LETHBRIDGE Francis Ernest D'Albedyhll

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• Occupation: State Public Servant
• _UID: B3AC159EAF964137813CB2AE84657CACFDB0
• Military: Between 9 Nov 1940 and 3 Jan 1946, UK; Served during WWII as No. 400861, Flight Lieutenant, Navigator with the RAAF attached to Bomber Command, RAF.
• Cremated: 3 Sep 2008, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale VIC

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Military:
Served as an navigator attached to RAF Bomber Command during WWII. His Lancaster bomber was shot down over Dusseldorf, Germany in Aug 1942 where he was taken prisoner firstly at Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf and later at Stalagluft 3 at Sagan. Marched across Germany to Lubeck to freedom in 1945. Stalagluft 3 was the camp from which "The Great Escape" took place and about 50 of the escapees were illegally executed for doing so. Lest We Forget.

Cremated:
Garden of No Distant Place, August, Date 28

Francis married FERGUSON Florence Joan 1946. Florence was born Abt 1922; died 5 Nov 1994. [Group Sheet]

1. LETHBRIDGE Jennifer May was born 27 Aug 1948, Caulfield VIC.
2. LETHBRIDGE Christopher Edward was born 13 Apr 1951, Caulfield VIC.

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• Occupation: Anglican Priest
• _UID: AF7B181DF578428BA742B633AC8020681F2A
• Cremated: 18 Oct 1946, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale VIC

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Cremated:
Tristania, Garden F3, Bed 20, Rose 69

Ernest married BENNETT Kardinia May Jan 1915. Kardinia (daughter of BENNETT Francis Alexander and COWLAND Amy Sarah) was born 14 Nov 1879, Kewell VIC; died Sep 1974, Box Hill VIC. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Kardinia May LETHBRIDGE
• _UID: 69644D855A394961BE68DDD15DF164177982
• Cremated: 25 Sep 1974, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale VIC

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Kardinia May BENNETT lived as a young girl at Kewell where she could recall seeing aboriginal corroberees and seeing their mia-mias on the property. Later when living in Terang, she became an assistant teacher at the Terang Grammar School and later the Principal. She married Ernest LETHBRIDGE, the Anglican parish priest at Terang in January 1915. They retired and lived at Murrumbeena from 1923. Her name "Kardinia" is an aboriginal word meaning " the rising sun."

Cremated:
Tristania, Garden F3, Bed 20, Rose 69

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• Occupation: Stock and Station Agent
• _UID: 1BDD290A3B9F4C63B13B8A924D5C35B14B0D
• Baptism: 30 May 1850, Christ Church, Geelong VIC

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Occupation:
Employed mainly in the Wimmera region of Victoria at Kewell, Beaumont, Buangor, Pine Grove, Curyo, Dimboola, Noradjuha, Casterton, Cowley's Creek and Terang.

Francis married COWLAND Amy Sarah 6 Nov 1878, St. John's Anglican Church, Horsham VIC. Amy was born 1859, Ballarat VIC; died Jun 1937, Murrumbeena VIC; was buried 26 Jun 1937, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale VIC. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Amy Sarah BENNETT
• _UID: 15A763D8074242529EF419D3CFFF0EEC1AAD

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• Occupation: Master Mariner/Ship Owner/Farmer/Carrier
• _UID: 0B64F2F968284BBF9E085D19B0F8E448E435
• Immigration: 1838, Port Phillip VIC

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Francis BENNETT was the son of Alexander BENNETT (Naval Officer and Irish Coast Guard) and his wife Martha (----).

Francis served on many ships before coming to Australia and served as master on many vessels sailing between the Australian colonies. It is believed that he was captain of "The Black Swan" which was the first large vessel to sail up the Yarra River in what was later to become Melbourne.
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Geelong Advertiser, 31 Dec 1894
Mr Francis Bennett, an old colonist, passed away last Friday (says the "Horsham Times") at the ripe old age of 80 years. He was a colonist of 56 years' standing, having landed in Port Philip in 1838. At that time he was connected with the sea, having an interest in several schooners trading between Hobart and Western Port. He successfully piloted the first large vessel up the Yarra, the Black Swan. Soon after he gave up the sea and settled at Kardinia Estate, Geelong, where he spent the most of his life. He came to the Wimmera in 1874, and remained there until his death. He leaves a grown family of nine.

Francis married HERD Mary 17 Jul 1839, St. James' Anglican Church, Melbourne VIC. Mary (daughter of HERD John, JP and PARK Janet) was born Abt 1822, Old Park, Belfast ANT; died 24 May 1885, Kewell VIC; was buried 25 May 1885, Horsham Cemetery, Horsham VIC. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary BENNETT
• _UID: 28B86F9B2B854F8080AD55CB5E236E01A6F8
• Baptism: 3 Apr 1822, Belfast ANT
• Emigration: 10 Jun 1838, Belfast ANT

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Emigration:
Arrived Sydney NSW aboard the 'Mandarin' arriving on 18 Oct 1838 - thence aboard the 'Hope' to Port Phillip VIC very soon after arriving in Sydney NSW.

Into Place: Sydney NSW

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Married:
This church is often referred to as St. James Old Cathedral, particularly after it was move brick by brick to the current sight adjacent to the Flagstaff Gardens. It became a cathedral in 1847 when the diocese of Melbourne was founded. In 1891 it reverted to being a parish church when the current St. Paul's Cathedral was consecrated.