Green, Ellen Frances (Nell) (b. 17 Jul 1872, d. 30 Aug 1959)

Note: After five boys [one died at infancy] and only one girl, Elizabeth and William Benjamin would have welcomed the arrival of another daughter, Ellen Frances [Nell] Green on 17 July 1872, born at Mondure. Family movements shortly after would have
seen her attending school at Toowoomba and perhaps Nanango. By the time the family moved to Milton, Brisbane, she may have completed her schooling.



On 20 February 1895 Ellen Frances was married at St Thoma's church, Toowong, the second of four members of the Green family to wed at that church. The bridegroom was Frederick Strickland Hely, brother of Arthur Leslie Hely who had married
Ellen's sister Mary Godfrey Elizabeth Green in 1893.



St Thomas's marriage register reads that on 20 February 1895 Frederick Strickland Hely, Batchelor, born at Gosford, Broken Bay NSWales, occupation Government Official, age 34, residing at Toowong, parents Hovenden Hely, Grazier, and Gertrude
Mary Church married Ellen Frances Green, Spinster, born at Mondure, Burnett Qld, no occupation, age 22, residing at Toowong, parents William Benjamin Green, Station Manager, and Elizabeth Alford. The bride and groom both signed the
register; witnesses were John Alexander Green [brother of the bride] and Thomas Alford [uncle of the bride]; the Officiating Minister was V.R.Handy.



No children were born to this couple.



During the 1930s while Ellen's sister Florence [Sister Faith] was Matron of St Martin's hospital in Brisbane, Ellen was head of the housekeeping operations at the hospital.



Ellen Frances Green died on 5 January 1957.



Newspaper report, no date -

The relatives and friends of the late Ellen Frances Hely of Sunsetholm, Rochester Avenue, Normanby, widow of the late Col. F.S.Hely are invited to attend her crematorium......at Mt Thompson crematorium....

Given Name: Ellen Frances (Nell)

Change: Date: 28 Dec 2020
Time: 14:26

Note: His address when he died was Ascot Terrace, Toowong Qld. He was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium.

Given Name: Frederick Strickland

Change: Date: 3 Aug 2005

Note: Born on 23 September 1874, Frederick Pattison Green was William Benjamin and Elizabeth Green's sixth son and eighth child, all born at Mondure Station. At that time William Benjamin had been managing Mondure for 14 years for his father William
Green 2. Fred's birth was Elizabeth's last at Mondure because the family moved to adjoining Barambah Station in 1875.



The family were living at Toowoomba in the 1880s where Fred would have commenced his schooling. They were living at Milton, Brisbane, in the 1890s where Fred, having finished school, received training in office work and bookkeeping, following
which he joined a bank and progressed to Manager of a Branch in Far North Queensland during the 1920s. Work on the land however attracted him more and by the turn of the century he had left banking and had become a stockman, following the
example of three elder brothers Willie, Ernest and Charles and a younger brother Warwick who were already well-experienced as stockmen and Station Managers.



By 1902 Fred was Manager of Roxborough Downs [west of Boulia]. In 1904 he took over management of Barkly Downs [west of Mt Isa] and undertook management of adjoining Lake Nash Station [Northern Territory, southwest of Camooweal] at the same
time. He remained in this joint role for two years then returned to Roxborough Downs. His next known location was on Bloomsberry Station [via Bowen] in 1910.



On 12 July 1910 Fred married Ethel Broadbent, a member of a well known pioneering pastoral family of the era. Her sister Sarah had married Fred's brother Thomas Ernest Green in 1896. Fred's wedding occurred at All Saints Church of England,
Wickham Terrace, Brisbane and the church register reads that Frederick Pattison Green, Bachelor, born at Mondure Station, occupation Station Manager, age 35, residing at Bloomsberry Station via Bowen, parents William Benjamin Green and
Elizabeth Alford married Ethel Martha Broadbent, Spinster, born at Widgee Widgee, no occupation, age 31, residing at Booral, Miles, parents John Broadbent, Grazier and Sarah Ann Enthewhistle. The bride and groom signed the register;
witnesses were J.W.Green [brother of the groom] and S.A.Broadbent [mother of the bride]; Officiating Minister was T. Jones. This was the second Green/Broadbent marriage at that church. In 1896 Fred's brother Ernest had married Ethel's sister
Sarah there.



