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Frank Ernest Badgery (1887 - 1970)

Frank Ernest Badgery
Born in Sutton Forest, New South Wales (Australia)map
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Husband of — married 10 Nov 1910 in Exeter, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Died at about age 83 in Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

Frank Ernest Badgery was born in 1887 in Sutton Forest, New South Wales (Australia). He was the youngest child of Frank Badgery and Elizabeth Evans. [1] He was christened in All Saints Church of England, Sutton Forest.

Frank was a wheat farmer at Cumnock, New South Wales. [2]

He married Annie Stafford on 10th November 1910 in St Aidan's Church of England, Exeter, New South Wales. [3]

Frank lost a son and a son-in-law in the Second World War

His children 'did their bit' for Australia during the Second World War:

  • Adria's husband, Arthur Haynes, was a prisoner of war of the Japanese on Ambon Island from 1942 to 1945
  • Frank Alexander was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as a bomber pilot in Europe
  • Elizabeth lost her first husband, killed in action, in Malaya, and
  • Brabazon died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Thailand

In 1954, Frank donated the land for the Country Women's Association Hall in Exeter. [4]

He passed away in 1970 in Moss Vale, New South Wales, not long before his wife. [5]

Sources

  1. New South Wales Birth Index #17409/1887
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Badgery-32; accessed 4 Apr 2018
  3. New South Wales Marriage Index #12729/1910; registered at Moss Vale
  4. Jervis, James. A History of the Berrima District 1798-1973. Library of Australian History. Sydney, 1986 3rd ed
  5. New South Wales Death Index #24821/1970




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