Robert Douglas WARD

[DaveHam9]

Name WARD, ROBERT DOUGLAS
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 421648
Date of Birth 15 Jan 1924
Place of Birth KENSINGTON, NSW
Date of Enlistment 28 Feb 1942
Locality on Enlistment PENSHURST, NSW
Place of Enlistment SYDNEY, NSW
Next of Kin WARD, HERBERT
Date of Discharge 15 Nov 1945
Rank Warrant Officer
Posting at Discharge 179 Squadron
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

1949 & 1954 NSW Electoral Roll - Banks - Peakhurst
WARD Robert Douglas, 49 Inverness avenue, Penshurst, clerk


Looking for his parents.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[gibbo]

Ryerson index.. might be of some help maybe.

WARD Robert Douglas Death notice 27APR2002 Publication Sydney Morning Herald 27APR2002

 

[gibbo]

Noted on page 40 of his military record.

Father was H D Ward
49 Inverness ave
Penhurst nsw

Page 55
Herbert Douglas Ward
Customs officier

 

[gibbo]

Possible for his father,, still checking it out

WARD Herbert Douglas McMillan Death notice 07NOV1971 Death 73 late of Penshurst Sydney Morning Herald 08NOV1971

69343/1971 WARD HERBERT DOUGLAS MCM HERBERT WILLIAM AGNES MARY KOGARAH

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks gibbo.

The Sydney Morning Herald - Friday 26 April 2002 p.24
DEATHS
WARD, Douglas Robert (Bob).-April 24, 2002. Died peacefully, late of Jannali. Loved husband of Shirley (deceased), loving father and father-in-law of Jeanette, David and Joanne, cherished grandad of ... treasured friend of June, dear brother and fond uncle of their families. Aged 78 years. Unique and loving, unstoppable to the end.

BOB'S family and friends are invited to attend his funeral service to be held in the South Chapel Woronora Crematorium, Linden Street, Sutherland, on Monday (April 29, 2002) at 12.30 p.m. Donations to the Blind Society would be appreciated.
OLSENS A.F.D.A., Sutherland.

Details
Surname: WARD Type: Ashes
First Name: ROBERT Other Names: DOUGLAS
Date of Death: 24/04/2002 INTERRED 05/03/2003
Location Section Position
Henry Lawson Gardens Panel 4 (Services) 0061

 

[DaveHam9]

Looks like Herbert was not born in NSW.

Victoria ?

?? aged 18 in 1915.

Herbert Douglas Ward
Service Number: 2469
Rank: Private
Roll title: 5 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 12 Reinforcements (December 1914 - November 1915)
Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 16 July 1915
Place of embarkation: Melbourne
Ship embarked on: HMAT Demosthenes A64

 

[DaveHam9]

WARD Given namesHerbt Douglas Mcmill EventBirth Father's name / Spouse's family nameHerbt Mother's maiden name / Spouse's given nameAgnes Mary (Findlay) Reg. year1898 Reg. no13484


WARD Given namesHerbert EventMarriage Father's name / Spouse's family nameFINDLAY Mother's maiden name / Spouse's given nameAgnes Mary Reg. year1887 Reg. no3453

 

[gibbo]

Burial

Woronora Cemetery

Surname: WARD Type: Ashes
First Name: HERBERT Other Names: DOUGLAS MCM
Date of Death: 07/11/1971 INTERRED ?
Location Section Position
FF ROSE GARDEN 27 0233

http://www.woronoracemetery.org.au/finding-loved-ones

Surname: WARD Type: Burial
First Name: AGNES Other Names: MARY
Date of Death: 04/09/1939 ?
Location Section Position
Methodist Monumental SECTION 1 0521

 

[gibbo]

Think we have made a boo boo somewhere. This one is the right death for Herbert. Same address as the military record for Robert.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Tuesday 27 June 1933

WARD -The Interment of the Remains of the
late HERBERT WARD HUSBAND of AGNES
MARY WARD of 49 Inverness nvenue Penshurst
took place YESTERDAY JUNE 25th at Woronora
Cemetery

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks gibbo.

WARD Agnes Mary Funeral notice 05SEP1939 Funeral late of Penshurst Sydney Morning Herald 06SEP1939

17963/1939 WARD AGNES MARY ALEXANDER MARY HURSTVILLE

So where is the marriage of Herbert Douglas McMillan, born 1898? His son born 1924?

 

[gibbo]

NSW death index

7024/1933 WARD HERBERT CHARLES MARY H BURWOOD

 

[gibbo]

Same section etc as Agnes Mary.

Surname: WARD Type: Burial
First Name: HERBERT Other Names:
Date of Death: 24/06/1933 ?
Location Section Position
Methodist Monumental SECTION 1 0521

 

[DaveHam9]

Vic.

WARD Given namesHerbt Douglas EventMarriage Father's name / Spouse's family nameODGERS Mother's maiden name / Spouse's given nameLiln Blanche Reg. year1923 Reg. no6162

WARD Lillian Blanche Death notice 01JUN1944 Death 42 late of Penshurst Sydney Morning Herald 02JUN1944

9573/1944 WARD LILLIAN BLANCHE JOHN ELIZA MARY HURSTVILLE

 

[DaveHam9]

Details
Surname: WARD Type: Ashes
First Name: LILLIAN Other Names: BLANCHE
Date of Death: 01/06/1944 INTERRED ?
Location Section Position
Court Of Remembrance WALL OF MEMORIES PANEL GG 0025

 

[DaveHam9]

Case closed thanks gibbo.

Parents and grandparents.

 

[Graham Moore]

Name WARD, ROBERT DOUGLAS
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 421648
Date of Birth 15 Jan 1924
Place of Birth KENSINGTON, NSW
Date of Enlistment 28 Feb 1942
Locality on Enlistment PENSHURST, NSW
Place of Enlistment SYDNEY, NSW
Next of Kin WARD, HERBERT
Date of Discharge 15 Nov 1945
Rank Warrant Officer
Posting at Discharge 179 Squadron
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

1949 & 1954 NSW Electoral Roll - Banks - Peakhurst
WARD Robert Douglas, 49 Inverness avenue, Penshurst, clerk


Looking for his parents.

Thanks,

Dave

Why were you looking for relatives? I am researching him. He was the only survivor of a crash about half a mile from where I live, would like to trace relatives

 

[DaveHam9]

Barraclough is one of my direct lines and I was researching sideways on my large tree for any connections and found:

Marriage 7887/1953 WARD ROBERT DOUGLAS - BARRACLOUGH SHIRLEY ANNE - SYDNEY * 6 Jun 1953

Not in CofE PR database - Can't find a notice in Trove

Dave

 

[Graham Moore]

Barraclough is one of my direct lines and I was researching sideways on my large tree for any connections and found:

Marriage 7887/1953 WARD ROBERT DOUGLAS - BARRACLOUGH SHIRLEY ANNE - SYDNEY * 6 Jun 1953

Not in CofE PR database - Can't find a notice in Trove

Dave

Thanks Dave

 

[Graham Moore]

Why were you looking for relatives? I am researching him. He was the only survivor of a crash about half a mile from where I live, would like to trace relatives

Crash site on headland opposite side of the river in photo attachment