Shortly after his marriage Fred took up management of Balcomba Station on the Mackenzie River, north of Duaringa Qld.



Children of this couple, all born in Rockhampton and later all married in that city were -



John Frederick Green, born 15 April 1911. He married Molly Emily Duck on 1 June 1933. Their children were John Paul 29 January 1934 [died at birth], Coral Margaret 20 December 1936, Joy Molly 3 April 1946 and Shirley Lynette 21 July 1953, all
born at Rockhampton. John Green died at Nambour on 20 May 1998 and his wife Molly died at Nambour on 17 October 2002.



Ethel Pattison Green, born 10 July 1912. She married Edwin D. Wilson and they had a son James who was born on 29 May 1933 at Rockhampton.



Gwendoline Entwistle Green, born 27 May 1914. She married Reginald Wilson on 12 June 1940 and they had children William 26 May 1941 and Jan 8 November 1943, both born at Rockhampton. Gwendoline died at Rockhampton on 30 April 1981.



Ellen Florence [Nell] Green, born 9 November 1917. She married Harry D. Stevens on 1 March 1947 and their children were Suzanne 4 May 1948 and Denise 8 February 1951, both born in Brisbane. Harry Stevens died at Brisbane on 24 February 1988.



Herbert Clive Green, born 4 June 1921. He married Helen D. Hewitt on 7 February 1946. Born to them were Lesley 30 March 1947 and Neale Frederick 4 January 1958, both at Rockhampton.



Balcomba Station was situated on the Mackenzie River and with North Queensland areas experiencing tropical downpours each year, floods were commonplace. These frequently interrupted the mail service to the run, which came weekly from
Marlborough, about 110 kms north, arriving in a sealed bag. Floods also disrupted delivery of supplies. These came from Rockhampton to Duaringa by rail, then by road for about 30 kms to the Mackenzie River crossing where they were picked up by
a stockman in a boat, rowed across the river and transported to the homestead 12 kms away by buckboard. During floods or even during periods of heavy rain, these crossings were particularly difficult on a fast-flowing river.



In his 1918 Diary, Fred Green graphically described one particular flood which at that time was a record. Between 12 January 1918 and 23 February of that same year, 2500 points [25 inches] of rain fell on Balcomba. The river was a torrent, some
paddocks were 15 feet under water, stockyards were 5 feet under and many, many cattle were washed away.



During a very long management of Balcomba, Fred involved himself in community affairs as well. He served on Duaringa Council from 1920 to 1924 and journeys to Council meetings commenced with Fred and a stockman driving a buckboard 12 kms,
through four gates, from the homestead to the river. There they unharnessed the horses, pushed the buckboard on to the boat [large and specially reinforced for the purpose], tied the horses to the boat then rowed across the stream. After the
crossing the boat had to be securely moored, the horses landed, the buckboard hauled off the boat and reharnessing undertaken in order to complete the drive to Duaringa about 30 kms on. The return journey required the same procedure to be
completed but this was usually more difficult because Station supplies obtained in Duaringa during the day added considerable weight to the buckboard. Adverse weather conditions, particularly during the North Queensland wet season, made these
trips especially hazardous.



Frederick Pattison Green died at Rockhampton on 15 July 1940 after starting his working life as a banker, then becoming a stockman, then managing runs in Far Western Queensland and the Northern Territory, concluding with almost 30 years as
Manager of Balcomba. For his contribution to the development of Queensland he has been registered as an Unsung Hero of the Outback at the Stockman's Hall of Fame at Longreach, as were his four brothers Willie, Ernest Charles and Warwick.

Some writings about him have been supplied to The Kilkivan and District Historical Society Inc.



