Dr David Bevan KIRBY

1917 - 2009  (91 years)

• Name	David Bevan KIRBY
  Title	Dr
  Born	12 Sep 1917	Largs Bay, SA, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  General event	Military : David served in WW2 in the Casualty Clearing Shed. He enlisted in the Australian Army on 20th July 1942 at Burnside, SA. His service no SX20140(S30897). He was residing at Largs at the time. Rank was Lieutenant. Service in 2/3 Casualty Clearing Shed. Discharged 1 February 1946.
  Occupation	Occupation : David was a doctor.
  Died	17 Jun 2009	Lockeys, SA   [2]
  Cremated	Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide
  Person ID	I70	Alexander & Jessie
  Last Modified	16 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Bevan KIRBY,   b. Before 1951
  Mother	Martha YOUNG
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pauline Jeanette GORDON,   b. 3 Apr 1927, Kooringa, Burra, SA, Australia ,   d. 18 Jul 1989, Lockeys, SA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1951	Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace, SA, Australia   [3]
  Wedding	Wedding : Peggy and David were married on 13th January 1951 at the Holy Trinity Church in North Terrace, SA (ref : Faraway and Beyond 1980). They might have had a long courtship as, in Sept 1948, Pauline was a bridesmaid and David was groomsman at the wedding of Dr Donald Anderson and Doreen Collins. (ref : The Advertiser, Adelaide, Mon 27th Sept 1948, p5). At that stage it looks like David had not yet finished his medical studies but Donald may have been a fellow student. "Glenelg Bride for Doctor : Two hundred guests were entertained at the South Australian Hotel after the wedding today of Pauline Gordon and Dr. David Kirby. The wedding took place this afternoon in Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs LM Gordon of Glenelg wore a gown of white bodice had a yoke of Chantilly lace on the full skirt. The tulle bodice had a yoke of Chantilly lace forming cape sleeves edged with a frill of tulle. The high round neck was beaded with pearls. Her French tulle veil was rolled in front and held at the back with a half circle of orange blossom and she carried a sheaf of white gladiolo, tuberoses, and white roses, tied with tulle. Attendants were her sister, Jillian, Josephine Grundy, and flower girl Ameryllis Neillsen, the groom's niece. Jill and Josephine wore ?? blue tulle strapless full-skirted frocks with matching boleros and blue tulle picture hats trimmed with sprays of lily of the valley. They carried blue delphiniums and hydrangeas. Ameryllis wore blue figured organdie over tulle and a head dress of swathed blue tulle caught with blue velvet bows and carried a basket of pink and blue flowers. The groom, son of Mrs Bevan Kirby of Mount Lofty and the late Mr Kirby of Largs Bay had Ross Henderson and Vern Ploughahn? as best man and groomsman. The bride and groom will make their home at xxxx Town, where they have a flat." (ref : The Mail, Adelaide, Sat 13th January 1951, p 38) "The Windsor Hotel in Melbourne is a popular spot. Dr. and Mrs. David Kirby, who are honeymooning there, are being entertained by Mrs. Norman McBride. who is also at the Windsor." (ref : The Mail, Adelaide, sat 27th January 1951, p 33). Mrs McBride was probably Pauline's aunty.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Susan KIRBY,   b. 6 Aug 1953, Adelaide, SA, Australia ,   d. 30 May 1978, Adelaide, SA, Australia  (Age 24 years)  [Birth] + 2. SA K
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Birth Index of SA 1907 to 1928. [S1] Trove newspapers, Notices in the Adelaide Advertiser on 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th & 26th June 2009. [S23] Faraway and Beyond, AJ & PA McBride, (AJ & PA McBride Pty Ltd), ISBN 10-0959487700 and 13-9780959487701.