| [Index] |
| Leicester Charles Wrixon ATTWATER (1904 - 1972) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Living Living Living |
Leicester Charles Wrixon ATTWATER (1904 - 1972) + Mary Purvis DRUITT (1901 - 1979) |
Charles Edward ATTWATER (1865 - 1940) | William ATTWATER (1826 - 1886) | |
| Matilda TIPPER ( - 1909) | ||||
| Elizabeth (TIPPER) | ||||
| Edith Asenath ELWORTHY (1876 - 1904) | James Baker ELWORTHY (1833 - 1889) | George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878) | ||
| Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854) | ||||
| Henrietta Sophia Jane LARGE (1846 - 1915) | William James LARGE (1806 - 1881) | |||
| Mary Ann (Marianne) Caroline WRIXON (1819 - 1888) |
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| b. 10 Mar 1904 at Grafton, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 27 Feb 1929 Mary Purvis DRUITT (1901 - 1979) at Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 14 Aug 1972 at Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia aged 68 |
| Parents: |
| Charles Edward ATTWATER (1865 - 1940) |
| Edith Asenath ELWORTHY (1876 - 1904) |
| Step Parents: |
| Kate E D CRANE (1863 - 1919) |
| Siblings (1): |
| Merlyn Edith ATTWATER (1901 - 1989) |
| Children (3): |
| Grandchildren (11): |
| Events in Leicester Charles Wrixon ATTWATER (1904 - 1972)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 10 Mar 1904 | Leicester Charles Wrixon ATTWATER was born | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | 3311/1904 | ||
| 18 Mar 1904 | Death of mother Edith Asenath ELWORTHY (aged 27) | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | 1359/1904 | ||
| 1919 | 15 | Death of step mother Kate E D CRANE (aged 56) | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | 19441/1919 | |
| 27 Feb 1929 | 24 | Married Mary Purvis DRUITT (aged 28) | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 1645/1929 | |
| 1940 | 36 | Death of father Charles Edward ATTWATER (aged 75) | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | 5388/1940 | |
| 31 Dec 1941 | 37 | Enlisted - Army | Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 09 Sep 1942 | 38 | Discharged | |||
| 14 Aug 1972 | 68 | Leicester Charles Wrixon ATTWATER died | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia | 57111/1972 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Leicester Charles Wrixon Attwater came into the world on 10 Mar 1904 at Grafton. That year Marlene Dietrich was born and Anton Chekhov died; work began on the Panama Canal; Sydney streets were lit by electricity - and a woman was arrested in New York for smoking a cigarette in public!
By the age of 16 he had left home, working as a jackaroo in various NSW towns. At St Matthew's, Manly on 27 Feb 1929 he married Mary Purvis DRUITI and had three children, all born at Manly, NSW. Leicester bought a property Glenward at Barrington Tops, then moved to a dairy farm four miles from Gloucester when the war started. He joined the Army, became a driving instructor and taught recruits to drive the large Army trucks. Mary ran the farm and raised turkeys for the Red Cross. Later they lived on a cattle property near Grafton, then at Glenroc, Gunnedah, which was subsequently taken over by their son Brian and his wife Helen. From photographs, Leicester was a very handsome man. He seemed to have inherited the Elworthy genes and looked rather like a slimmer version of his Uncle Arthur from Gundagai. In their later years, Leicester and Mary retired to Woodford and Leicester died there on 14 Aug 1972. Mary then moved down to Beecroft, a suburb of Sydney, where she died on 04 April 1979. Service Record Name ATTWATER, LEICESTER CHARLES WRIXON Service Australian Army Service Number NX81217 Date of Birth 10 Mar 1904 Place of Birth GRAFTON, NSW Date of Enlistment 31 Dec 1941 Locality on Enlistment GLOUCESTER, NSW Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW Next of Kin ATTWATER, MARY Date of Discharge 9 Sep 1942 Rank Gunner Posting at Discharge 19 FIELD REGIMENT WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No |
| Source References: |
| 2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997 |
| - Reference = 195 (Name, Notes) |