Ethel Martha Green died at Rockhampton on 10 August 1959.

Given Name: Frederick Pattison

Occupation: Station Manager.

Change: Date: 31 Dec 2017
Time: 16:41

Given Name: Ethel Martha

Change: Date: 12 Sep 1998

Note: See Molly's own Memoirs for this couple's life story

Given Name: John Frederick

Occupation: Farmer.

Change: Date: 11 Feb 2019
Time: 17:18

Note: Molly has written her own extensive Memoirs. A copy has been submitted to the Oxley Library in Brisbane for public perusal along with several other Memoirs written by members of the Green family.

Given Name: Molly Emily

Change: Date: 11 Feb 2019
Time: 17:18

Given Name: Ethel Pattison

Change: Date: 12 Sep 1998

Given Name: Edwin D.

Change: Date: 9 Jun 2004

Given Name: Gwendoline E.

Change: Date: 12 Sep 1998

Given Name: Harry D.

Change: Date: 12 Sep 1998

Given Name: Neville

Change: Date: 16 May 2007

Note: When James Warwick Green was born at Toowoomba on 8 December 1876 his father, William Benjamin Green, was managing Barambah Station in the South Burnett District. He had moved from adjoining Mondure, which he had been managing for 15 years for
his father, William Green 2, who had purchased the lease in 1860 [Reference Wilderness to Wealth]. Introduction of Closer Settlement Acts in the late 1860s saw the large Squatters' runs in South East Queensland being cut up into smaller
holdings as leases expired.



Warwick started school at Toowoomba in the 1880s and also attended Normal School, Brisbane. At age 13 years he commenced work as a stockman on Yabba Station, which was being managed by his brother Charles. This was the commencement of Warwick's
lifetime association with the cattle industry in Queensland, extending until his death in 1966.



After about two years at Yabba, Warwick went to work for another brother, William, who was managing Ardoch Station between Thargomindah and Quilpie. He worked as a storekeeper, graduated to stockman and then became head stockman. Always keen to
improve himself, Warwick accepted a position as head stockman at Lake Nash Station in the Northern Territory and his ride north measured about 800 miles, which he encompassed in four weeks. He worked at Lake Nash for five years then moved into
station management positions for the next 12 years at Barkly Downs and Roxborough Downs, Ardoch Station, then Imbil and Dovedale Stations.



While at Imbil Station Warwick married Ada Florence Besly on 5 October 1911 at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. The church register reads that James Warwick Green, Bachelor, born at Toowoomba, occupation Station Manager, age 35, residing at Imbil
Station, parents William Benjamin Green and Elizabeth Alford married Ada Florence Besly, Spinster, born at Brisbane, occupation Household Duties, age 25, residing at Wooloowin, parents Bernard Besly, Warehouseman, and Esther Duesbury. The
bride and groom signed the register, witnesses were H.L.Hely [the groom's brother-in-law] and E. May Besly [the bride's older sister]. The Officiating Minister was T. Jones.



Children born to this couple were -



Esther Elizabeth Florence Green, born 19 July 1912 at Gympie. She married John Percy Martin at Brisbane on 16 September 1946. Their children were Anne Winifred Esther 1 July 1947 at Maleny and Colin Warwick 13 August 1951 at Laidley. John
Martin died at Laidley on 15 June 1995.



Allan Warwick [Mick] Green, born 27 October 1913 at Imbil Station. Mick never married and apart from active service in the A.I.F. during World War II, he always lived "at home".



Dudley Bernard Green, born 8 February 1916 at Northgate, Brisbane. He married Joan Annie Cecil at Kingaroy on 1 May 1940. Their children were Margaret Ann 12 July 1942 at Townsville, Peter James 9 February 1945 at Wondai, Mary Leah 3 September
1948 at Lowood and David Bernard 10 July 1950 at Kingaroy. Dudley Green died at Ipswich on 4 July 1942.



