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Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley

Male 1891 - 1962  (71 years)


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  1. 1.  Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley was born on 19 Apr 1891 in 2 Keble Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 26 Sep 1962 in Harkaway, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1901, Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire; Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1922, South Yarra, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia

    Notes:

    1st son. Baptised 14 May 1891 at St. Giles, Oxford. Educated at Winchester College (scholar) 1904-10; matric at Oxford (scholar of New College) 1910; 1st class Mods. 1912; 1st class Lit. Humaniores 1914. Cremated at Springvale, nr. Melbourne.

    At Winchester was "Prefect of Hall" 1909-10. Elected Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Oct. 1914 but never resided. In the Great War 2nd Lieut. 15 October 1914 in 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial) of The Welsh Regiment. Temporary Captain 1915 as a Railway Transport Officer in France. On General Staff in France as A.D.C. to General Sir Tom Bridges (Head Quarters 19th Divn.) Dec. 1915-Nov. 1916. Returned to Ry. Transport Nov. 1916-May 1917. Thereafter in "Grand Quartier General" French Armies in liaison work till Mar. 1919. Temporary Major from September 1918. Medals, 1914 Star, British War medal, Allies (Victory) medal.

    Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, May 1919 and was one of the managers of their Australian Branch, Gibbs Bright & Co. 1920-30 (Melbourne 1920-23, Adelaide 1923-25, Sydney 1925-30). Headmaster of "Tudor House" Preparatory School nr. Mossvale, N.S.W. from 1931-38. Elected Vice-Chancellor, Melbourne University in 1938 from which post he retired in 1951. Knighted 1948.

    A Trustee of the Australian National Gallery from 1941, and Chairman from 1951. Member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1942. President of the Australian Council for Educational Research 1948. Portrait by Max Meldrum in the John Medley building, part of the Arts Faculty, University of Melbourne.

    1 son, David John Medley (United States citizen 1967), m. Ruth Crane and has issue. 1 daughter, Diana Mary m. Francis Barrington Hall, Chief of Protocol, Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Canberra (1978) and has issue.

    John married Emmeline Mary Newbolt on 15 Sep 1916 in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey. Emmeline (daughter of Sir Francis George Newbolt and Alice Clara Franck Bright) was born on 5 Aug 1891 in Weybridge, Surrey; died on 4 Mar 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. David John Medley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Aug 1919 in London; died on 2 May 2010 in Arizona, USA.
    2. 3. Diana Mary Medley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1922; died on 22 Oct 2022.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David John Medley Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 17 Aug 1919 in London; died on 2 May 2010 in Arizona, USA.

    Notes:

    David, after some years in Australia in Aircraft Engineering, went to work in USA in various roles for Rockwell. His wife Ruth née Crane predeceased him and both his children died a few years later. David served in the Second World War in the R.A.N.V.R as the Radar Officer and was sunk in HMAS Canberra just before the Battle of the Coral Sea, safely rescued luckily by the Americans.

    Family/Spouse: Ruth Christina Crane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Peter David John Medley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Christina Anne Medley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1952.

  2. 3.  Diana Mary Medley Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 17 Mar 1922; died on 22 Oct 2022.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 16 May 1922, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1977, Cockburn, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

    Notes:

    God-daughter of Alfred Bright, so attached to both Gibbs and Bright lines.

    Diana married Francis Barrington Hall on 27 Jul 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Francis was born on 12 Feb 1920 in Panton Hill, Victoria, Australia; died on 14 Nov 2013 in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Basil John Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 7. Peter Barrington Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 8. Stephen Francis Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Elizabeth Mary Hall  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter David John Medley Descendancy chart to this point (2.David2, 1.John1)

    Family/Spouse: Andrea Lela Schummer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Peter David John Medley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 11. Daniel Adam Medley  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 12. David Kailen Medley  Descendancy chart to this point

    Peter married Stephanie Jo Long [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Jennifer Michelle Medley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Jeremy Peter David Medley  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 5.  Christina Anne Medley Descendancy chart to this point (2.David2, 1.John1) was born in 1952.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Naturalization: 1970, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Christina married Thomas Vincent Hart on 2 Jun 1971 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Thomas was born on 8 Jan 1952; died on 13 Nov 1990 in Okaloosa, Florida, USA; was buried in 1990 in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Jonathan David Hart  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 6.  Basil John Hall Descendancy chart to this point (3.Diana2, 1.John1)

    Family/Spouse: Majorie Morrissey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Jonathan Francis Morrissey Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 17. Robin Alice Hall  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 7.  Peter Barrington Hall Descendancy chart to this point (3.Diana2, 1.John1)

    Family/Spouse: Margaret Anne Cook. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. James Barrington Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 19. Jonathan Michael Aufrere Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 20. Timothy William Aufrere Hall  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 9.  Elizabeth Mary Hall Descendancy chart to this point (3.Diana2, 1.John1)

    Family/Spouse: Antony Boston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. David William Hall Boston  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. Freya Rose Medley  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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