, 1916

National Advocate (Bathurst), 28 July 1916, p. 4: obituary naming him a former partner of William Blackwood and “the leading coach builders of Bathurst,” a Congregational Church trustee of forty years’ standing and a prominent Oddfellow, “just on 80 years of age,” survived by five daughters — Mrs Robens (Ada), Mrs Healey (Lilly), Mrs Loise (Ethel), Mrs Funnell (Violet) and Miss Maud Baldock — and four sons, Alfred, William, George and Clarence; interred at Rookwood the previous afternoon. Find a Grave memorial 186149821: born 1840, died 26 July 1916 at Croydon, buried Rookwood General Cemetery, Zone A, Section Presbyterian 5C, Grave 9697 (cf. the family’s own index reference to Section 5C, Part 3, Row 20); headstone inscription “our father,” footstone “Father,” erected by his family.

1903–04 Camperdown electoral roll

Commonwealth Electoral Roll (women), Division of Camperdown, 1903–1904, p. 3: Baldock, Ethel, 38 Hordern Street, Newtown, waitress; Baldock, Frances, 38 Hordern Street, Newtown, home duties; Baldock, Maud, 38 Hordern Street, Newtown, saleswoman. Also on the same page, at different addresses: Baldock, Mary, 7 O’Connell Street, domestic duties; Baldock, Sarah Elizabeth, 7 Albemarle Street, Newtown, domestic duties — relationship, if any, not yet established. The “Frances Baldock” of this entry is almost certainly the mother, Frances Elizabeth, still living at this same Hordern Street address until her death there in 1905 (ref. 9) — not her daughter Frances Louisa, who had already been dead for fifteen years by 1903 (ref. 16).

Marriage of Alice Lilla May Baldock, 1902

NSW Register of Marriages, District of [Sydney], 1902, entry No. 49: Henry Percival Healey, house decorator of Summer Hill, widower, born London, aged 43, father Stephen Healey, mother Selina Morey (both deceased), married Alice Lilla May Baldock, of Hordern Street, Newtown, spinster, born Darlington NSW, aged 27, father Alfred Baldock (coach builder), mother Frances Elizabeth Bawn; married 2 October 1902 at St Andrew’s Church, Summer Hill, according to the rites of the Church of England, by the Rev. John Vaughan; witnesses Alfred Baldock and William Baldock.

Bubonic plague case, 1902 — identified as the son, not the father

“Bubonic Plague — Three Additional Cases,” Sydney Morning Herald, 21 March 1902, p. 6: “The first case was that of Alfred Baldock, aged 38, a resident of Kensington-street, Kogarah, and employed at the printing establishment of J. Andrew and Co., Bridge-street.” The patriarch Alfred Baldock, born 1840, would have been about 62 in 1902; the age of 38 matches his eldest son, Alfred (b. 1863), who that same year witnessed his sister Alice’s marriage.

Birth and death of the first George, 1865–1866

NSW BDM birth registration 5325/1865, Bathurst — George [J.] Baldock, father Alfred, mother Frances E., born 4 January 1865. NSW BDM death registration 2997/1866, Bathurst — George J. Baldock, father Alfred, mother Frances E., died 15 February 1866, aged thirteen months. This resolves which of the two Baldock sons named George died young: it was the elder, not the George Frederick born in 1871.

Birth and death registrations of Frances Louisa Baldock

NSW BDM birth registration 6380/1869, Bathurst — Frances L. Baldock, father Alfred, mother Frances E. (cf. ref. 2), born 7 January 1869. NSW BDM death registration 11933/1888, Newcastle — Frances L. Baldock, died 22 February 1888, aged nineteen. She is buried at Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle. A first-anniversary In Memoriam notice, to the day, appeared the following year: “BALDOCK.—In affectionate remembrance of our beloved eldest daughter, Francis Louisa, who died at Newcastle, February 22, 1888. Inserted by her loving parents, Alfred and Francis Elizabeth Baldock.” (Evening News, Sydney, 22 February 1889, p. 4, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108792379 — the paper’s own typesetting has “Francis” throughout, evidently its own spelling rather than a different identity.)

Marriage of Mary Mahalia Allen to John Louis Williams, 1890

NSW BDM marriage registration 1930/1890: John Louis Williams, bachelor, butcher, of Towrang, married Mary Mahala Allen, spinster, of Goulburn, on 30 July 1890 at Towrang according to the rites of the Church of England; the bride being under twenty-one, the consent of her father, John Allen, was given in writing; witnesses Jonathan Williams and Alice Woods; officiating minister Albert Cornelius Mosley.

Marriage of Mary Mahalia Williams to George Frederick Baldock, 1894

NSW BDM marriage index, 1894, Taralga, registration 6777: “Mary M. Williams” (formerly Allen) to “George G. Baldock” — almost certainly a transcription of George Frederick, since every later birth registration of the couple’s children names the father as “George F. Baldock” and no other Baldock candidate fits the date or district.

Birth registrations of George Frederick and Mary Mahalia’s children

NSW BDM birth index, district Newtown, father George F., mother Mary M. (Allen): Alfred G., 15222/1895; Frederick Roy, 33035/1896; George G., 32964/1898; Gladys M., 5782/1901; William J., 14532/1903; Frances E., 37244/1906; Cecil A., 27732/1908; Eileen V., 29663/1910; Henry F., 19600/1912; Thelma J., 13934/1916.

Baptism of Eileen Victoria May Baldock, 1911

Parish baptism register, Newtown, entry No. 6906: Eileen Victoria May, born 24 May 1910, baptised 8 March 1911, daughter of George Frederick and Mary Mahala Baldock, abode 47 Egan Street, Newtown, father’s occupation “collector,” by the Rev. W. Cole Langley.

AIF attestation of Percival Thomas Williams, 1915

Australian Imperial Force attestation paper, No. 1541A: Percival Thomas Williams, born parish of Goulburn, aged 24 years 7 months, carter, natural-born British subject, unmarried, joined the 7th Reinforcements, 12th Light Horse Regiment, 20 September 1915; next of kin, his mother “Mrs (May) Baldock,” 7 Flora Street, Erskineville, Sydney.

Headstone of Fanny and Mary Mahalia (“May”) Baldock, Rookwood

Family photograph of the grave: “In loving memory of Fanny, the dearly loved daughter of George & May Baldock, died 11 July 191[4], aged 8 years. Our darling Fan. Also May, the beloved wife of the above, died 28 March 1918.” The last digit of Fanny’s death year is worn away on the stone itself, but NSW BDM death registration 11354/1914, Burwood district, father George F., mother Mary M., confirms the date beyond doubt: Frances Elizabeth Baldock died 11 July 1914. Cemetery transcription, Rookwood General Cemetery, Section T, Row 28, Old Church of England: “dau of George & May Baldcock” [sic], with a small separate pedestal inscribed simply “Fanny.”

Death and burial of Mary Mahalia Baldock, 1918

NSW BDM death registration 2712/1918, Cootamundra district: Mary M. Baldock, father John [Allen], mother Elizabeth. Buried Rookwood General Cemetery, alongside her daughter Frances Elizabeth (ref. 22).

Marriage of Henry Francis Baldock, 1935

NSW marriage register, St John’s Church, Rockdale, entry No. 762: Henry Francis Baldock, textile worker, of 5 Erskineville Road, Erskineville, bachelor, born Newtown, aged 23, father George Frederick Baldock (painter), mother Mary Mahala Allen (deceased), married Dorothy Grace Currey, of 34 Duncan Street, Arncliffe, spinster, born Rockdale, aged 22, father George Amos Currey (wool-presser), mother Mary Theresa Ireland; married 14 December 1935 according to the rites of the Church of England, by Thos. Knox; witnesses H. F. Baldock, D. G. Currey, F. R. Baldock and Mr J. Currey.

