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George Richard GAMBRILL

George Richard GAMBRILL

Male 1911 - 1974  (62 years)


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  • Name George Richard GAMBRILL 
    Nickname Dick 
    Born 01 Dec 1911  Gosford, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    News General 21 Aug 1928  Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Richard Gambrill, a youthful resident of Morisset, wanted a young kangaroo that he might train it as a pet. After much cautious tracking he found a doe and her 'joey' grazing, and succeeded in capturing the little one. He was gleefully proceeding homeward with the 'joey' in his arms, when the doe look a foot in the affair. She attacked the boy, and with a fierce kick cut the flesh of his leg. Gambrill promptly dropped the 'joey' and hurried home, j where Dr. Wood, summoned from Dora Creek, stitched up the gash. The boy is now nursing a painful wound; and his ambition for kangaroo pets has disappeared. 
    Electoral Roll 1934  Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Carrier 
    Residence 1935  Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    According to marriage document to Iris 
    Electoral Roll 1935  Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Carrier 
    Employment 1935  [3] 
    Labourer, according to marriage document to Iris 
    News General 9 Feb 1935  [5] 
    WORKMAN INJURED Blasting Mishap at Morisset. Richard Gambrill, 23 of Morisset was badly burned about the face and eyes when a charge of gelignite exploded prematurely at Morisset yesterday morning. Gambrill, who was assisting to carry out excavations for the construction of an underground tank at St. Joseph's Convalescent home, placed his charge, and lit a short fuse. He was stepping away from the charge when it exploded. He was taken to a private hospital, where an examination disclosed that his injuries were sufficiently serious to warrant his immediate removal to Newcastle Hospital. Transport was provided: by Lake Macquarie Ambulance. 
    Electoral Roll 1936  Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Carrier 
    News General 25 Aug 1936  [7] 
    IN GALE. Boat Capsized. LONG SWIM. NEWCASTLE. Tuesday. TWO young Sydney men had an unbelievable experience in yesterday's gale, when their sailing boat capsized in Lake Macquarie and they had to swim half a mile to reach the shore. The two men, one of whom is believed to be Mr. Roy Loft, a commercial artist of Sydney, who, with his friend, was spending a boating holiday at the lake, set out from Dora Creek yesterday morning in a 16ft. sailing boat, on their way down the lake to Sunshine. Between Sunshine and Rocky Point a particularly violent squall capsized the boat and the two men decided that their only chance was to swim. Were Exhausted. They reached the shore at Sunshine in an exhausted condition and one collapsed. After a rest, they borrowed two skiffs, and, accompanied by Mr. Richard Gambrill, set out to salvage their boat, which they succeeded in towing to the opposite shore. Gambrill stayed with them for several hours and late at night he set out to return to Sunshine, which he reached about 1am today. The sailing party was too exhausted to attempt the return journey last night and arrived back at Sunshine this morning. 
    Electoral Roll 1937  Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Carrier 
    Electoral Roll 1949  Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Carrier 
    Electoral Roll 1954  Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Carrier 
    Electoral Roll 1958  Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Carrier 
    Electoral Roll 1959  Macquarie St, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Carrier 
    Electoral Roll 1963  Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Carrier 
    News General 1 Mar 1967  [14] 
    TRAPPED UNDER TRACTOR. NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. A 55 year old farmer was pinned under a tractor at Eraring, south of Newcastle for two and a half hours today before he freed himself and fired a shotgun in the air to attract help. Mr Richard Gambrill of Bridge Street, Morisset, was working on a property at Eraring when the tractor overturned. After two and a half hours of agony, he dug himself free with a piece of wood and crawled 150 yards to a house. He was taken by ambulance to Kurri Hospital with fractures to the ribs and internal injuries. 
    Electoral Roll 1968  Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Carrier 
    Died 16 Feb 1974  Rankin Park Hospital, New Lambton, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Cause: Coma, Hypoxia, Carcinoma of Lung 
    Buried 19 Feb 1974  Sandgate Cemetery, Sandgate, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Methodist 4. Division 12.14 Section 22 Grave Nos 12
    Residence 25 Feb 1974  37 Bridge St, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    usual residence according to death certifcate. 
    Occupation 25 Feb 1974  [17] 
    Plant operator, according to death certificate. 
    News General 1998  Gambrill Lane, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    GAMBRILL Lane.
    An unnamed lane, it was gazetted Gambrill Lane in May 1998 from a RSL supplied list and named jointly after Lake Macquarie WW2 veterans, Richard, Ernie and Theodore Gambrill of Morisset.
    http://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=2323 
    News General 27 Mar 1998  [18] 
    LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL Roads Act 1993, Section 162 Naming of Public Roads NOTICE is hereby given that Council, in pursuance of section 162 of the Roads Act No. 33, 1993 has resolved that the undermentioned roads in the City be named thus: Unnamed Lane No. 33 at Morisset from H/N II Corrumbung Street to Rivergum Drive between Macqaurie and Mandelong Streets in the Parish of Morisset. Gambrill Lane. 
    Person ID I379  treeno1
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2017 

