Arthur Ruddick Stafford
- Born: 27 Jan 1896, Lithgow, NSW Australia
- Marriage (1): Doris Eileen Kidd on 20 Oct 1923 in St Stephens Church of England, Sydney, NSW Australia 494
- Died: 24 Jan 1988, Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW Australia at age 91
Research Notes:
source: & Grant & Wendy who note:
Just one thing I noticed \endash Arthur Ruddick Stafford married Doris Eileen Kidd. We used to call her Aunty Dos. Arthur and Doris had three children: Judith, born 15 December 1929 (she died last year), twins: Peter and Paula, born 3 February 1931. Peter is still living, but Paula committed suicide on 16 June 1967 at Neutral Bay. Aunty Dos had the remarkable talent of being able to eat a whole box of chocolates at a sitting! She was a very elegant lady and she and Arthur lived in an impressive two-storey house at Maroubra \endash we spent many Christmases there with the family. She died of bowel cancer on 2 November 1958 at Prince of Wales Hospital.
Arthur joined the Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Battalion 1st Brigade AIET on 17 August 1914 at the age of 20 years and 2 months. He served at Gallipoli and received a serious wound to his face, with his nose practically blown off. This looked a little scary to me as a child, but he was a kind, gentle man and rose to a very high position in the Sydney Water Board (Chairman, or something similar).
Noted events in his life were:
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Arthur married Doris Eileen Kidd, daughter of Thomas Wilson Kidd Jnr and Annie Gates, on 20 Oct 1923 in St Stephens Church of England, Sydney, NSW Australia.494 (Doris Eileen Kidd was born in 1897 in Granville, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 2 Nov 1958 in Maroubra, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried on 3 Nov 1958 in Eastern Suburbs Cemetery, Botany, Sydney, NSW Australia 494.)
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