NSW electoral rolls, George Frederick Baldock, 1930–1939

Commonwealth Electoral Roll: Division of Barton, Subdivision of Oatley, 1930 — George Frederick Baldock, 176 Connell’s Point Road, South Hurstville, painter; Division of Cook, Subdivision of Newtown/St Peters, 1935 — 18 Hutchinson Street, painter; 1937 and 1939 — 49 Barwon Park Road, painter.

Death notice, death registration and burial of George Frederick Baldock, 1942

“Baldock,” Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 1942, p. 12: “November 10, 1942, at Darlinghurst, George Frederick Baldock, of 4 Campbell Street, St Peters, relict of the late Mary (May) and fond father of Percy, Jack, Alf, Fred, George, Gladys, Bill, Eileen, Cecil, Harry and Thelma. Aged 71 years. At rest.” NSW BDM death registration 24141/1942, Sydney district, father Alfred, mother Frances. Buried Rookwood General Cemetery.

Birth and baptism of Alfred George Baldock, 1895

NSW BDM birth registration 15222/1895, Newtown district (see ref. 19 above). Church of England baptism register, parish of St Stephen, Newtown, entry No. 2751, page 88: Alfred George, born 28 April, baptised 12 June 1895, parents George Frederick and Mary Mahala Baldock, abode 47 Stephen Street, Camperdown.

Marriage of Alfred George Baldock, and Louisa Florence Macpherson’s own birth and death

NSW BDM marriage registration 12311/1918, Kogarah district: Alfred G. Baldock to Louisa Florence Macpherson. NSW BDM birth registration 4461/1902, Manly district: Louisa Florence Macpherson, father Thomas Macpherson, mother Amelia M. NSW BDM death registration 16678/1930, Redfern district: Louisa F. Baldock, father Thomas, mother Amelia M. Family-history index (Ancestry) gives the children of the marriage as Francis John (1918), George Frederick (1919), Alfred William (1920) and Sylvia Joyce (1920) — the last two sharing a birth year in every version of the index consulted, an oddity this branch has not resolved.

Electoral roll and street directory, Lidcombe, c. 1930

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Reid, State Subdivision of Auburn, 1930, entries 216–217: Baldock, Alfred George (greengrocer) and Baldock, Louisa Florence (home duties), both Amy Street, Lidcombe. Undated street directory (family collection), Albert Street, Lidcombe, Graham Street to Woodburn Road, south side: “Baldock Mrs. L. F., frtr” and “Baldock Alfred G.,” listed among neighbouring households.

Death of Alfred William Baldock, 1924

Family-history index (Ancestry), citing NSW BDM registrations: Alfred William Baldock, son of Alfred G. and Louisa F. Baldock, born 1920, died 1924, aged about four. No contemporary death or funeral notice has yet been located.

Death and funeral of Sylvia Joyce Baldock, 1928

“Baldock,” funeral notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 August 1928, p. 9: “The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred George Baldock, of Belgium-street, Punchbowl, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late dearly beloved daughter, Sylvia Joyce; to leave W. N. Bull’s Funeral Parlour, 164 King-street, Newtown, this (Monday) afternoon, at 1.30, for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood.”

Death and funeral of Louisa Florence Baldock, 1930

NSW BDM death registration 16678/1930, Redfern district (see ref. 28 above). Funeral notice (family collection), Sydney Morning Herald, 11 October 1930: “Relatives and Friends of Mr. Alfred G. Baldock, of Canterbury-road, Punchbowl, and Mr. George Baldock, Senr., of Hurstville, are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Wife and Daughter-in-law, Louisa Florence; to leave the Private Mortuary Chapel of Motor Funerals, Limited, 30 City-road, city, this afternoon, at 2.45, for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, Section T, per motor service.”

Death and funeral of Francis John Baldock, 1936

“Baldock,” funeral notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 September 1936, p. 9: “The Relatives and Friends of Mr. Alfred George Baldock and Family are invited to attend the Funeral of his dearly loved son and their brother, Francis John; to leave our Funeral home, 24 Enmore-road, Newtown, this afternoon, at 1.45 o’clock, for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood.” Labor Motor Funerals Ltd.

Sydney Quarter Sessions charge and acquittal, 1937–38

“Sydney Quarter Sessions,” Daily Telegraph, 10 December 1937, p. 22, and Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 1938, p. 8: Alfred George Baldock listed on both occasions charged with attempting to break and enter, with intent to steal, the Court House Hotel, Newtown, on 8 November 1937. New South Wales Police Gazette, 1 December 1937, p. 525, “Return of Persons Tried at Police Courts for Crime and Sentenced to Six Months’ Imprisonment, or more, or Committed for Trial”: “Alfred George Baldock (42) … Break and enter with intent to commit a felony … Cyril Hay … Det.-Sgt. Cumes and Const. Healy, Sydney Police … Newtown … 24 [November] … Committed.” “Sessions Acquittals,” Daily Telegraph, 15 February 1938, p. 14: “Alfred George Baldock, 42, dealer, was acquitted on a charge of having attempted to break and enter the Court House Hotel, Newtown, on November 8, with intent to steal.”

Marriage of George Frederick Baldock jr and Rita Catherine O’Malley, 1946

NSW marriage register, St Clement’s Church, Marrickville, entry No. 332: George Frederick Baldock, saw-mill hand, of Lowry Drive, Annandale, bachelor, born St Peters, aged 27, father Alfred George Baldock (painter), mother Louisa Florence McPherson, married Rita Catherine O’Malley, machinist, of 18 Filben Street, Camperdown, spinster, born Rozelle, aged 27, father John Bede O’Malley (bootmaker), mother Elsie Glad[ys] Knis[s]; married 10 August 1946 according to the rites of the Church of England, by S. H. Dunman. Family-history index (Ancestry): George Frederick Baldock jr died 1951, aged about 32.

Marriage of Frederick Roy Baldock and Josephine Rose Crow, 1928

NSW BDM marriage registration 5863/1928, Canterbury district. Register Book for the use of Ministers authorised to celebrate Marriages, District of Punchbowl, entry No. 16: Frederick Roy Baldock, labourer, of Punchbowl, bachelor, born Sydney, aged 31, father George Frederick Baldock (painter), mother Mary Mahalia Allen (deceased), married Josephine Rose Crow, machinist, of Punchbowl, widow, born Hillgrove, aged 29, father James Whalan (deceased, labourer), mother Margaret Rose Mevan (deceased); married 5 April 1928 at St Saviour’s Church, Punchbowl, according to the rites of the Church of England, by W. V. Garnett. Witnesses: W. J. Baldock (the groom’s brother, William James) and K. V. Hefty (or similarly rendered).

Birth of Josephine Rose Whalan, and her first marriage, 1917

Family-history index (Ancestry): Josephine Rose Whalan, born 1899. NSW BDM marriage registration 7309/1917, St Peters district: Josephine R. Whalan to Eric A. Crow, married 1917.

AIF attestation of Eric Alexander Crow, 1918

Australian Imperial Force attestation paper, No. 66677 (also numbered N75899): Eric Alexander Crow, born near Yass, N.S.W., natural-born British subject, age 24 years 10 months, labourer, married, joined 4 September 1918; next of kin, wife Josephine Rose Crow, 42 Station Street, Newtown, Sydney. Endorsed “Discharged prior to leaving Australia.”

Electoral roll, Kogarah, 1937

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Barton, State Subdivision of Kogarah, 1937, entries 278–279: Baldock, Frederick Roy (labourer) and Baldock, Josephine Rose (home duties), both 30 Illawarra Street, Kogarah.

Supplemental electoral roll, Marrickville South, 1937

Commonwealth of Australia, State of New South Wales, Supplemental Electoral Roll, Commonwealth Division of Lang, State Electoral District of Marrickville, Subdivision of Marrickville South, made up to 24 September 1937, entries 4586–4587: Baldock, Frederick Roy (labourer) and Baldock, Josephine Rose (home duties), both 41 Grove Street.

