William George de Belin

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. ¹¹⁵⁴ ckearnes1 Ancestry is linked to me in the following way:
ckearnes1 . . .
is the son of William de Belin (1922) who married Jane Swindail (1924)
Her father was William Swindail (1885) & he also had Jessica Swindail (1908) who married William Kemp (1895) who also married Elsie Gray (1898)
They had Veda Kemp (1925) who married Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
They had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• note. Ashes scattered half in Gipps Street, Balmain, and half in St.Johns Church garden, Balmain (same scattering as husband's)

• Career: boxer, 21 Nov 1942, Sydney Stadium, NSW Australia. Australian Welterweight Title attempt against the great Vic Patrick - lost by TKO (only his 3rd professional fight)
Fought under the name "Billy de Belin"
Undefeated (20 bouts) Aust. Amatuer Lightweight Champ1940; Best Boxer of Championship 1940; NSW Amatuer Welterweight Champ 1941; Inter Allied Welterweight Champ 1943; Professional 1942 to 1949 - 29 bouts 19 Wins (12 by KO) Aust title attempt 1942

William married Jean Cormick Swindail, daughter of William Swindail and Jessie Matilda Smith, on 15 Dec 1945 in St Johns, Balmain North or Birchgrove, Sydney, NSW Australia.⁵⁹ (Jean Cormick Swindail was born on 24 Dec 1924 in Balmain, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 26 Sep 1989 in Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia ⁵⁹ and was buried on 28 Sep 1989 in Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Macquarie Park, Sydney, NSW Australia.)