Dulcie Ellinor Green, born 29 May 1919 at Northgate. She married Donald William Burton at Kingaroy on 7 April 1943. Children born were Robin Donald 10 November 1944, Lenore Florence Janette 25 March 1947 and Denis William 27 September 1951, all
born at Kingaroy. Dulcie died at Brisbane on 29 July 1992 and her husband Donald died at Wondai on 11 July 1986.



From 1914 to 1922 Warwick was a cattle buter for Queensland Meat Export Company and Thomas Borthwick and Sons. The family lived in Brisbane but Warwick spent most of his time travelling long distances in Western Queensland and Northern NSW
buying cattle. In 1922 he took over management of Springfield Station, a run of 750 sqmls situated about 150 miles northwest of Quilpie on Kyabra Creek. Five years later he moved west about 60 miles to manage Tanbar Station on the Cooper. It
covered about 3000 sqmls with 85 miles of channell country frontage.



After about two years at Tanbar the family moved on in about 1929 to a more settled and less harsh area of Queensland where Warwick took over management of The Plains Station, about 7200 acres in the South Dugong area about 30 miles west of
Proston. In 1934 land around the area was being cut up and Warwick and his son Mick purchased a block - Greenlands - where Mick and his brother Dudley commenced dairying while Warwick continued to manage The Plains. He remained on that run
until 1942 when the family made their final move to settle on Greenlands.



In the twilight of his years Warwick wrote Reminiscences of his lifelong association with the land and copies are held in the library of the Stockman's Hall of Fame at Longreach and in the State Oxley Library in Brisbane. In 1994 he was
registered as an Unsung Hero of the Outback at the Stockman's Hall of Fame, one of five Green brothers to be so recognised.



Warwick Green died at Wondai on 23 September 1966. Ada Green died at Laidley on 1 January 1977.

A copy of his Memoirs has been supplied to The Kilkivan and District Historical Society Inc.

Given Name: James WARWICK

Occupation: Station Manager and Owner.

Change: Date: 19 Jan 2020
Time: 12:15

Note: When Ada Florence Besly was training as a nurse at Brisbane General Hospital she met Florence Ethel Green who was also training there. She later married Florence's brother James Warwick Green.

Given Name: Ada Florence

Change: Date: 28 Dec 2020
Time: 14:37

Note: Eulogy, 17 October 2005, beautifully delivered by David Cecil Martin.
"A daughter to Warwick and Florence Green, her earliest years were spent on Imbil Station where her father was Station Manager. A Step Granddaughter to Granny Besly with whom the family lived after moving to Brisbane when her father became a cattle buyer in the big smoke. But fate would see Esther a country girl. She would move to Quilpie at age 11 when the land called her father back and he took up the position of Manager on Tanbar and later Springfield Station.

"Esther would become a sister to her younger siblings Mick, Dudley and Dulcie. Always torn between city and country, Esther's schooling eventually saw her boarding at St Margaret's in Brisbane. The long trips from Brisbane to country and back would be limited to the school holidays twice a year with younger brother Mick in tow who was also attending boarding school at Brisbane Boys College.

"After leaving school Esther stayed out west and became a governess to 2 young boys on Knappdale Station near Jondaryan, then was later lured back to the city when she decided to train as a nurse. Esther started her nurse's training at the aptly named St Martin's private hospital in the late 1930s where her aunt was matron before moving to the Royal Brisbane Hospital at the beginning of World War 2. She would later take up a position at the Gregory Private Hospital at Gregory Terrace. It was during her time at the Gregory that she would meet a young man by the name of Jack Martin who would again lure her back to the country.

"Esther married John Percy Martin on 16 September 1946. Jack stole her away to Booroobin, just outside of Maleny where she became a dairy farmer's wife complete with an instant family in Jack's 3 young sons Anthony, John and Ronald [by his first marrage]. She became a mother to them. Her family became complete when Anne was born in July 1947 and the stork delivered Colin in August 1951, within just a few years of Esther and Jack settling into their new farm at Glenore Grove.

