George Maxwell GAMBRILL
1921 - 2003 (82 years)
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Name George Maxwell GAMBRILL Born 1921 Gender Male News General 22 Jan 1945 [1] DASH IN VAIN TO SAVE SWIMMER. SYDNEY, Saturday, After a quarter mile dash along the beach a Marist Brothers trainee swam 200 yards through heavy surf in a vain attempt to rescue a drowning youth at Avalon today. The youth, a University student was Donald Muston, 18, of Norwood Avenue, Linfield. He was seen to be in difficulties and LAC George Gambrill, RAAF, swam out and supported him while others attracted the attention of trainees from the Marist Brothers Training College, at Toongabbie. The trainees, who were practising with reel and line for life saving examination, carried the reel a quarter of a mile. John Glynn, one of the trainees, donned the belt and swam to Muston, who was unconscious when brought in. Muston failed to respond after an hour's treatment in an iron lung. Occupation Jun 1945 [2] Pastrycook (now in R.A.A.F) News General 28 Aug 1946 [3] Mr. G. M. Gambrill is the new business man in the town, having opened a bakery and pastrycook's shop next to Hotel Guildford. Recently discharged from the R.A.A.F. Mr. Gambrill hails from a long line of bakers, his grandfather owning the Gambrill Bakery in Granville, and his father a similar business in Campsie, where his son served his time at the trade. Electoral Roll 1949 46 Hay St, Croydon Park, NSW, Australia 
[4] Baker and pastrycook. Telephone Directory 1949 25 Sydney Rd, Manly, NSW, Australia [5] Ph. UX2557 Telephone Directory 1950 15 St.Johns Ave, Gordon, NSW, Australia [6] Ph. JX3048 Pastrycook Telephone Directory 1951 15 St.Johns Ave, Gordon, NSW, Australia [7] Ph. JX3048 Pastrycook Electoral Roll 1954 36 Cliff Rd, Collaroy, NSW, Australia [8] Baker Electoral Roll 1963 328 Mowbray Rd, Chatswood, NSW, Australia [9] Pastrycook Electoral Roll 1980 5 Narrabundah St, Mudgeeraba, QLD, Australia [10] Pastrycook Died Aug 2003 - at Shoalhaven Nursing Home, late of Bomaderry, formerly of Cronulla and the Gold Coast
Person ID I2328 treeno1 Last Modified 10 Feb 2021
Father Walter Stanley GAMBRILL, b. 1897, Granville, NSW, Australia , d. 22 Jun 1973, Bowral & District Hospital, Bowral, NSW, Australia (Age 76 years) Relationship Birth Mother Elma Francis HAYMAN, b. 1898, Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand , d. 7 Feb 1977, Bowral, NSW, Australia (Age 79 years) Relationship Birth Married 26 May 1920 Salvation Army Citadel, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Family ID F522 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse / Partner Thelma Daphne May HATTON, b. 1919, d. 11 Jun 2009, Shoalhaven Nursing Home, Bomaderry, NSW, Australia (Age 90 years) Married 1942 Waverley, NSW, Australia Children 1. David Kingsbury GAMBRILL, b. May 1945, Marrickville, NSW, Australia , d. 14 Jun 1945, Vaucluse, NSW, Australia (Age ~ 0 years)+ 2. Living + 3. Living 4. Living Last Modified 22 Apr 2018 Family ID F722 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 1942 - Waverley, NSW, Australia 
Electoral Roll - Baker and pastrycook. - 1949 - 46 Hay St, Croydon Park, NSW, Australia 
Telephone Directory - Ph. UX2557 - 1949 - 25 Sydney Rd, Manly, NSW, Australia 
Telephone Directory - Ph. JX3048 Pastrycook - 1950 - 15 St.Johns Ave, Gordon, NSW, Australia 
Telephone Directory - Ph. JX3048 Pastrycook - 1951 - 15 St.Johns Ave, Gordon, NSW, Australia 
Electoral Roll - Baker - 1954 - 36 Cliff Rd, Collaroy, NSW, Australia 
Electoral Roll - Pastrycook - 1963 - 328 Mowbray Rd, Chatswood, NSW, Australia 
Electoral Roll - Pastrycook - 1980 - 5 Narrabundah St, Mudgeeraba, QLD, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S585] Daily Mercury, 2, 22 Jan 1945.
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DAVID KINGSBURY GAMBRILL death transcription - [S386] The Broadcaster (Fairfield 1935 - 1970) NSW, 1, 28 Aug 1946.
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- [S610] 1951 Telephone Directory Sydney NSW, (www.findmypast.com.au), 250.
- [S705] 1954 Narrabeen Electoral Roll, Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll], (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).
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- [S585] Daily Mercury, 2, 22 Jan 1945.