Electoral roll, Newtown (undated)

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Cook, Subdivision of Newtown North (year not printed on the digitised page), entries 233 and 235: Baldock, Frederick Roy (labourer) and Baldock, Josephine Rose (home duties), both 16 Hopetoun Street. The same page lists, at 22 King Street: Baldock, Evelynne May (home duties, entry 232) and Baldock, George Henry (storekeeper, entry 234) — no George Henry appears among George Frederick and Mary Mahalia’s own ten children (ref. 19), and George Gordon Baldock (below) is independently documented as single throughout this period, so this second Baldock couple is very likely unrelated, or connected some other way not yet traced.

Deaths of Frederick Roy and Josephine Rose Baldock

Family-history index (Ancestry): Frederick Roy Baldock, born 1896, died 28 September 1948, Camperdown; buried Rookwood General Cemetery. Josephine Rose Baldock, née Whalan, born 1899, died 28 December 1976; buried Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, Lawn 4, Row 53, denomination “Catholic Mortuary 2 & 3,” inscription “mother, grandmother & great grandmother.”

Baptism of George Gordon Baldock, 1898

NSW BDM birth registration 32964/1898, Newtown district (see ref. 19 above). Church of England baptism register, parish of St Stephen, Newtown, entry No. 3030, page 129: George Gordon, born 27 August, baptised 21 December 1898, parents George Frederick and Mary Mahila Baldock, abode 41 Church Street, father’s occupation green-grocer, by H. Bradshaw.

Electoral roll, Double Bay and Edgecliff, 1930

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Wentworth, State Subdivision of Woollahra, 1930, entry 228: Baldock, George Gordon, 17 Bay Street, Double Bay, motor-driver. Same roll, entries 229–230: Baldock, Madeline Octavia (home duties) and Baldock, William James (solicitor), both 35 Etham Avenue, Edgecliff — almost certainly a different, unrelated William James Baldock: George Gordon’s own brother of that name is independently documented, at the very same date, as a Marrickville labourer married to Elizabeth Ann Whalan, not a Madeline Octavia (see refs 58–60 below).

Electoral roll, Cronulla, 1935

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Werriwa, State Subdivision of Sutherland, 1935, entry 252: Baldock, George Gordon, Surf Road, Cronulla, motor mechanic.

Electoral roll, Cronulla, 1939

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Werriwa, State Subdivision of George’s River, 1939, entry 323: Baldock, George Gordon, Surf Road, Cronulla, motor mechanic.

Electoral roll, Cronulla, 1943

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Werriwa, State Subdivision of Sutherland, 1943, entry 416: Baldock, George Gordon, 55 Parramatta Street, Cronulla, motor mechanic.

Mobilization Attestation Form and Oath of Enlistment of George Gordon Baldock, 1942

National Archives of Australia: B884, N260889 (George Gordon Baldock, Citizen Military Forces). A.A. Form Mob. 1, Mobilization Attestation Form: Army No. N260889, enlisted for war service, Area 53D Bankstown, N.S.W.; born Newtown, N.S.W.; age 39 years 4 months, date of birth 27-8-02; present occupation truck driver; single; next of kin (amended) Mrs O. Farrell, 72 Crown Street, St Peters, relationship sister — the address later struck through and replaced with 21 Duncan Street, Arncliffe; permanent address 90 Jewel Theatre, Bankstown. Medical Examination, Part B, at Area 53D Bankstown, 5 January 1942: fit for Class II, noting “loss of fingers right hand.” Oath of Enlistment, Part C, sworn by George Gordon Baldock, subscribed at Area 53D Bankstown.

Service and Casualty Form of George Gordon Baldock, 1942–1946

National Archives of Australia: B884, N260889. Service and Casualty Form, A.F. B.103-1: date of enlistment 5.1.42, place Bankstown; date and place of birth 27.8.02, Newtown; trade truck driver; religion C. of E.; marital condition single; next of kin Mrs O. Farrell, sister, address amended from 4 Crown Street, St Peters, to 21 Duncan Street, Arncliffe; medical classification Class II (B2). Record of postings and casualties: taken on strength, 8 Australian Garrison Battalion, 25 February 1942 (NSW Line of Communication Area); admitted sick, 18 November 1942; admitted (not yet diagnosed), transferred to X list, 13 April 1943, Greta; discharged with dermatitis of the hand to 102 Australian General Hospital, 1 May 1943; further hospital admissions and discharges at Yanco and Armidale through 1943; rejoined unit ex 5 Garrison Depot, 4 July 1943; change of address to 21 Duncan Street, Arncliffe, noted 21 January 1943; detached to Ordnance/”Q” School, survey and maintenance course, Liverpool, 25 January 1944; granted proficiency pay, 8 June 1944; medical classification reassessed B2 (right hand), 13 July 1944; evacuated to hospital, 5 June 1945; admitted with sinusitis, 27 May 1945, discharged to unit 6 June 1945; discharged on account of demobilisation, 10 April 1946.

Proceedings for Discharge and Determination of Demobilization Priority, 1946

National Archives of Australia: B884, N260889. Proceedings for Discharge, A.A.F. A.102: Unit 31 Australian Garrison Battalion, Army No. N260889, Rank Pte; home address c/- M. Jewel, P.O. Young; date commenced full-time duty 31.1.42; date of birth 27.8.01; age 44 years 1 month; height 5 ft 8 in, eyes blue, complexion fair, hair fair; marks/scars “4 fingers amputated R. hand”; trade group nil; operational service nil (no service outside Australia); served on continuous full-time war service in the garrison from 31.1.42 to 8.4.46, a total effective period of 1,529 days, all as Active Service in Australia; discharged under A.M.R. & O. 253A(1), effective 8 April 1946. Determination of Demobilization Priority: age at commencement of full-time war service given as 41 years; length of service 45 months; total normal priority points 172.

Marriage of Gladys M. Baldock and Oscar John Farrell, 1920

NSW BDM marriage registration 1158/1920, Newtown district: Gladys M. Baldock to Oscar J. Farrell, married 1920.

Birth and AIF attestation of Oscar John Farrell, 1916

Family-history index (Ancestry): Oscar John Farrell, born 24 February 1891, Haymarket, City of Sydney, son of George Henry Albert Farrell and Elizabeth Theresa Farrell. Australian Imperial Force attestation paper, No. N72895 (renumbered 4262), 30th Battalion: Oscar John Farrell, born parish of Haymarket, near Sydney, N.S.W., natural-born British subject, age 25 years 9 months, trade ice engineer (refrigerating), unmarried, joined 3 June 1916; previous service, 7th Regiment Light Horse (militia); next of kin, brother Reginald Michael Farrell, care of a firm at 15 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (the firm’s name is not perfectly legible).

Electoral roll, Hurstville, 1930

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Barton, State Subdivision of Oatley, 1930, entries 2155 and 2158: Farrell, Gladys May (home duties) and Farrell, Oscar John (mail officer), both 102 Connell’s Point Road, Hurstville — a few doors from Gladys’s father, George Frederick Baldock, at 176 Connell’s Point Road, South Hurstville, in the same year’s roll (ref. 25 above).

WWII Citizen Military Forces service of Oscar John Farrell

Family-history index (Ancestry), citing National Archives of Australia series B884: Oscar John Farrell, Citizen Military Forces service number N103285, enlisted at Paddington, service dated 1939–1948; next of kin Gladys Farrell.

Marriage of Albert Roy Barry Farrell and Joan May Benskin, 1947

Register Book for the use of Ministers authorised to celebrate Marriages, entry No. 94: Albert Roy Barry Farrell, grocer, of 21 Duncan Street, Arncliffe, bachelor, born South Sydney, aged 20, father Oscar John Farrell (soldier), mother Gladys May Baldock, married Joan May Benskin, textile worker, of 56 Morris Road, St Peters, spinster, born Brighton-le-Sands, aged 19, father Tommy Burns Benskin (lorry driver), mother Doris Eileen Williams; married 19 April 1947 at St Peters, according to the rites of the Church of England; the consents of Oscar John Farrell and Gladys May Farrell were given in writing to the marriage of the bridegroom, he being under twenty-one.

