Name: Reginald Bleby Yates

Date of Birth:  29 March 1901

Birth Location: Kirup Mill, Western Australia

Also Known As: Reg

Age at Burial: 72 Years

Date of Death: 27 April 1973

Death Location: Bunbury Regional Hospital, Bunbury, Western Australia

Date of Burial: 30 April 1973

Denomination: Anglican Section D

Row/Grave: Row 3 Grave #17

Grave Transcription:

In Loving Memory Of

REGINALD BLEBY

YATES

DIED 27-4-1973

AGED 72 YEARS

Also

MAUD ETHEL

YATES

DIED 13-5-1988

–

LOVED PARENTS OF

DORIS, JIM, RICH, ED

JUNE AND LAL.

Father:  James (Jim) McKenzie Yates, born 1868 – died 1959.  Buried at Capel Cemetery

Mother: Ethel Adeline Bleby, born 1874 – died 1950.  Buried at Capel Cemetery

Grandparents (father): William Yates, born 1837 – died 1892.  Mary Stobie Mckenzie, born 1840 – died 1924.

Grandparents (mother): Henry Bleby and Ann Elizabeth Waddy

Siblings:

Doris Edith Ethel Yates, born 1896 – died 1896 aged 3 months

Henry Lesley McKenzie Yates, born 1898 – died 1979.  Married Agnes Catherine Moriarty born 1895 – died 1976, both buried at the Capel Cemetery

Spouse:  Maud Ethel Williams – married 16 June 1920 – Capel

Children:

Doris Verna Yates, born 1922 – died 2011

Stephen James (Jim) Yates, born 1924 – died 1999

Richard (Rich) Kevin Yates, born 1927 – died 2017

Douglas Edgar (Ed) Yates, born 1931

June Merle Yates, born 1936 – died 2001

Reginald Allan (LAL) Yates, born 1938 – died 1994

Occupation: Farmer

Military Service: W30816, B884: Army Citizen Military Forces

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