Name: David Robert Alexander Reid

Date of Birth: 20th February 1903

Birth Location: West Leederville, Perth, Western Australia

Also Known As: Dave

Age at Burial: 74 Years

Date of Death: 20 October 1977

Death Location: Bunbury Regional Hospital

Date of Burial: 24 October 1977

Denomination: Anglican A

Row/Grave: Row 6 Grave #51

Grave Transcription:

In Loving Memory of

David Robert Alexander Reid

Beloved Husband of

Jean Monica

Beloved Father of

Jean & Peter

Died 20th October 1977

Aged 74 years

Father:

David Blair Reid, born 29th October 1875, Queensland. Died 12th November 1960. Buried Capel Cemetery Anglican B section, Row 3 Grave #37

Mother:

Lilly Tucker, born 1880, Sydney, New South Wales. Died 2nd August 1955. Buried Capel Cemetery Anglican B Section, Row 3 Grave #37

Grandparents (father):

David Reid – born 1851 Scotland. Died 30th October 1938, Lidcombe Sydney, New South Wales. Buried Rookwood General Cemetery – Plot: Presbyterian 5B Zone A/#/6797

Marriage – 18th June1874 – Brisbane Queensland

Elizabeth Brown – born 1851 Glasgow Scotland.  Died 18th September 1888 – Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales. Buried Rookwood General Cemetery – Plot: Presbyterian 5B Zone A/#/6797

Grandparents (mother):

William Tucker, born 1850 Cornwall, England. Died 14th February 1916 Capel, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B, Row 3 Grave #39

Married 29th December 1876, Penryn Cornwall, England

Rachel Williams, born 1853 Cornwall, England. Died 31st July 1915, at Daughters residence (Mrs D.B Reid) Capel, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B, Row 3, Grave #38

Siblings:

Dorothy Thelma Elizabeth Reid – born 22nd September 1900 Midland Junction. Died 3rd March 1930, Greenmount, Western Australia. Memorial Capel Cemetery on parents’ grave. Buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Anglican Section OA Grave 0182.  Married Alexander Stephen George Watt on November 18th, 1922-Bunbury

James William Henry Reid (Jim)– born 16th January 1910 – Elgin, SW Railway. Died 20th November 2006.  Buried Capel Cemetery – Anglican B section Row 3 Grave #35. Married Jessie Reading in 1933 – West Perth.

Clive Warren Mcleod Reid (Mack) – born 20th April 1915 – Elgin. Died 14th March 2007. Buried Boyanup Cemetery.  Married Gladys May Smith in 1941.

Douglas Murray Blair Reid (Doug) – born 6th April 1917 Elgin. Died 26th March 2005. Buried Bunbury Cemetery – Lawn Section B, Grave 253.  Married Ella Margaret Smith in 1944.

First Marriage – Spouse: Paulina Dorothy King – married 1923 – divorced 1932 (No Issue)

Second Marriage – Spouse: Jean Monica Maloney (Pitts)

Children:

Jean Reid, born 18th October 1936.  Jean married Edward Scott on 23rd April 1960 at All Souls Church Stratham. Later Divorced

David John “Peter” Reid, born 10th September 1941. “Peter” married Helga Schamanski on 20th January 1967 at Dardanup Catholic Church. Later Divorced.  Second Marriage to Helen Marion Morgan.

Occupation: Farmer

Military Service:

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