Death and burial of Oscar John Farrell, 1952

Family-history index (Ancestry): Oscar John Farrell, born 24 February 1891, died 12 May 1952, Concord, City of Canada Bay; buried Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria.

Electoral rolls, Lithgow, 1968 and 1972

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Subdivision of Lithgow, 1968, entries 2484 and 2490: Farrell, Gladys May (home duties) and Farrell, Neville John Leon (welder), both 12 Macauley Street. Several other Farrell households appear on the same page — Ada, Bonnie Agnes, Elizabeth Joyce, Horace Stanley, Jessie McDonald, John, John Thomas, Mary Ellen and Stanley Francis John, many of them at State Mine Gully — a coal-mining town where the surname was evidently common; no connection to Gladys’s branch has been established. 1972 roll, entries 2531 and 2537: Farrell, Gladys May and Farrell, Neville John Leon, both 146 Macauley Street, Lithgow.

Baptism of William James Baldock, 1906

NSW BDM birth registration 14532/1903, Newtown district (see ref. 19 above). Church of England baptism register, parish of St Stephen, Newtown, entry No. 4970, page 254: William James, born 7 April 1903, baptised 18 October 1906, parents George Frederick and Mary Mahalia Baldock, abode 89 Hordern Street, Newtown, father’s occupation painter, by Isaac D. Armitage.

Marriage of William James Baldock and Elizabeth Ann Whalan, 1922, and her own birth

NSW BDM marriage registration 16740/1922, St Peters district: William J. Baldock to Elizabeth A. Whalan, married 1922. Western Australian BDM birth registration 481/1905: Elizabeth Annie Whalan, born about 1905 at Boulder, father James Whalan, mother Rose Mary Navin.

Electoral roll, Marrickville, 1937

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Dalley, State Subdivision of Marrickville, 1937, entries 162–163: Baldock, Elizabeth Ann (home duties) and Baldock, William James (labourer), both 40 Agar Street.

Death and memorial of William James Baldock, 1977

Family-history index (Ancestry): William James Baldock, born 1903, died 28 June 1977; buried Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland. Memorial plaque (family photograph): “Loving memories of a dear husband & ‘Pop,’ William J. Baldock, in God’s care 28th June 1977, aged 74 years.”

Death, funeral and memorial of Elizabeth Ann Baldock, 1998

“Baldock,” death notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August 1998: “BALDOCK, Elizabeth Ann. — August 7, 1998, at Erina, formerly of Marrickville, dearly beloved wife of Bill (deceased), dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Bill and Nia (deceased), Joy and Alf (deceased), loving grandmother of Vicki, Terry, Peter, Kim and great-grandmother of Kristy, Adam and Matthew. Aged 93 years. God’s Greatest Gift. Requiem Mass … at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Terrigal … The cortege will then proceed to Palmdale Crematorium.” Find a Grave memorial 129389835: Elizabeth Ann Baldock, born 4 April 1905, died 7 August 1998, buried Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, Floral Court, Evergreen Shrub Garden 4, Site 168.

Death and headstone of William James Baldock jr, 1998

Family-history index (Ancestry): William James Baldock jr, died 25 April 1998; buried Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde. Cemetery transcription, Macquarie Park, Section M, Row 32: “(Jr). B. 1 May 1923. Her husb. Father of Peter & Kim. Bro of Joy. Grandfather of Matthew,” aged 75, died 23 December 1998, denomination General Lawn — the two indexes disagree by exactly eight months on his date of death.

Electoral rolls, Cootamundra, 1934 and 1939

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Hume, State Subdivision of Cootamundra, 1934, entry 92: Baldock, Cecil Allen, Parker Street, Cootamundra, carter. Same subdivision, 1939, entry 91: Baldock, Cecil Allen, Parker Street, Cootamundra, carter.

WWII AIF service of Cecil Allen Baldock, 1941–1945

Two service records, the second naming his next of kin explicitly as his sister:

• Department of Veterans’ Affairs nominal roll summary: Private Cecil Allen Baldock, NX43553, Australian Army; date of birth 2 August 1908, place of birth Newtown, N.S.W.; date of enlistment 25 August 1941; locality on enlistment Parramatta, N.S.W.; place of enlistment Paddington, N.S.W.; next of kin Farrel[l], Clare; date of discharge 20 December 1945; posting at discharge 2/4 Pioneer Battalion.
• National Archives of Australia, series B883, NX43553: Attestation Form for Special Forces, army no. NX43553, enlisted for service at Parramatta, N.S.W., 14 August 1941; Cecil Allen Baldock, born near Newtown, N.S.W., natural-born British subject, aged 33 (born 2 August 1908), single; next of kin “Clare Farrel[l],” 71 Crown Street, St Peters, N.S.W., relationship stated as sister; certified fit for Class I; oath of enlistment subscribed at Paddington, N.S.W., 25 August 1941.

Marriage of Cecil Allen Baldock and Lorna May Baldry, 1946

Register Book for the use of Ministers authorised to celebrate Marriages, District of Glebe, entry No. 443: Cecil Allen Baldock, labourer, of 21 Duncan Street, Arncliffe, bachelor, born Newtown, aged 37, father George Frederick Baldock (painter, deceased), mother Mary Allen (deceased), married Lorna May Baldry, home duties, of 39 Bellevue Street, Glebe, spinster, born Chatswood, aged 25, father Henry Nelson Baldry (licensed trainer), mother Margaret Foster (deceased); married 22 November 1946 at St John’s Church, Bishopthorpe, Glebe, according to the rites of the Church of England, by Paul Dryland.

Electoral roll, Arncliffe, 1949

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of St George, State Subdivision of Arncliffe East, 1949, entries 2684–2685: Baldock, Cecil Allan (labourer) and Baldock, Lorna May (home duties), both 21 Duncan Street.

Electoral roll, Villawood, 1963

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Subdivision of Bass Hill, 1963, entry 11325: Baldock, Lorna May, 11 Kungala Street, Villawood, home duties. No corresponding entry for Cecil Allen Baldock appears on the same page.

Deaths and memorials of Cecil Allen and Lorna May Baldock

Family-history index (Ancestry): Cecil Allen Baldock, born 2 August 1908, Newtown, died 9 July 1976; buried Rookwood General Cemetery. Memorial plaque (family photograph): “Cecil Allen Baldock, always remembered, loving wife and family, 2.8.08 – 9.7.76.” Lorna May Baldock, née Baldry, born 15 September 1921, Hornsby, died 12 July 1994; buried Rookwood General Cemetery.

Death and headstone of Dale William Baldock, 1985

Family-history index (Ancestry): Dale William Baldock, son of Cecil Allen and Lorna May Baldock, died 22 December 1985; buried Rookwood General Cemetery. Cemetery transcription, Rookwood, Section 2, Row 3: “Dale W. Baldock, age 24, born about 1961, died 22 December 1985, inscription ‘Dogga. Son, bro & friend,’ denomination Anglican Garden Lawn.”

Marriage of Eileen Victoria May Baldock and Harold Hair, 1931

NSW BDM marriage registration 10648/1931, St Peters district: Eileen V. M. Baldock to Harold Hair, married 1 July 1931, Sydney; bride’s age at marriage 21, father George Frederick Baldock, mother Mary May Baldock. Family-history index (Ancestry): Harold Hair, born 25 June 1908, St Peters.

Electoral rolls, St Peters, 1933 and 1935

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, State Subdivision of St Peters, 1933, entries 665 and 667: Hair, Eileen Victoria May (home duties) and Hair, Harold (hosiery knitter), both 42 Albert Street. Same subdivision, 1935, entries 635 and 637: Hair, Eileen Victoria May and Hair, Harold (hosiery knitter), both 18 Hutchinson Street — the same address George Frederick Baldock himself gave that year (ref. 25 above).

