See also

Lenore Ethel ARDILL (1911-2007)

1.

Lenore Ethel ARDILL,1 daughter of William Edward ARDILL ( - ) and Ethel W C POOLEY ( - ), was born on 22 Sep 1911 in Sydney.1 She married Arthur Berthold GIRLING in 1936 in Sydney.1 She died on 28 Oct 2007 in Gosford, NSW.1

 

 

Arthur Berthold GIRLING,1 son of Richard John GIRLING (1870-1935) and Lucy Helen HELLMERS (1872-1928), was born on 31 Jan 1910 in Johanessburg, South Africa.2 He was a Farmer, clerk. He died on 4 Nov 1967 in Cowra, NSW.3 1

 

 

The full Family Tree for this family can be found at this Source:

:Notes for Arthur Berthold Girling:

Leading Aircraftman Arthur Berthold Girling

Arthur was born in 1910. He passed away in 1967.

Arthur's Mother appears to have returned to Australia in 1920's (with Arthur) and died in 1928 described

as a "divorcee".

Arthur's father seems to have remained in South Africa, and may have remarried, records indicating a

Girling (R.J.) /Sonntag marriage occurring in 1930's.

Girling Arthur Berthold : Service Number - 60038 : Date of birth - 31 Jan 1910 : Place of birth -

Johannesburg, South Africa:

Place of enlistment - Sydney : Next of Kin - Lenore Girling

Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945 Rank: Leading Aircraftman Unit: No. 43 Squadron

D.F.M. (Distinguished Flying Medal): Leading Aircraftman Arthur Berthold Girling.

Honours and Awards: Arthur Berthold Girling

Service Number: 60038

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Unit: No. 43 Squadron

Service: Royal Australian Air Force

Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Award: Mention in despatches

Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 28 February 1946

Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 490, position 96

Date of London Gazette: 22 February 1946

Location in London Gazette: Page 1076, position 84

Mention in Despatches: Flight-Lieuts. Bert Cecil Button, Horace William Moore Henderson, Ronald

Garnock Wise; Warrant-Officer William Sydney Andrews; Flight-Sgt. Charles Louis O'Brien; Acting Sgt.

Leslie Arthur Hughes; Leading Aircraftman Arthur Berthold Girling1,4"

 

 

 

Arthur Berthold GIRLING and Lenore Ethel ARDILL had the following children:

 

 

 

Ross Brian GIRLING (1952-2011). Ross was born on 12 Jun 1952. He died in 2011 in Woy woy, NSW.

 

 

W J G ( - )

Second Generation

2.

William Edward ARDILL1 married Ethel W C POOLEY.

 

3.

Ethel W C POOLEY1 has few details recorded about her. She and William Edward ARDILL had the following children:

 

1

 

Lenore Ethel ARDILL (1911-2007)

Sources

1.

Grant Franklyn-Smith, Descendants of Christian Von Hellmers.

2.

Shirley Rolph, "I was born lucky" I was born lucky - a family history of Vere and Emily Hamilton, (Hexagon Press, 1989).

3.

Grant Franklyn-Smith, Joseph Crook and descendants 11 Aug 2011.

4.

source Grant Franklyn-Smith, Girling Family Tree.