"..........Not long after Esther became a Great Grandmother in 1979.....she and husband Jack retired from their farm and purchased a small house in Forest Hill Qld. With farming behind them Esther found more time for her interests in gardening and crochet. She would make many new friends in Forest Hill and become well known about the town. It would be her friends and children who would see her through when Jack passed away in June 1995.

"A healthy and fit woman, Esther's body would not give her too much trouble until approaching her 90's she would find it more difficult to get around and become increasingly reliant on Lola and Anne to help out with the shopping and visits to Gatton for those of life's essentials not available in Forest Hill. Ann would finally move in with Esther at the ripe old age of 92. Ann would stay with her right up to the time she passed away.

"At 93 years of age Esther Martin passed away in Ipswich hospital knowing she was loved, her youngest children Anne and Colin at her side.

"I saw her as Nana. She was an elegent woman. She was a strong but gentle person. I remember a woman who made no fuss. She didn't complain about her lot in life. She made the most of what she had and then some. I have never known a person so grateful for so little. Whenever I visited Nana, which it shames me to say was infrequently, I would always come away humbled by her capacity to show so much appreciation for the smallest deed. When I think of Nana I ask myself "why can't I be more like that?" And, for me that says she was a person to be looked up to. A person to be respected and admired. Esther Elizabeth Florence Martin may you rest in peace and may God bless you. We will miss you. "



,

Given Name: Esther Elizabeth Florence

Change: Date: 28 Mar 2021
Time: 13:50

Note: Allan Warwick [Mick] Green wrote his Memoirs, a copy of which is filed with Family History papers. Recommended as a very good read.



Mick's death at Jandowae Hospital in 18 May 2008 was followed by cremation at Toowoomba Qld then a burial service in the yards of his home - "Greenlands", near Durong Qld. Among those assisting with arrangements were a very caring neighbourhood
family, the Seilers, and members of the Boondooma Homestead Restoration project in the Proston Qld area.



About 60 people, including some family members, attended the service, an Australian flag was unfurled, the "Last Post" sounded. Mick's ashes were buried beside his favourite bottle tree with an old quart pot lid, his neck tie, a cream can lid
with "A.W.Green" on the brass identity label, all depicting a symbolic end to Mick's dairying career.



A large sandstone rock which had been recovered from surrounding bush land was placed on the grave site and the attached plaque reads -



In fond memory of Allan Warwick [Mick Green, 27/10/1913 - 18/5/2008, Farmer, soldier, gentleman and friend, who made this place his life.



The following eulogy was read by Col Seiler -



"Mick Green was born on 27 October 1913 at Imbil Station near Gympie, where his father was the manager. Although christened Allan Warwick, his childhood family nickname of "Mickey Drippen" became shortened to the simpler Mick, which is how the
world knew him for nearly 95 years. He spent his early childhood years in Brisbane until, in 1923, the family joined his father on a station called "Springfield", 136 miles west of Quilpie; and then in 1928, when drought forced its closure,
they moved to "Tanbar" Station south west of Windorah.



"From 1936 Mick boarded at BBC in Brisbane and only returned home for the holidays, but he regarded his true education as beginning when he stepped off the train at Quilpie and clambered into his father's T model Ford for the long trip home.
Those childhood years spent fishing and exploring Kyabra Creek, Eulbertie Creek and the famous Cooper channels,remained the happiest time of his life. Mick recalled the floods and dust storms, camel trains and musters; and the pets the children
kept; goats, pigs, wild ducks, and brolgas. On staff were such people as "Tommy the Jap", the alcoholic cook who was an accomplished photographer in his clearer moments, and "Jessie" an old tribal woman who taught the children how to swim,
track and fish.



"In 1991 Mick revisited those cherished places [transported by the Seiler family] and camped on the shores of the massive lake Yamma Yamma. This extract from his Memoirs conveys his excitement - "We reached the lake without any trouble and what
a wonderful sight. It was full up and looked huge and hard to believe such a magnificient expanse of water existed out there. We camped right on the beach, so to speak, beautiful fine sand,a cement-makers paradise". By the campfire that night
he recounted how, in his first paid job, he had mustered bullocks on the lake bed 60 years before. Mick was a good horseman with good seat and hands.