Electoral roll, St Peters, 1943

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, State Subdivision of St Peters, 1943: Hair, Eileen Victoria May, home duties, 4 Campbell Street; Hair, Harold, hosiery knitter, 49 Barwon Park Road — the same address George Frederick Baldock had died at the previous November (ref. 26 above). The couple are enrolled at two different addresses on this roll.

Electoral roll, St Peters (undated, Division of Grayndler)

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Grayndler, State Subdivision of St Peters (year not printed on the digitised page; the Division of Grayndler was first used at the 1949 federal election, dating this roll to 1949 or later), entries 767–768: Hair, Eileen Victoria May (home duties) and Hair, Harold (presser), both 4 Campbell Street.

WWII Citizen Military Forces service of Harold Hair

Family-history index (Ancestry), citing National Archives of Australia series B884: Harold Hair, born 25 June 1908, St Peters; Citizen Military Forces service number N366909, enlisted at Forest Lodge, service dated 1939–1948; next of kin Eileen Hair.

Death and burial of Harold Hair, 1975

Family-history index (Ancestry): Harold Hair, born 1908, St Peters, died 12 August 1975; buried Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, 17 August 1975, Anglican Monumental, Section AE, Position 0687.

Electoral roll, Stanmore, 1980, and death of Eileen Victoria May Hair

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, State Subdivision of Petersham, 1980 (made up to 1 August 1980), entry 1635: Hair, Eileen Victoria May, 6/16 Fisher Street, Stanmore, process worker. Family-history index (Ancestry): Eileen Victoria M. Hair, née Baldock, born 1910, Newtown, died 25 July 1994; buried Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland. Headstone (family photograph): “[In loving memory of] a dear wife & mother, Amelia E. O’Shea, died 24th Oct 1973, aged 71 years. Also our dear mother, Eileen V.M. Hair, died 25th July 1994. We love you Mum.” The relationship, if any, between Eileen and Amelia O’Shea has not been established.

Electoral roll, Auburn, 1936

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Division of Reid, State Subdivision of Auburn, 1936, entries 212–213: Baldock, Dorothy Grace (home duties) and Baldock, Henry Francis (textile worker), both 9 Chisholm Road.

Electoral roll, Arncliffe, 1968

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, State Subdivision of Arncliffe East, 1968, entries 75–76: Baldock, Dorothy Grace (home duties) and Baldock, Henry Francis (textile worker), both 34 Duncan Street. Same roll, entries 68–69: Baldock, Lynette (home duties) and Baldock, Terrence Frank (truck driver), both 8 Willis Street — possibly a daughter and son of Henry Francis and Dorothy, though this has not been independently confirmed.

Electoral roll, Riverwood, 1980

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, State Subdivision of Punchbowl South, 1980 (made up to 1 August 1980): Baldock, Dorothy Grace and Baldock, Henry Francis, both 107/2 Washington Avenue, Riverwood.

Death and memorial of Henry Francis Baldock, 1987

Family-history index (Ancestry): Henry Francis Baldock, born 1912, Newtown, died 9 October 1987; buried Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland. Memorial plaque (family photograph): “Loving memories of a dear husband, father, Pa & great Pa, Harry F. Baldock, at rest 9.10.1987, aged 75. ‘In God’s care.’”

Death and memorial of Dorothy Grace Baldock, 1998

Family-history index (Ancestry): Dorothy Grace Baldock, née Currey, died 25 June 1998; buried Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland. Memorial plaque (family photograph): “Loving memories of a dear wife, mother, Nanna & greatnanna, Dorothy Grace Baldock, at rest 25.6.1998, aged 84. ‘In God’s care.’”

Birth of Thelma Joyce Baldock, and her marriage to John Lester Dawe, 1937

NSW BDM birth registration 13934/1916, Newtown district (see ref. 19 above); family-history index (Ancestry) gives her exact birth date as 22 June 1916. NSW BDM marriage registration 7277/1937, Young district: Thelma Joyce Baldock to John Lester Dawe, married 1937 at Young.

Birth of John Lester Dawe

Family-history index (Ancestry): John Lester Dawe, born 2 May 1911, Young, N.S.W., son of Frederick William Dawe; served as a private, Australian Army — further service details not traced.

Deaths and memorial of Thelma Joyce and John Lester Dawe

Family-history index (Ancestry): John Lester Dawe died 1990, Young; Thelma Joyce Dawe, née Baldock, died 26 April 2002, Young. Both buried Young Lawn Cemetery. Headstone inscription: “DAWE. Thelma Joyce, 22.6.1916 – 26.4.2002. Loved wife of John Lester. Devoted mother of William. In God’s care.”

Photograph of Thelma Joyce Dawe and Cecil Allen Baldock

Family photograph (undated, family collection): Thelma Joyce Dawe, née Baldock, with her brother Cecil Allen Baldock, outside a country general store — probably taken not long before Cecil’s death in 1976 (above).

Birth and death registrations, Percival Alfred and Cecil Harold Healey

NSW BDM birth registration 10987/1904, Burwood district: Percival A. Healey, father Henry P., mother Alice L. M. NSW BDM death registration 8394/1904, Ashfield district: Percival A. Healey, father Henry P., mother Alice L. M. NSW BDM birth registration 30916/1905, Ashfield district: Cecil H. Healey, father Henry P. Healey, mother Alice L. M. Healey.

Baptisms of Percival Alfred and Cecil Harold Healey, 1904–1905

Parish baptism register (Summer Hill district): Percival Alfred, born 31 March 1904, baptised privately 3 April 1904, parents Henry Percival and Alice Lilla May Healey, abode Short Street, father’s occupation painter, by the Rev. John Vaughan. Cecil Harold, born 9 September 1905, baptised 1 October 1905, same parents and abode, father again recorded as painter, by the Rev. John Vaughan.

Burial of Percival Alfred Healey, Camperdown Cemetery, 1904

Cemetery burial index: Percival Alfred Healey, born 1904, died 2 August 1904, buried Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, City of Sydney. Cf. ref. 87 above for the civil birth and death registrations.

Marriage register of Reginald Alfred Charles Healey and Irene Kennedy, 1911

Register of marriages solemnised by ministers, St Clement’s Church, Mosman, entry No. 49, 3 November 1911: Reginald Alfred Charles Healey, painter, of Neutral Bay, bachelor, aged 21, born Clifton, father Henry Percival Healey (lay reader), mother’s name faintly recorded and evidently reading Rose A. Macartney (cf. ref. 98 — Henry’s first wife, who had died in 1893); married Irene Kennedy, home duties, of Mosman, spinster, aged 21, born Newcastle district, father Thomas Kennedy (labourer); married according to the rites of the Church of England; witnesses N. S. Turner and E. Kennedy.

Australian Imperial Force attestation of Ernest Francis Healey, 1914

Attestation Paper of Persons Enlisted for Service Abroad, No. 98, 1st Field Company Engineers: Ernest Francis Healey, joined 21 August 1914; born in or near the parish of Oxford, Oxford, England; natural-born British subject; aged 27; trade painter and letterer; next of kin his father, H. P. Healey, of Dudley, Newcastle. A later annotation, dated 27 September 1915, records his marriage, his wife given as “Mrs D. F. Healey,” “Boonabi,” Bruce Street, West Kogarah, N.S.W.

Death, burial and headstone of Henry Percival Healey, 1916

Death record: Henry Percival Healey, born 21 October 1855, Greater London, England; died 20 July 1916, Dudley, City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales; buried Rookwood General Cemetery, Zone A, Presbyterian section 5C, Grave 9697 (cf. ref. 11 above, recording the same grave for Alfred Baldock, buried six days later on 26 July 1916). Headstone inscription (family photograph): “My dear husband, Rev’d Henry P. Healey, who was called home July 20th 1916. One of the best that God could send. A loving husband, father & friend, called home from those who dearly love to a better life above. Love’s last gift. Erected by his loving wife & family.” Section/row also recorded as 5C, Part 3, Row 20.

