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Victor Jerrald BUDD 1881-1951.

Parents - William Hartley BUDD (Farmer)/ Alice CORRY.
Born - 3 Apr.1881, Wallan Victoria.
Baptised - Unknown.
Died - 20 May 1951, Rushworth (Heily St.) Victoria.
Buried - Rushworth Cemetery.

MARRIED.

4 Jun.1913, Margaret Mary STOCKDALE, St.Francis RC Church, Melbourne.
(Witnesses - .)

1. Victor Charles BUDD.

   Born - 1914, Pyramid Hill Victoria.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 4 Oct.1939, Lillian Alice COLLIVER, St.Augustine C/E, Shepparton.
   Died - 31 Dec.1974, Rushworth.
   Buried - Rushworth Cemetery.

   Lillian Alice COLLIVER.

   Parents - William Charles LAMBDEN/ Alice Marie JONES.
   Born - 28 Apr.1907, Rushworth.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married(1) - 7 Mar.1934, Keith Herbert COLLIVER, St.Pauls C/E, Rushworth.
   Died - 12 Sept.1992, Rushworth.
   Buried - Rushworth Cemetery.

   Children. (3)

   1. Annette BUDD m.Lloyd Kent CREIGHTNEY, 28 Jan.1967, London.
      
   2. Graeme Lambden BUDD m.Joy Enid ?
      
   3. Kaye BUDD.

   and Keitha LAMBDEN (Step-daughter).

2. William John BUDD.

   Born - 1915, Kyabram Victoria.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 1937, Margaret Stewart COLLARD.
   Died - 27 Jul.1996.
   Cremated - Fawkner Cemetery.

   Margaret Stewart COLLARD.

   Parents - Alex Mclean COLLARD/ Mabel GORDON.
   Born - 2 Jul.1914, Maldon Victoria.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - 15 Jun.2005, Cyril Jewel House, East Keilor, Melbourne.
   Cremated - Fawkner Cemetery.

   Children. (2)

   1. Gaye Stewart BUDD d.20 May 1965 Aged 26, Cremated Fawkner, m.Norman MARTIN.
      
   2. Christine BUDD m.BURNS.

3. Kathleen Agnes BUDD. TWIN.

   Born - 8 Feb.1917, Kyabram.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - Joseph Patrick HAYES.
   Died - 14 Jun.2000, 2/781 Hampton St.Brighton Melbourne.
   (late of 7 Odin St. Strathmore).
   Cremated - Springvale Cemetery.

   Joseph Patrick HAYES. Teacher.

   Parents - Joseph A.P.HAYES/ Mizpah G.HANNA.
   Born - 27 Dec.1912, Randwick Sydney NSW.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - abt.4 Mar.1993, Strathmore (7 Odin St.).
   Cremated - Fawkner Cemetery.

   Children. (4)

   1. Peter Joseph HAYES m.Anne Loiuse ?
      
   2. Terence John HAYES m.Andrea Michelle ?
      
   3. Kathleen Patricia HAYES.
      
   4. Johanna Mary HAYES.

4. Alice Mary (Mainie) BUDD. TWIN.

   Born - 8 Feb.1917, Kyabram.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married (1) - William Ian PURBRICK.
   Married (2) - Dec.1959, Leonard James BELL.
   Died - 28 May 1997, 163 Dendy St. Brighton East.
   Cremated - Springvale Cemetery.

   William Ian PURBRICK.

   Parents - Basil PURBRICK/ Mary Isabel McDONALD.
   Born - 6 Apr.1911, Camperdown.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - abt.3 Jan.1957, Melbourne
   Cremated - Springvale Cemetery.

   Children. None.

   Leonard James BELL.

   Parents - Thomas BELL/ Annie Agnes WATTS.
   Born - 18 Dec.1900, Colac.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married (1) - 1930, Marie Helen McHARDY.
   Died - 25 Jul.1982, Brighton.
   Cremated - Springvale Cemetery.

5. Doris (Dorothy) Rose BUDD.

   Born - 1919, Rushworth.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 1941, Vernon Edward ANSELL.
   Lives - 5/781 Hampton St.Brighton.

   Vernon Edward ANSELL.

   Parents - Edward James ANSELL/ Jessie CROPPER.
   Born - 1910, Northcote Melbourne.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - 27 Dec.1989, Brighton.
   Cremated - Springvale Cemetery.

   Children. (4)

   1. Vernon Grantham ANSELL m.Merylyn VANNOERDEN.
      
   2. Ross Victor ANSELL m.1.Sandra TILLEY, 2.Rae BALDWIN.
      
   3. Patricia Margaret ANSELL d.11 Jul.2006 Aged 60 years.
      
   4. Peter Hartley ANSELL m.Rebecca Mary HARVEY.

Notes.

Alice Mary (Mainie) Budd was one of the quiet Heroines of WW11.
Born at Kyabram and educated at St.Marys Covent Tatura, before moving to Rushworth and the local Secondary School.
Together with her Twin Sister, Kaye, she trained at the Austin Hospital in Heidleberg as a Nurse, after which the two, joined the RAAF Nursing Service.
In Feb.1944, Mainie was one of 15 successful volunteers, selected to form the elite new Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit.
Selection criteria for the new unit was rigid.
Nurses had to pass a range of Survival Tests, including exposure to lack of oxygen while flying, exposure to rough flying, and the ability to swim.
After training, the Unit was stationed at Nadzab, New Guinea, taking over Evacuations from the Americans.
Mainie flew over 1000 hours with pilots to rescue sick and wounded soldiers, from the frontline in the Pacific Islands, often in intolerable conditions, not least of all was the tropical weather.
In all, she worked in one of the most difficult Theatres of the War, constantly under enemy fire.
Because of their Humanitarian Work, the nurses became known as the Flying Angels
In May 1945, a new Unit was formed (No.2 A.E.T.U), based at Morotai in the Halmahera Islands, and Mainie was again a Founding Member.
With the end of the War came a shift in priorities.
As Sister in Charge at Singapore during the evacuations of POWs, she witnessed the results of some of the horrendous wartime atrocities.
Arriving back in Australia, she became an Air Hostess.
Her second husband, Len Bell, was a returned POW, who spent time in the notorious Changi Prison, in Singapore.