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Barry Ronald Dudley
31st October 1936 - 12th November 2018
Barry Ronald DUDLEY the 2nd
child of Philip Henry and Florence May
DUDLEY was born on 31st
October 1936 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Shortly after he was born, the family
move back to Brisbane.
He started school in 1942 at the age of
five and attended the Ithaca Creek State
School in the Brisbane suburb of
Paddington. Not long after he commenced
school he had to leave due to the treat
of aircraft bombing or possible invasion
by the Japanese during the 2nd
World War. The government of the day
decided children had to be a minimum age
of 6 years to attend school. Restarting
school at
Ithaca Creek again the following year,
he also attended school at Cribb Island
after the family moved there in the
later part of the war years. Barry never
excelled at school and left early and
soon after started an apprenticeship as
a Boiler Maker. He worked for Sergeants
Engineering and Evans Deakin's
Engineering for many years
In the mid 1950s Barry met Marilyn
Annetta GRELLER, originally from
Bundaberg, Queensland; she lived in the
inner Brisbane suburb of Petrie
Terrance. Marilyn worked for the
Queensland Government with the treasury
department in Brisbane. They were
married on 26th April 1956.
Soon after they married Barry and
Marilyn purchased a home at 22 Brindle
Street, Paddington Brisbane. Also, in
the late 1950s Barry was called up to do
compulsory Military service in the
National Service Scheme.
1719434 Private
Barry Ronald DUDLEY, served as a driver
in the Royal Australian Army Services
Corps. After completing his compulsory
service Barry served on with the Citizen
Military Force for a few years.
Barry and Marilyn's first child, Steve
Ronald DUDLEY was born on 28th
June 1961. Their second child Michael
John DUDLEY was born on 30th
April 1964. Both Steven and Michael
attended the Ithaca Creek State School,
as had their father, during their early
school years.
In 1967 Marilyn was diagnosed with
Breast Cancer and had a mastectomy in
1968. She also had radiation and chemo
therapy. Remission followed after this
treatment for several years.
In 1971 Barry and Marilyn moved the
family to the Brisbane suburb of The
Gap, living in a highset brick home at
160 Payne Road. Also during the late
1960s and early 70s Barry formed a
private company with a partner, Alfred
Murray, called D and M Steel
Fabrications. The company was located
for many years at Newman Road, Geebung
Brisbane.
In 1972 Marilyn had a relapse and
suffered a return of Cancer. She finally
lost her fight with the dreaded decease
on 22 July 1973 in the Royal Brisbane
Hospital. She was cremated a few days
later and her ashes interned at the
Albany Creek Crematorium in Brisbane.
The following year in November 1974,
Barry remarried Virginia Ellen ORR born
4 October 1940.
Shortly after this Barry sold his share
in D and M Steel Fabrications to his
partner Alf Murray and in 1975 relocated
the family to the Stanthorpe Queensland
District. On first arriving in the
district Barry and Virginia rented a
home on a sheep grazing station called 'Marylands'
which was owner by the Greenup family.
Marylands is located just inside NSW at
the junction of Thulimbah and Marylands
Roads. Whilst living at this property
Barry was involved a single vehicle
traffic accident whilst travelling home
one night from work, along the dirt road
leading from the township of the Summit.
Barry was lucky and only suffered minor
injuries, including a large cut on his
head, but the car was written off after
it collided with a tree during the
accident.
In mid 1975 Barry and Virginia moved to
the township of Stanthorpe living at 15
Denham Street. During this time Barry
worked for a Saw Mill at the Summit and
also at the Summit Bowls club as a
Barman. On 03
November 1975, their only son Shane
Thomas DUDLEY was born in the Stanthorpe
Hospital. Virginia had a difficult
pregnancy and delivery which require a
number of post birth operations.
In early 1976, Stanthorpe suffered a
major flooding event. The home at 15
Denham Street was flooded with over 2
foot of water inundating the property.
Barry and his oldest son Steven managed
to move most of the family's positions
above the water line but some items were
lost, overall however the family was
lucky.
In late 1976 the family moved back to
Brisbane when Barry and Steven, now
having left school, had difficulty
finding work. On arrival in Brisbane
Barry and Virginia rented a home at 109
Whitmore Street Taringa. In mid to late
1977 the family again moved this time to
410 Watson Road, Acacia Ridge on
Brisbane's Southside.
During the 1980s Barry and Virginia had
marriage difficulties and separated in
the late 1980s. Barry worked in North
Queensland during some of this time
before moving back to Brisbane and
living first in a Caravan then in a
small apartment in Acacia Ridge. For
some of this time his son Shane Thomas
lived with him.
In the late 1990s Barry retired and
move to Tenterfield NSW. He lived at
5/107 Logan Street for many years.
Barry passed away peacefully, with
family by his side, on 12th
November 2018, in the Tenterfield
Community Hospital. He is buried at the
Tenterfield Cemetery.
The last photo of Barry
is of him holding hands with his cousin
Lisa Mitchell 11 Nov 18 - Tenterfield
Community Hospital.
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