Name: DYER Edward Morris

Date of Birth: May 7, 1879

Birth Location: Melbourne, Victoria.

Also Known As: Ted

Age at Burial: 78 years.

Date of Death: August 26, 1957

Death Location: Busselton District Hospital, Busselton, Western Australia

Date of Burial: August 28, 1957

Denomination: Catholic

Row/Grave: Row 1 / Grave 3

Grave Transcription:

In

Loving Memory

Of

EDWARD MORRIS

DYER

BELOVED HUSBAND OF

BRIDGET ELLEN

LOVED FATHER OF

MOLLY, GLADYS, GWEN,

MORRIS, TED, HAROLD,

BILL & HUGHIE

DIED 26 TH AUG. 1957

AGED 78 YEARS.

Father: Edward Drewett Dyer born: 1836 Trowbridge, England. Died: December 10, 1889. Buried Melbourne General Cemetery.

Mother: Marianne Frances Morris born: 1855 Geelong, Victoria. Died: November 2, 1926. Peak Hill, NSW.

Grandfather (Father): John Drewett Dyer born: July 13, 1807, Trowbridge, England. Died: March 13, 1863, Collingwood, Victoria.

Grandmother (Father): Charlotte Harriel born: 1811, Trowbridge, England. Died: December 17, 1854, Collingwood, Victoria.

Grandfather (Mother): William Thomas Morris born: 1827 Bedford, England. Died: March 9, 1882. Carlton, Victoria.

Grandmother (Mother): Eliza Jane Morrow born: 1827, Northern Ireland. Died: December 15, 1876, Victoria.

Siblings:

Gwendoline Alice Dyer born: 1877 South Yarra. Died: April 24, 1961. Buried Carlton, Victoria. Married 1905 William Harvie.

Harold Drewett Dyer born: 5 May 1878. Died: February 8, 1920. Buried Peak Hill, NSW. Married 1907 Ada Elizabeth Maruice/Harvie

Ethel Marianne Dyer born: 1880 Died: 1881 South Yarra.

Norman William Dyer born: 1881 Melbourne. Died: 1882.

Roy Algernon Dyer born: 1884 St. Kilda. Died: 1885 Box Hill.

Gladys Fanny Emma Dyer born: 1887 Box Hill Died: Unknown. Married September 5, 1907, William Gardner.

Elsie Drewett Dyer born: 14 July 1888. Died: March 19, 1963. Buried Carlton Cemetery. Married 24 April 1911 Arthur Oliver Armstrong.

Spouse: Bridget Ellen McGannon born: 1881. Died: 12 November 1953. Buried Capel Cemetery.

Children:

Mary Frances “Molly” Dyer born: 1907, Sussex District, WA. Died: October 19, 1983. Cremated Karrakatta Cemetery. Unmarried.

Gladys Ellen Dyer born: 1908, Watchem, Victoria. Died: June 4, 1969. Buried Capel Cemetery. Unmarried.

Agnes Gwendoline “Gwen” Dyer born: March 4, 1910, Sussex District, WA. Died: 1985. Perth. Married 1937 Gerard Byrne Horgan.

James “Morris” Dyer born: 1912 Capel. Died: June 7, 1981. Cremated Fremantle. Married 1941 Linda M Newman.

Edward Drewett “Ted” Dyer born: May 10, 1913, Capel. Died: August 28, 1984. Cremated Fremantle. Married 1937 Iris J Spence.

Harold John Dyer born: 1917 Capel. Died: July 22, 1996. Cremated – Buried Capel Cemetery. Married 1949 Margaret Isobel Hughes.

William Gerald “Bill” Dyer born: 1921 Capel. Died: April 25, 1974. Buried Karrakatta Cemetery. Married 1947 Dorothy Ellen Callaghan.

Hubert David “Hughie” Dyer born: 1922 Capel. Died: October 19, 1987. Cremated Bunbury. Married 1950 Albena Myrle Cailes.

Occupation: School Teacher, Shop Owner & Commissioned Agent.

Military Service: WW1 – Service No W30898

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