"In 1930 the family moved to the Durong district where his father Warwick managed "The Plains" station which covered about 72000 acres at that time. Mick worked there as a stockman until 1933 when he moved to "Greenlands" to run the dairy.
While they were getting the new bails up and [a little later] the house built, their own dwelling was a tin shed beside a small yard on the northern boundary. The cows had to be milked by hand and in drought time walked four kilometers to water
at Dangarabungy Creek. Although the facilities improved with time, Mick was never fond of dairying and described it in his Memoirs as "purgatory".



"In July 1940 Mick enlisted in the AIF and served in the 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion. Their training included an extended stint at Darwin. When they returned to Brisbane Mick had 17 days pre-embarkation leave before leaving for the
Middle East. Naturally he paid a visit to his parents on "The Plains". In Syria he saw action against the Vichy French until they surrendered, some of them to Mick himself. Having been an exceptional athlete at school, he was selected for a
time to be a "runner", taking messages from headquarters to the different infantry and artillery commanders.







"From Syria the battalion was called home to face the Japanese on the Kokoda Track. He had some close calls and was twice mentioned in despatches for his service in battle, finally returning to "Greenlands" on 5th April 1943 in a very bad state
of health.



" In his own words "New Guinea certainly knocked the stuffing out of us all; we were all physical wrecks when we came out of it, and it took years for us to get back into good physical condition again". Mick was a kind and sensitive man and we
can only guess at the impact that experience had on him.



"After the war, with the new mechanisation on farms, Mick branched into grain-growing and eventually phased out of dairying into vealer production. Mick loved machines, particularly his Caterpillar D4 dozer, with which he tormented many a
brigalow sucker! He wore his beloved "cat cap" proudly for many years after the dozer had been sold away. He was a handy, self-taught mechanic and particularly enjoyed the challenge of creating custom tools for special applications. In 1972
his mother, Ada Florence Green [nee Besly] [Mick always called her Charm], by then a widow, was forced through ill health to leave "Greenlands". From then on for the next 35 years Mick lived alone at "Greenlands" with one short absence [see
later].



"Among Mick's accomplishments in his last two decades were his many pencil drawings. He had shown a talent for drawing from his school days. He drew over 500 pictures with subject matter as diverse as Australian explorers, parrots and horses,
but specialising in portraits of anyone from the Queen Mother to Ned Kelly, film stars from Marilyn Munro to Nicole Kidman. He still had a steady hand and keen eye til the age of 93.



"For many years Mick drove the mustering truck for the Seilers at their property "Killara", until the days became too long for him and driving through bush along narrow bush tracks became difficult and damaging to the truck. As time went on it
became necessary to carry a ladder to enable Mick to climb in and out of the truck! He was always ready to assist in the cattle yards too; a little too ready at times, especially where bulls were involved! He also supervised pipe laying,
fencing, dam building and fighting the odd bush fire, often driving the support vehicle and fuel trailer for the Seilers. Mick had a remarkable constitution and physique for his age, attributing it mostly to deep breathing and daily exercise.



"Mick was an active supporter of the Boondooma Homestead Restoration project and for several years he, as the district's veteran serviceman, participated in the flag-raising ceremonies at events at the Homestead on Australia Days and Anzac
Days. In January 2008 he attended an evening event there where he was presented with a copy of his oral history CD which had previously been recorded on the verandah of his home by project officials.



"In March 2008, because of his rapidly deteriorating health, Mick accepted advise to seek medical attention and he was graciously accepted into Jandowae Hospital where he was made as comfortable and as cheerful as was humanly possible. Even in
his last few days he accepted that his race had run, was able to talk freely about it and comment on the curiosity of life itself.