    Father George Egerton GAMBRILL,   b. 29 Nov 1880, Warialda, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1940, Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Kate TRAYNOR,   b. 28 Sep 1889, Kempsey, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1959, District Hospital, Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 03 Oct 1906  Bulahdelah, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Spouse / Partner Iris Georgina O'BRIEN,   b. 1914, Sydney, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1967  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1935  St.Lawrence's Church of England, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Divorced
    • Seperated shortly after the birth of Max
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    +3. Living
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2017 
    Family ID F127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 01 Dec 1911 - Gosford, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNews General - Richard Gambrill, a youthful resident of Morisset, wanted a young kangaroo that he might train it as a pet. After much cautious tracking he found a doe and her 'joey' grazing, and succeeded in capturing the little one. He was gleefully proceeding homeward with the 'joey' in his arms, when the doe look a foot in the affair. She attacked the boy, and with a fierce kick cut the flesh of his leg. Gambrill promptly dropped the 'joey' and hurried home, j where Dr. Wood, summoned from Dora Creek, stitched up the gash. The boy is now nursing a painful wound; and his ambition for kangaroo pets has disappeared. - 21 Aug 1928 - Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1934 - Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - According to marriage document to Iris - 1935 - Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1935 - Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1936 - Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1937 - Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1949 - Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1954 - Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1958 - Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1959 - Macquarie St, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1963 - Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Roll - Carrier - 1968 - Macquarie Street, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Coma, Hypoxia, Carcinoma of Lung - 16 Feb 1974 - Rankin Park Hospital, New Lambton, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 19 Feb 1974 - Sandgate Cemetery, Sandgate, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - usual residence according to death certifcate. - 25 Feb 1974 - 37 Bridge St, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNews General - GAMBRILL Lane. An unnamed lane, it was gazetted Gambrill Lane in May 1998 from a RSL supplied list and named jointly after Lake Macquarie WW2 veterans, Richard, Ernie and Theodore Gambrill of Morisset. http://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=2323 - 1998 - Gambrill Lane, Morisset, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    George Edgerton Gambrill and family photo taken in Martinsville., around 1914. Annotation probably done by a cousin.    		George Edgerton Gambrill and family photo taken in Martinsville., around 1914. Annotation probably done by a cousin.
    Writing at bottom of picture seems to say "hat in hand Jim, Uncle George, Theo, Dick, Ted on Auntie Kates knee, Girl at back Nellie Traynor". Also, handwriting on the back of the picture suggests that the girl Nellie is Kate's sister. Boy on the end (far right) is John S, the eldest son.

  • Notes 
    • He had tattoos of hounds & soldiers with weapons on both sides of his belly going all the way up over his chest and shoulders down his back with a fox tail going into his buttocks.

  • Sources 
    1. [S368] The Gloucester Advocate (NSW : 1905 - 1954)  2.

    2. [S453] 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], 1934 Wyong Electoral Roll NSW Australia  (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).

    3. [S560] GeniCert Transcriptions  (https://blogs.ancestry.com.au/ancestry/2015/03/19/member-benefit-order-discounted-bdm-certificate-transcriptions/).

    4. [S32] 1935 Wyong Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (http://www.findmypast.com.au/articles/world-records/full-list-of-australia-and-new-zealand-records/census-land-and-survey-records/new-south-wales-electoral-rolls-1903-1935).

    5. [S279] Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954)   8.

    6. [S69] 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], 1936 Wyong Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).

    7. [S778] The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954)  (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title1180), 9.

    8. [S68] 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], 1937 Wyong Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).

    9. [S65] 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], 1949 Wyong Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).

    10. [S151] 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], 1954 Morisset Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).

    11. [S64] 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], 1958 Morisset Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).

    12. [S897] 1959 Division Robertson, Subdivision Morisset Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (South Australian Library), 15.

    13. [S150] 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], 1963 Morisset Electoral Rolls NSW Australia  (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).

    14. [S14] Sydney : Charles Kemp and John Fairfax, 1842-, Sydney Morning Herald 1842 - Current (NSW Australia)  16.

    15. [S253] 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], 1968 Morisset Electoral Rolls NSW Australia.

    16. [S4] Marilyn Rowan, NSW Birth Marriage Death Family History Transcriptions  (http://www.transcriptions.com.au/).

    17. [S53] New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration  (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0).

    18. [S655] Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales Australia  (http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/gazette?q=), 2279 & 2281.

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