Killed in action of Reginald Alfred Charles Healey, Fromelles, 1916

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record: Private Reginald Alfred Charles Healey, 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.; born 4 January 1890, Woonona, City of Wollongong, New South Wales; killed in action 19–20 July 1916, France; commemorated on the V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, Panel 10, no known grave; son of Henry Percival Healey, husband of Irene Healey of Osborne Road, Manly Vale; native of Scarborough, New South Wales.

Death, headstone and burial of Alice Lilla May Healey, 1959

Family-history/cemetery index: Alice Lilia May Healey, née Baldock, died 4 July 1959; buried Rookwood General Cemetery, Zone A, Presbyterian section 5C, Grave 9697–9701. Burial record also gives “Lillie Healey,” aged 83, section 5C Part 3, Row 20, denomination Presbyterian. Headstone inscription (family photograph): “Lillie, beloved wife of H.P. Healey, re-united 4th July 1959, aged 83 years, at rest.”

Electoral rolls, Balmain, 1933 and 1936

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Subdivision of Balmain East, 1933, entries 2463–2464: Healey, Alice Lilla May (home duties) and Healey, Lucy Maud Isobel (machinist), both 4 McKenzie Street. Same subdivision, 1936, entries 2594–2595: identical entries, same address.

Marriage, later life and death of Lucy Maude Isobel Healey

NSW BDM marriage registration 8582/1943, Balmain district: George Scourfield to Lucy Maude Isabel Healey, married 1943 at Balmain. Family-history index: Lucy Maude Isabel Healey Scourfield, born 1909, Marrickville, died 18 July 1993, aged 83–84; buried Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Holland Park, Brisbane, Queensland (Area 16, Garden Bed 10). Memorial plaque (family photograph): “Lucy Maude Isabel Scourfield, called to God’s care 18-7-1993, 84 years, lovingly remembered and sadly missed.”

Cecil Harold Healey — cadet record, marriage and electoral rolls

Australian Military Forces senior cadet/citizen forces record card: Cecil Harold Healey, born Summer Hill, address 4 McKenzie Street, Rozelle/Balmain; mother and guardian Alice [Lilla] Healey. NSW BDM marriage registration, 1928, Balmain South district: Cecil H. Healey to Margaret I. Irving. Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Subdivision of Martin, State of Drummoyne, 1931: Healey, Cecil Harold (clerk) and Healey, Margaret Isabel (home duties), both 6 Edwin Street. Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Subdivision of Earlwood (year not printed): Healey, Cecil Harold (railway officer) and Healey, Margaret Isabel (home duties), both 115 Permanent Avenue.

Baptism, death and burial of Elsie Gertrude Baldock, 1887–1888

Church of England baptism register, parish of St Stephen, Newtown, county of Cumberland, entry No. 1278, page 92: Elsie Gertrude, born 1 May 1887, baptised 6 July 1887, parents Alfred and Frances Elizabeth Baldock, abode Hordern Street, Newtown, father’s occupation coach-builder, by J. T. Schleicher. NSW BDM death registration 4245/1888, Newtown district: Elsie G. Baldock, died 1888, father Alfred, mother Frances E. Family-history/cemetery index: Elsie G. Baldock, born 1887, Newtown, died 15 April 1888, Newtown, aged eleven months; buried Camperdown Cemetery, burial number BN17528. Find a Grave memorial 187960325.

Baptism of Maud Beatrice Baldock, 1877

Church of England baptism register, parish of St Paul, Sydney, entry No. 8137, page 722: Maud Beatrice, born 9 July 1877, baptised 28 September 1877, parents Alfred and Frances Elizabeth Baldock, abode Cleveland Street, father’s occupation coach-builder, by Stephen H. Childe.

Electoral rolls, death and burial of Maud Beatrice Baldock, 1930–1952

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Subdivision of Balmain East: 1930, entries 238–239, Baldock, Clarence (painter) and Baldock, Maud Beatrice (draper), both 4 McKenzie Street; 1943, entry 206, Baldock, Maud Beatrice, draper, same address, Clarence no longer listed there; 1949, entry 218, Baldock, Maud Beatrice, draper, same address. Family-history/cemetery index: Maude Beatrice Baldock, born 1877, Redfern, died 2 June 1952, Balmain; buried Rookwood General Cemetery, Zone A, Presbyterian section 5C, Grave 9701 (cf. ref. 11, Alfred Baldock, Grave 9697, and ref. 94, Alice Lilla May Healey, Grave 9697–9701, the same family plot). Headstone inscription (family photograph): “Maude, beloved daughter of above, who passed away 2nd June 1952, aged 73 years.” Find a Grave memorial 186939264.

Henry Percival Healey’s first marriage, to Rose Ann Macartney

Family-history index: Henry Percival Healey married first to Rose Ann Macartney (1858–1893), who bore him at least six children before her death — Kate Selina (1878–1949), Alice Sylvia (1880–1881, died an infant), Margaret Daisy (1881–1925), Ernest Francis (1885–1928), Stephen W. (b. 1887) and Reginald Alfred Charles (1890–1916). Consistent with the mother’s name faintly recorded at Reginald’s own 1911 marriage (ref. 90) and with Henry’s status as a widower at his 1902 marriage to Alice Lilla May Baldock (ref. 13).

Marriage of Alfred Loise and Ethel Blanche Baldock, 1904

Church of England marriage register, parish of St Stephen, Newtown, No. 1210: married 2 March 1904, Alfred Adolphe Alexander Loise, bachelor, tram driver, aged 24, of Chippendale, born Collingwood, Victoria, son of Adolphe Loise, undertaker, and Amelia Teape, to Ethel Blanche Baldock, spinster, home duties, aged 24, of Newtown, born Darlington, N.S.W., daughter of Alfred Baldock, coach builder, and Frances Elizabeth Bawn; witnessed by J. G. Moore and Alfred Crees, by the Rev. Robert Taylor. NSW BDM marriage registration 1815/1904, Newtown district. Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March 1904: “LOISE—BALDOCK.—March 2, at St. Stephen’s Church of England, Newtown, by the Rev. Canon R. Taylor, Alfred Alexander, only son of A. D. Loise, Esq., of Redfern, Sydney, to Ethel, fifth daughter of Alfred Baldock, Esq., of Newtown. Melbourne papers please copy.”

Baptisms of Francis, George and Elsie Loise, 1905–1909

Church of England baptism registers, parish of St Stephen, Newtown: Francis Alexander Alfred, born 20 March 1905, baptised 30 April 1905, entry 4532, abode Loftus Road, Dulwich Hill, father a tram driver; George Spencer, born 19 December 1906, baptised 16 February 1907, entry 5871, abode Terris Road, Dulwich Hill; Elsie Helen, born 9 May 1909, baptised 11 July 1909, entry 6083, abode Terrace Road, Dulwich Hill. All three list the parents as Alfred Alexander and Ethel Blanche Loise. Family-history/cemetery index: Alexander Henry Loise, born 21 June 1919, died 1 September 2005, South West Rocks, N.S.W. Nellie Harriett Loise’s own birth has not yet been located; she was of age to marry by 1936 (ref. 106).

Death of Ethel Blanche Loise, 1929, and In Memoriam, 1931

NSW BDM death registration 19597/1929, Drummoyne district: Ethel B. Loise, father Alfred, mother Frances E. Family-history/cemetery index: Ethel Blanche Loise, née Baldock, born 1880, Sydney, died 17 November 1929, Penshurst, N.S.W.; buried Rookwood General Cemetery, section AAA, row 26, inscription “wife and our mother.” Headstone (family photograph): “My dear wife & our mother, Ethel Blanche Loise, who fell asleep 17th Nov. 1929, aged 49 years.” Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 1931, In Memoriam: “LOISE.—In loving memory of our dear sister, Ethel Blanche, who was called home, November 17, 1929. A beautiful memory left behind; a life that was upright, good, and kind. Always remembered by her loving sisters, Ada, Lillie, Maude, Violet; also Clarrie and Lucy” — the sisters being Ada Ellen, Alice Lilla May (“Lillie”), Maud Beatrice and Violet Isabel, and Clarrie her brother Clarence; “Lucy” was not Clarence’s wife, who is now known to have been Sarah A. Murcutt (ref. 110), but family research (Jenny Kidd) has since concluded she was a daughter-in-law rather than a sister — whose, specifically, is not yet pinned down.