"Mention was made earlier that Mick had one short absence from living at "Greenlands" [apart from war service]. In 2000, following a kind invitation from his widowed sister Esther Martin to come and live with her, Mick moved to Forest Hill.
This "retirement" lasted 4 weeks and 4 days! Esther's and his relationship was, and remained, completely harmonious, but Mick was just too homesick for "Greenlands"; it meant everything to him, he had to return there where he studied the
weather, enjoyed the wildlife, loved the seclusion, soaked up the sun, looked out to those blue hills where he once used to muster cattle. The sandstone memorial comes from a cliff on the side of Middle-branch Creek which he would often have
riden past; the bottle tree beside which he is buried was planted by him in 1936.



"Mick was an enigmatic mixture of expansive friendliness and intense privacy, with a long and amazingly successful personal accommodation to his lonely lifestyle. He was frugal without frills, lived in his own very peculiar and Spartan way.
Although his mode of living was intentionally basic, not to say severe, there was nontheless a great, quiet dignity about him. He was an extremely modest, unassuming and courteous man who never sought the limelight. He never married, had plenty
to be glum about, but almost never was. He was always ready to have a laugh about the world and often about himself.



"Mick Green was Durong's oldest resident; so many of his neighbourhood's families have gone before him. There was a lot of living in his almost 95 years; nothing could be a wider contrast than between the hurricane-lantern world that he grew up
in and the "Google" one he left. Gone are the dirt roads, the cream lorry, the prickly pear and brigalow scrub, the dairying, the pigs, the share-farming, the dances in neighbours' barns.



"Gone too is a sincere and decent friend, Mick."

Given Name: Allan Warwick (Mick)

Occupation: Stockman, Farmer.

Change: Date: 5 Apr 2020
Time: 11:44

Given Name: Dudley Bernard

Occupation: Stockman, Farmer.

Change: Date: 17 Apr 2005

Given Name: Dulcie Ellinor

Change: Date: 12 Sep 1998

Note: Known widely as Jack.

A previous marriage to Irene Ball ended in divorce.



There were three children to that couple - Anthony Floyd 1933, John Ashmore 1935, Ronald Julian Percy 1939. They accompanied their father when he moved from farming at Booroobin near Maleny Q to farming at Kentville in the Lockyer Valley Q., in 1949. and its people, identified with their nproblems and served with little regard for monetary reward.

Obituary from Gatton Star, 19 July 1995 -

"The death of ex-Laidley Shire councellor Jack Martin on June 15 removed from the local government scene one of the old time representatives of ratepayers who came to know his district and its people, identified with their problems and served with little regard for monetary reward.

He was born at Lismore on 29 December 1903, into a farming family. As a young man he moved to Booroobin, near Maleny, where he was involved in a joint farming venture with his brother and uncle. He served for 13 years on Caboolture Shire Couincil.
In 1949 he took over a dairy farm at Kentville and was elected to the Laidley Shire Council where he served with distinction until March 1988.

Paying his respects to his late colleague, Laidley Mayor Graham Moon said " Jack Martin served local government for 46 years, 33 of those years he served the Laidley Shire community, representing the people in the then division 4 of the shire. He and my father were council colleagues for 24 years and I had the privilege of serving with Jack Martin for three years. I considered that one of his greatest attributes was his ability to grasp figures and to ascertain the outcomes of relevant decisions and their effects on the community.

He was very much a gentleman, a good debater and he treated council with the respect and dignity that it deserves. Ex-councillor Dick Scanlan added his tribute under the heading "How I saw Jack Martin". "I regarded him as my mentor, a complement which he accepted gracefully. One of the things I liked about Jack was that he always treated fellow councillors with respect. He would give credit where credit was due. However he could be critical of a councillor or staff menber who put forward a weak or ill-informed point of view".

Jack Martin really lived a life that was dedicated to local government and was justly rewarded with a BEM for his services."

Given Name: John Percy

Change: Date: 26 Mar 2021
Time: 17:06

Given Name: Geoffrey

Change: Date: 28 Oct 2020
Time: 16:54

Given Name: Timothy Warwick

Change: Date: 12 Sep 1998