Aubrey Moore Ping MB BS BSc (1899 - 1983)

Born 11 Jul 1899 in Gayndah, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Grace Mercer (Campbell) Cheshire — married 20 Dec 1930 (to 9 Apr 1981) in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Died 3 May 1983 at age 83 in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Birth
Aubrey Moore Ping was born on the 11th July 1899, in Gayndah, Queensland, Australia, to John Ping and Mary Jane Deian.^[1]

While still a medical student at the University of Sydney in 1928, Aubrey, a lover of horses, would watch the horses at their track work at Centennial Park (also in Sydney). During one of these times that Tommy Woodcock, the trainer of renowned thoroughbred horse Phar Lap, remembers a young man named "Ping" who gave the name for lightning in his (father's native) language. Due to the (superstitious) wish to have a 7-letter name, young Ping changed far lap to Phar Lap and a legend was born.^[2]

Qualifications and Registration
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales
Fri 4 Oct 1929 [Issue No.132] Page 4096
LEGALLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
5249. Ping, Aubrey Moore, MB, 1929 Univ. Sydney.^[3]

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales
Fri 15 Dec 1967 [Issue No.140] Page 4772
NEW SOUTH WALES MEDICAL BOARD
Registrations under Section 17 (1) (b)
Requirements of section 17 (3) satisfied
5249. Ping, Aubrey Moore, 83 Hall St Bondi Beach, MB Sydney, 1929. Date of registration, 2nd October 1929^[4]

Marriages
Aubrey married Grace Mercer Guidoux, on the 20th December 1930, in Waverley, New South Wales.^[5] It was Grace's 33rd birthday, and their witnesses were her cousin Maggie Stewart, and Aubrey's friend: Mervyn Louis Williams (an Australian Boxing champion, and sporting editor of the Sporting Globe (Melbourne)).

Divorce

Aubrey and Grace divorced on the 9th April 1981; Suit S902/81.^[6]

In 1981, at the age of 81 years, Aubrey married Dawn Cecilia O'Connor.^{[citation needed]}

Death
Aubrey Moore Ping passed away on the 3rd May 1983, in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia,^[7] survived by his wife (now widow): Dawn, and his sister: Josie Ping, of Ping's Lane, Gayndah.

Burial
Although he had lived elsewhere much of his life, Aubrey considered himself as belonging to Gayndah, and, as such, his wish to be buried there was fulfilled on the 9th May, when he was interred in the Gayndah Cemetery, after a service at St Matthew's Anglican Church, conducted by the Rev Ian Turnbull.^[8]

Research Notes

Aubrey's parents (John Ping, son of Jong and Chue Ping; and Mary Jane Deian, daughter of Helen Craig and John Deian) married in Queensland on the 15th October 1884. They had ten children over the next 20 years:
Mary Ellen Chue (1885-1973), Jemima Jane (1886-1929), Grace Ethel (1888-1960), John Thomas (1890-1969), Betsy Harriet (1892-1912), Josephine Eunice "Josie" (1894-1988), Bernard Robert (1897-1972), Aubrey Moore (1899-1983), Rhoda Phyllis (1901-1973), Claud Arnold (1904-1977).

Sources

1. ↑ Birth — Queensland State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Birth Registration details: Aubrey Moore Ping, Event date: 11/07/1899, Event type: Birth registration, Registration details: 1899/C/1268, Mother: Mary Jane Deian, Father/parent: John Ping
2. ↑ Phar Lap website: How Phar Lap Was Named by ABC Lateline presenter Michael Rennie
3. ↑ Qualifications — National Library of Australia Trove Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), Friday 4 October 1929 (No.132), page 4096
4. ↑ Registrations — National Library of Australia Trove Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), Friday 15 December 1967 (No.140), page 4772
5. ↑ Marriage #1 — New South Wales State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Marriages Registration details: Registration Number: 2781/1931; Groom's Family Name: PING; Groom's Given Name(s): AUBREY M; Bride's Family Name(s): GUIDOUX; Bride's Given Name(s): GRACE M; District: WAVERLEY
6. ↑ Divorcement — As noted on the certified copy of the marriage certificate in the possession of family members.
7. ↑ Death — New South Wales State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Death Registration details: Name: PING AUBREY MOORE; Registration Number: 10314/1983 ; Father's Given Name(s): JOHN THOMAS; Mother's Given Name(s): MARY JANE; District:
8. ↑ Burial — Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/132988369/aubrey-moore-ping : accessed 17 October 2021), memorial page for Dr Aubrey Moore Ping (11 Jul 1899–3 May 1983), Find A Grave: Memorial #132988369, citing Gayndah Cemetery, Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by brknhrt (contributor 46623829).

• Family records and birth, marriage, death certificates or certified copies, journal entries, letters, held by family members.

• Burial — "Australia, Queensland Cemetery Records, 1802-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB8-F621 : 13 March 2018), Aubrey Moore Ping, 1983; citing Burial, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, private collection of Jim and Alison Rogers, Bargara; FHL microfilm 1,669,690.