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Sydney Bertram Abbot
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): S.B. Abbott. (Sydney Bertram Abbott).
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Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 9th November 1889.…
Benjamin Eric Anderson
BENJAMIN ERIC ANDERSON
Date and place of birth: 23 January 1890, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian
Date and place of death: 5 July 1952 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Biography: Benjamin grew up in Australia. No siblings known.
Parents: Benjamin Anderson married Kate Rands Levick 1889
Parents occupation: Not known
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job Title at Gretna: Chemist
Marital Status: Benjamin married Ethel Frances Reid 1928 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Children: Benjamin and Ethel had a daughter, Josephine Kidston Anderson (1928)
Travels:
Awards/Recognitions: Nil known
Trivia/any other information:
References
Ancestry
Gretna Electoral Rolls 1918
Dornock Farewell
Dorothy Askew
DOROTHY ASKEW
“DORA”
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth:
1893 Lamesley, Chester-le-Street, Durham
Date and Place of Death:
13 March 1976 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood: Dorothy grew up in County Durham within a large family. She had 11 siblings:
George William (1895-1915)
Matthew (1898-1968)
Annie (1900-1980)
Andrew Wilson (1901 and he died before his first birthday)
Margaret Ellen (1902-?)
Robert Henry (1904-1946) He was killed in WW2
Mary Jane (1906-1992)
Elizabeth Isabella (1908-1992)
Susan Gladys (1910-1996)
Eliza Emily (1912-?)
Allson Monica (1913)
The family lived in the Tanfield and Lanchester area of County Durham.…
John Reginald Hanlon Bartlett
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): John Reginald Hanlon Bartlett
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1893 at Cowra, NSW, Australia (1) (2)
Date and Place of Death: 1977, aged 84, buried at Tuncurry cemetery, Tuncurry, NSW, Australia (3) (7)
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood
He had two brothers – David Roy Brett Bartlett, born 1894, Cowra, NSW
Lindon Bruce Bartlett, born 1900, Hamilton, NSW.…
Edward Ord Blackmore
EDWIN ORD BLACKMORE
Date and place of birth: 19th August 1879, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date and place of Death: 5th May 1956, South Africa
Nationality: Australian Born/South African Citizen
Biography: Edwin Came from a large family – his siblings being:
Children of Edwin and Eleanora (nee Farr) Blackmore taken before their youngest child, John Coleridge was born.…
Mary Theresa Braddon
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
Name Mary Theresa Braddon (nee McIntosh) DoB 25 Nov 1875
Place of birth Koromiko, Marlborough, New Zealand
Parents James & Hannah (nee Blaymires) McIntosh
Parental Home Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand
Siblings Lilly (1873-1961), Henry (1878-1954), James (1881-1915),
William (1883-1954), Gordon (1892-1986)
Spouse Edward George Braddon (see below in notes)
Date of Wedding 1900 – Sydney, Australia
Children None
Marital home(s) None confirmed
Employment Prior to Gretna, none found
1911 Census Not living in Great Britain
Date of death 4 November 1949 Location Nepean Hospital, Kingswood, NSW
Buried in Kingswood Cemetery, Penrith, New South Wales (NSW)
Kingswood Cemetery is now Penrith General Cemetery, NSW
Gretna details
Name Mary Theresa Braddon (nee McIntosh) Clock No
Date joining Not known
Date leaving Not known
Addresses Number 1 Women’s Police Barracks, Gretna
Rank on start PC
Promotion None confirmed whilst at Gretna – but reached rank of Sub Inspector
Newspapers 24th Nov 1949 – Nepean Times (Penrith NSW) Page 9, etc.…
Cyril Percy Callister
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Cyril Percy Callister.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 16 FEBRUARY 1893 • Chute, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: 5 OCT 1949 • Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia.…
Thomas George Dippie
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Thomas George Dippie (2) (5) (6)
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1884, at Collingwood, Victoria, Australia (2) (5) (6)
Date and Place of Death: 1955, age 70, in Western General Hospital, Hillhead, Glasgow from a cerebral haemorrhage and bronco pneumonia.…
Arthur Gerald Eastick
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Arthur Gerald Eastick
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Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia (1) (3)
Date and Place of Death: 24/04/1922, The Red Lodge, Devonshire Place,
Eastbourne.…
Mary Gerrie Esson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Mary Gerrie Esson (Married name Banks)
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 9 August 1986, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Date and Place of Death: 18 November 1964, Melbourne, Australia.