Alfred Loise’s second marriage and later life, 1930–1954

NSW BDM marriage registration 13718/1930, Sydney district: Alfred A. A. Loise to Maria H. Hauenstein. Commonwealth Electoral Rolls: 1930 and 1934, Subdivision of Hurstville, 30 Arcadia Street, Penshurst — Alfred Alexander Loise (clerk) and George Spencer Loise (warehouseman), joined from 1934 by Maria Henrietta Loise (home duties); 1943, Subdivision of Sutherland, Georges River Crescent, Como — Alfred Adolfe Alexander Loise (clerk) and Maria Henrietta Loise (home duties). NSW probate index: Alfred Adolphe Alexander Loise, of Gymea, retired tramway employee, died 6 November 1954, grant of probate 22 March 1955. Headstone, Rookwood (family photograph): “Our beloved husband & father, Alfred A. A. Loise, passed away 6th Nov. 1954, aged 75 years.”

Marriages and later lives of the Loise children, 1936–2005

NSW BDM marriage registration 7370/1936, Hurstville district: Nellie Harriett Loise to Sidney Francis Macwilliams. Church of England marriage register, St Michael’s Church, Flinders Street: Elsie Helen Loise, waitress, of Penshurst, married Dennis Sanford Francis Barbour, cook, 31 December 1940; her father given as Alfred Loise, clerk, her mother Ethel Blanche Baldock (deceased). Church of England marriage register, St Matthew’s Church, Manly: George Spencer Loise, storeman, of Parramatta, married Muriel Elizabeth Major, private secretary, of Leichhardt, 25 October 1947, his father given as Alfred Adolphe Alexander Loise, clerk. Church of England marriage register, St John’s Church, Parramatta: Alexander Henry Loise, fitter, married Miriam Lucy Shepherd, shoe machinist, 30 May 1942. Commonwealth Electoral Roll, 1946, Subdivision of Bexley, 23 Bruce Street: Dennis Francis and Elsie Helen Barbour, and, at the same address, Sidney Francis and Nellie Harriett Macwilliams. Family-history/cemetery index: Nellie Harriett Macwilliams died 25 July 2000, Townsville district (Woongarra Crematorium & Memorial Gardens); Elsie Helen Barbour died 27 January 1967, buried Woronora Memorial Park; Alexander Henry Loise died 1 September 2005, South West Rocks. Francis Alexander Alfred Loise, the eldest child, has not been traced beyond his 1905 baptism (ref. 103).

Baptism of Clarence Baldock, 1881–1882

Church of England baptism register, parish of St Stephen, Newtown, county of Cumberland, entry No. 402, page 29: Clarence, born 15 December 1881, baptised 12 February 1882, parents Alfred and Francis [Frances] Baldock, abode Church Street, father’s occupation coach-builder, by H. Martin. NSW BDM birth index: Clarence, 6399/1882 (cf. ref. 2, which gives the registration district as Redfern; other transcriptions of the same entry give Newtown).

Assault of Clarence Baldock, Newtown Police Court, 1901

Australian Star (Sydney), 31 December 1901, p. 6, “Charges of Assault”: Clarence Baldock and John Henry Crook separately charged Frank Backhouse with unlawfully assaulting them at Newtown on 20 December 1901; heard together before Mr Edwards, S.M. Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 31 December 1901, p. 3, “Two Assaults”: fuller account — Crook, a dentist of Church Street, Newtown, had Baldock, “a cripple, suffering from hip disease,” painting his residence; Backhouse, a next-door neighbour, struck Baldock under the jaw and knocked him down, then struck Crook when he objected; defendant convicted on both charges, fined £1 plus costs on each (25s 10d and 28s), or seven days’ hard labour in default, four weeks allowed for payment.

Electoral rolls, 1930 and 1933, 4 McKenzie Street, Balmain

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Subdivision of Dalley, State subdivision of Balmain, 1930, entries 238–239 (cf. ref. 100): Baldock, Clarence (painter) and Baldock, Maud Beatrice (draper), both 4 McKenzie Street. Same roll, 1933, entries 204–205: Baldock, Clarence (painter) and Baldock, Maud Beatrice (draper), both 4 McKenzie Street, Subdivision of Balmain East.

Marriage, death, burial and In Memoriam of Clarence Baldock

NSW BDM marriage registration 2468/1914, Canterbury district: Clarence Baldock to Sarah A. Murcutt. NSW BDM death registration 4714/1936, Rozelle district: Clarence Baldock, father Alfred, mother Frances Elizabeth. Family-history/cemetery index: Clarence Baldock, born 1882, Newtown, died 21 January 1936, Rookwood General Cemetery, Zone A, Presbyterian section 5C, part 3, row 20, inscription “son of above” (cf. ref. 11, Alfred Baldock; ref. 100, Maud Beatrice Baldock — the same family plot), denomination Presbyterian. Sydney Morning Herald and Labor Daily, funeral notices, 22–23 January 1936: funeral left his late residence, 4 McKenzie [Mackenzie] Street, Rozelle, for the Presbyterian Cemetery, Rookwood (one notice gives “Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood”); a separate notice from the Painters’ Union invited members to attend, signed by J. P. Mitchell, President, and R. T. Reeves, Secretary. Sydney Morning Herald, 21 January 1937, In Memoriam: “BALDOCK.—In loving memory of our dear brother, Clarence, who passed away January 21, 1936. Always remembered by his loving sisters, Ada, Lillie, Maude, Violet, and brother, George.”

Baptisms of Violet Isabel Baldock and Ernest Henry Funnell

St Stephen’s, Newtown, baptism register, entry 833: Violet Isabel, baptised 11 February 1885, born early January 1885, parents Alfred and Frances Elizabeth Baldock, abode Hordern and Victoria streets, father’s quality/profession “Coachbuilder,” by Thomas J. Heffernan (cf. ref. 2, NSW BDM birth registration 7872/1885, Newtown). St John’s, Parramatta, baptism register, entry 4260: Ernest Henry Marsh, baptised 4 November 1886, born 29 July 1886, parents Thomas Marsh and Emma Jane Funnell, abode Albion Street, father a railway labourer, by W. J. Gunther (cf. NSW BDM birth registration 19021/1886, Parramatta district, as Ernest H. W. Funnell, father Thomas M. Funnell, mother Emma J. Funnell). The name he used through life, Ernest Henry William, differs from his baptismal third name.

Marriage of Ernest Henry William Funnell and Violet Isabel Baldock, 1911

NSW marriage register, St Stephen’s, Newtown, entry 422, 3 June 1911: Ernest Henry Funnell, clerk, bachelor, twenty-four, born Parramatta, N.S.W., son of Thomas Marsh Funnell (railway employee) and Emma Buttriss, of 6 Yaralla Street, Newtown, married Violet Isabel Baldock, shop assistant, spinster, twenty-six, born Newtown, N.S.W., daughter of Alfred Baldock (retired coach-builder) and the late Frances Elizabeth Bawn, of Cromwell Street, Croydon; according to the rites of the Church of England, by the Rev. W. Leslie Langley, assisted by the Rev. L. A. Pearce; witnessed by Bertie Kitt and Alfred Baldock. Sydney Morning Herald, 1911, marriage notice and full account of the wedding, naming the bridesmaids (Muriel and Irene Funnell, the bridegroom’s sisters, and Ethel Robens, the bride’s niece), trainbearer (Cecil Healey, the bride’s nephew) and best man (H. Kitt), and a reception at the Oddfellows’ Hall, Wilson Street, for over sixty guests.

