David Alan Davies

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Beryl via John & Frances Tribe & Ken Shiels

• fact. David's Eulogy stated:
Just prior to Aug 1927 the family moved from Gipps Street Mount Keira to 12 Berkeley Rd Gwennville where they lived for about 25 years.
Attended Keiraville school and later Wollongong Technical College in Gladstone Ave.
He started work in the Menswear Dept of Marcus Clark's Store in Crown St Wollongong until he joined the army in WWII serving as an instructor at Kanungra Jungle Training Camp in Queensland.
When the war ended he returned to civilian life and commenced work at AWA Radio Factory at Ashfield, Sydney.
Later he returned to Wollongong to take up business at Strathern Ave, Coniston in partnership with this mother & Jo.
He was later employed at Lysaght's Springhill Works with the boilermakers where on social evenings David was often called upton to sing popular songs of teh day especially his impersonation of the Inkspots version of "Whispering Grass".
He moved to Manly for several years, restoring and renovation homes in partnership with his Mother and for various other business men.
Due to his mother's health he returned to Wollongong and cared for her till her passing at the age of 70 in 1969.
After this, together with his aunt Edith, he undertook the regular visitation and caring for his mother's cousin, Kia Owens during her many years at "Villa Maria" hospital on Cliff Rd.
David spent the last 21 years of his working life as pharmacist assistant at Wollongong District Hospital until he retired at the end of 1985. (31st Oct 1964 - 24 Nov 1985)
He became an ardent walker after his first by-pass operation in 1984 often walking to Towrodgee and back. He was one of the firtst to walk through the tunnel under the Sydney Harbour a few days after his 66th birthday.
He was not a theory man. He was very practical. His organising skills and thorough and meticulaous attention to detail wwas greatly appreciated by all his employers.
He found it difficult to express his emotions and feelings of affection and also to talk about spritiual things. His actions spoke louder than words.
He had a sense of humour
A lady who worked with him told me a few days ago that if she was feeling a bit down and met David he would invariably cheer her up.
Some years ago my wife and I and a neighbour were having a picnic near wollongong harbour with David and Aunt Edith. We had to scramble for shelter seveal times due to the rain. Finally we got started with help of umbrellas when down came the rain much heavier than before, drenching our sandwiches and flooding our salad plates. Everyone looked glum until David burst out laughing and this stared a chain reaction and we all laughed and giggled at the ridiculous situation and the humor of it.
We all loved Dave and he will be greatly missed.