Nationality: Scottish/Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Mary was the fourth child born to Alexander Esson (9 July 1858 – 28 June 1945), a butcher in Aberdeen, and Margaret Crofts (25 Mar 1866 – ?…
Kate Eleanor Ferguson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Kate Eleanor Ferguson
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 4th August 1892, Longtown
Date and Place of Death: 1947, Victoria, Australia
Nationality: British ( mother Scottish)
Childhood: Eldest of 5
Parents: William and Sarah nee Dixon
Parents occupations: Station master
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Burgh By Sands Primary from 1905
Occupation: Nurse – VAD Red Cross
Place of residence at Gretna: S.…
Norman Daniel Ferguson
NORMAN DANIEL FERGUSON
Date and place of birth : 15 June 1882 Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Date and place of Death : 19 June 1948 New Town, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Biography: Norman grew up in Australia with his siblings:
Parents: Daniel Ferguson and Ada Eliza Mickle
Parents occupation : Daniel was Chief Inspector of Distilleries.…
Frederick Fern Field
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Frederick Fern Field
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 18/01/1893 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 21/04/1959 Bentleigh, Victoria
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: Frederick James Field and Septima (nee Ballard) Field
Parent’s occupations:N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Cordite Staff Chemist, Mossband
Marital status: Lily Evelyn (nee Charters) 15/06/1921 Melbourne
Children: Dulcie May b.1920, Kenneth Frederick b.1922,
Alan Gerald b.1924
Travels: UK
Awards/recognitions: AMSM
Trivia / any other information:
Bibliography
- Books published (Title, year of publication, publisher): N/K
- Books written about the individual or mentioning the individual (Title, year of publication, publisher): N/K
References
- Blogs about the individual: N/K
- Websites about the individual: N/K
Further links, notes, and comments:
Arrived Plymouth 26/10/1916 on the “Euripides” from Melbourne
Forwarding address on Mossband Farewell, 21 Lansdowne Road,
East Melbourne, Victoria
Edward Landseer Parry Griffiths
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Edward Landseer Parry Griffiths.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: c.1883, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: c.1953, Hunter’s Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Nationality: Australian.…
Julius William Hogarth
Julius William Hogarth
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 6 August 1883 at Ryde, NSW, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 9 September 1975 at Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Julius grew up in Sydney, Australia with his sisters Lillian Charlotte Hogarth (1881) and Mary Violet Hogarth (1885-1910)
Parents:
William Alfred Waldeman Hogarth (1859-1945) and Catherine Brady (1860-1941)
Parent’s occupations: William was a manufacturer.…
Norman Stanley William Hudson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Norman Stanley William Hudson.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 1887/1888, Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (Possibly 6 December 1887).
Date and Place of Death: 25 June 1956, Croydon Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.…
William Ralph Jewell
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Ralph Jewell.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: July 15th 1894, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: January 28th 1975, Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia.…
Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 14 July 1895 Owens Gap, New South Wales, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: 11th August 1970, Brisbane, Australia.
Parents: Thomas Jones and Margaret Sarah, née Bell.
Parent’s occupations: His father was a schoolteacher.…
William John Kelly
See: The Australian contribution to HM Factory Gretna – Devils Porridge Museum
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William John Kelly
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 28th October 1893 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 7th July 1967 Sydney NSW
Nationality: Australian
Childhood: N/K
Parents: John Tonnor and Elizabeth (nee Robins) Kelly
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Analysing Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Chemist at Cordite Section, Mossband
Marital status: Married Daisy Gwendoline (nee Mortimer, formerly Hadfield)
Children: 3 sons.…
Albert John Marsden
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Albert John Marsden
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 13th June 1887, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (1)
Date and Place of Death: 17th December 1971, aged 84, Kallista, Victoria, Australia. …