Electoral rolls, 1913–1946, Marrickville and Earlwood

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Marrickville, Marrickville polling place, 1913: Funnell, Ernest Henry, clerk, and Funnell, Violet Isabel, domestic duties, both “Allaway,” O’Hara Street. Same roll, Canterbury, Subdivision of Earlwood, 1933: Funnell, Ernest Henry William, traveller, and Funnell, Violet Isabel, home duties, both “Silvermist,” Singleton street. Same roll, Canterbury, Subdivision of Earlwood, 1937, 1939, 1943 and 1946, all 6 Singleton avenue: Ernest Henry William Funnell, traveller, and Violet Isabel Funnell, home duties, throughout; Theo Ernest Funnell, grocer (1937) then insurance agent (1939); Allan Harold Funnell, accountant (1937, 1939, 1943, 1946); Marie Gwenyth Funnell, cutter (1943).

Baptisms of Theo Ernest and Allan Harold Funnell

St Stephen’s, Newtown, baptism register: Theo Ernest, baptised 5 April 1914, born 1 March 1914, parents Ernest Henry and Violet Isabel Funnell, abode Marrickville, father’s quality/profession “Clerk,” by Thomas V. Atkin (register number apparently 4th of that month). Same register, entry 9539: Harold Allan [sic, for Allan Harold], baptised 26 March 1916, born 1 February 1916, same parents, abode School Parade, Marrickville, father’s quality/profession “Clerk,” by C. C. Short.

Marriages and war service of the younger Funnell children

NSW BDM marriage registrations: Theo Ernest Funnell to Jean Amy Macray Dunnet, 22013/1939, Randwick district; Marie Gwenyth Funnell to Percy Small, 21529/1943, Canterbury district; Lorna Violet Funnell to Kenneth John Smith, 4098/1943, Marrickville district. National Archives of Australia service records: Theo Ernest Funnell, born 1 March 1914, Marrickville, 2nd AIF, service number NX175404, enlisted Wollongong, next of kin Jean Funnell; Percy Small, born 19 September 1915, Ryde, 2nd AIF, service number NX120574, enlisted in the field, Western Australia, next of kin (sister) H. Webster; Allan Harold Funnell, RAAF, service dates 1939–1948; Neville Geoffrey Funnell, born 4 May 1924, Campsie, RAAF, service number 422945, enlisted Sydney, next of kin Ernest Funnell.

Electoral rolls, 1949–1980, Theo and Jean Funnell

Commonwealth Electoral Roll, Rockdale, Subdivision of Arncliffe, 1949: Funnell, Theo Ernest, commercial traveller, and Funnell, Jean Amy Mackay, both 7 Douglas street, Bexley. Same roll, Mitchell, Subdivision of Castle Hill, 1954: Funnell, Theo Ernest, traveller, and Funnell, Jean Amy, home duties, both “Mindawanda,” Darcy road. Same roll, Lawson, Subdivision of Lawson, 1980: Funnell, Theo Ernest, orchardist, and Funnell, Jean Amy, home duties, both 30 Lawson View road, Wentworth Falls.

Death of the Reverend Canon Allan Harold Funnell, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald, 19 March 2001, death notices: “FUNNELL, Reverend Canon Allan Harold.—March 16, 2001, passed away at Beecroft Nursing Home, formerly of Allan Walker Village, Carlingford, devoted husband of Florence, loving father and father-in-law of Barbara and Graeme, Stephen and Denise, Philip and Margaret, loving grandfather and great-grandfather to their children. Age 85 years,” service at St Philip’s Anglican Church, Eastwood, 20 March 2001, and committal at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, North Ryde. A companion notice in the same edition: “FUNNELL, Allan Flt. Lt.—Ex members of No. 4 Air Field Construction Squadron RAAF, with great sadness on the passing of their highly respected Chaplain and esteemed Comrade, extend their sincere condolences to his family.”

Gloria Noelle Funnell and Neville Geoffrey Funnell

Commonwealth Electoral Roll and family-history/cemetery indexes: Gloria [Noelle] Funnell, daughter of E. H. Funnell, married Kenneth Short, Canterbury district, about 1946; Gloria Noelle Short, born 15 December 1925, died 1 May 2018; the Reverend Kenneth Herbert Short, born 6 July 1927, died 19 October 2014; both buried Kiama Anglican Church Cemetery. Neville Geoffrey Funnell, born 4 May 1924, Campsie, died 18 April 2001; his wife Bettina May Funnell, née Graves, born 18 April 1922, Kyabram, Victoria, daughter of George and Ethel Gertrude Graves, died 13 March 1996; both buried Kyabram Cemetery, Victoria.

Death, probate and burial of Violet Isabel Funnell

Cemetery and death index: Violet Isabel Funnell, née Baldock, born 1885, Newtown, died 20 February 1948, Katoomba; buried 25 February 1948, Woronora Memorial Park, Anglican Monumental section, position Ah/0315. NSW probate index: Funnell, Violet Isabel, file no. A127046, address Earlwood, date of death 20 February 1948, date of grant 7 July 1948, administrator E. H. W. Funnell, estate comprising “clothes and ring,” value £8/0/9. Ernest Henry William Funnell, born 1886, Parramatta, died 29 November 1965, Earlwood, buried Woronora Memorial Park.

Death of Alfred George Baldock, 1972

NSW BDM death registration 59334/1972, Campsie district: Alfred George Baldock, died at Campsie, aged 78 years, 9 August 1972.

Coroner’s inquest into the death of Eric Alexander Crow, 1926

NSW Register of Coronial Inquests, entry No. 1176, page 170: Crow, Eric Alexander, inquest held 3 August 1926 at Yass before H. R. Clark, J.P., date received 3 August [1926], age 27; born Yass, locality of death Yass (railway station); verdict, injuries accidentally received through being run over by a train; no post-mortem held. His age as given here — 27 — sits awkwardly against his own 1918 AIF attestation (ref. 38 above), which put his birth about 1893 and so his age at death nearer 33; a birth registration since found (ref. 122 below) supports the attestation over this register.

Birth registration of Eric Alexander Crow, 1894

NSW BDM birth registration 38626/1894, Yass district: Crow, Eric Alexander, mother’s given name Margaret. Consistent with his own 1918 AIF attestation (ref. 38 above), which implied a birth around 1893, rather than the age of 27 given in the 1926 coronial inquest register (ref. 121 above), which would imply a birth around 1899.

Marriage of James Whalan and Rose M. Navin, 1895

NSW BDM marriage registration 50/1895, Sydney district: James Whalan to Rose M. Navin, married 1895 — four years before Josephine Rose Whalan’s birth (ref. 37 above) and ten before Elizabeth Ann Whalan’s (ref. 59 below), and so almost certainly the marriage that produced both sisters, notwithstanding the “Margaret Rose Mevan” given for the same mother in Josephine’s own 1928 marriage register (ref. 36 above).

Electoral roll, Boulder, Western Australia, 1910

Electoral Roll, Division of Kalgoorlie, Subdivision of Boulder, 1910, entries 3363–3364: Whalan, James (miner) and Whalan, Rose Mary (home duties), both 96 Dwyer Street, Boulder.

Deaths of Rose Mary Whalan and an infant son, Boulder, 1911

Western Australian BDM death registrations, Boulder district, 1911: an unnamed male Whalan, not born alive, registration 700065, parents James Whalan and Rose Mary Neven (a further spelling of Navin); Rose Mary Whalan, aged 38, registration 700067, father Henry Neven, mother unknown. The two registrations, numbered two apart in the same district and year, are almost certainly connected — Rose Mary dying in or shortly after delivering a stillborn son — leaving James Whalan a widower in Boulder in 1911, with Elizabeth Ann not yet six years old and Josephine Rose about twelve.