Mervyn Minter

1893 - 1977  (83 years)

• Name	Mervyn Minter
  Birth	14 Mar 1893	Leichhardt NSW RD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E89D698F246D4896A31FE6F092558B6F65FA
  Death	1977	NSW, Australia   [2]
  Notes	From the National Archives of Australia: MINTER MERVYN : RAAF: Service Number - 4856 : Date of birth - 14 Mar 1893 : Place of birth - Unknown : Place of enlistment - Unknown : Next of Kin - MINTER MABEL [WW2]. Flying Officer. Ancestry.co.uk shows that Mervyn gained his Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificate in an L&P Biplane at the London & Provincial School, Hendon on 30 June 1915. The address given was c/o Light & Fulton, 1 Laurence Pontney Hill, Cannin Street, London EC. Listed in the London Gazette 15 Feb 1915: Lieutenant Mervyn Minter, Royal Flying Corps. Listed in the London Gazette 20 Aug 1915: The undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants (on probation): — Mervyn Minter. Dated 7th August, 1915. British Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920 at findmypast.co.uk, July 2014: The record shows that Mervyn joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and became a lieutenant on 11 October 1916. He was awarded the Serbian White Eagle. He evidently suffered from some fitness problem and was recommended for flying 'in a warm dry climate only otherwise limit altitude to 5000 feet'. A record sheet started on 30 May 1918 gives Mervyn's address as c/o Lady Jenkins, Sussex House, Kew Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey and the person to be informed of casualties as H G Light, c/o Light & Fulton, solicitors, 1 Laurence Pountney Hill, Cannon Street, London EC4. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 21 December 1916 that: Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Minter son of Mr A R Minter of the firm of Messrs Minter Simpson and Co according to a cable message received yesterday has been decorated with the Servian White Eagle. Mr Minter left Sydney in 1915 and joined the Royal Flying Corps as a lieutenant and went to Egypt taking part in the El Arish raid Subsequently he was mentioned in despatches. Later he went with his squadron to Salonica He is now in hospital at Malta with malaria. His elder brother, Lieutenant Bruce Minter, has been in France with the Field Artillery during most of this year. A cable message from a fellow officer received in November stated that Lieutenant Biuce Minter was mentioned in despatches for work at Pozieres as observation officer. From The Sydney Morning Herald 4 March 1924: (citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16113307) ALLEGED CAR THEFT. At the Cetral Police Court yesterday Raymond Fenwick, aged 19 years, and Lloyd Phillips, aged 19 years, were committed for trial on a charge of having stolen a motor car, valued at £350, the property of Mervyn Minter. According to the evidence the car disappeared from a street outside the Criterion Theatre on February 21 while the owner, Mr Minter of Mahana, Rawson-road, Rose Bay, was attending an entertainment in the theatre. They were arrested near Junee. On 3 October 1924 it was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald that Mervyn, grazier of Tumblong, was involved in a court case over a disputed purchase of some lambs. (citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16159768) Australian Electoral Roll, 1930 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier Mabel Dorothy Minter, home duties. familysearch.org (July 2014) has a shipping record showing Mervyn Minter (39) and Mabel D Minter (30) leaving Sydney on the 'Mariposa' on 21 October 1933 bound for Suva, Fiji, first class. Another record shows them leaving Honolulu on 1 December 1933 on the 'Mariposa' returning to Sydney, again first class. Australian Electoral Roll, 1936 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier Mabel Dorothy Minter, home duties. Australian Electoral Roll, 1937 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier Mabel Dorothy Minter, home duties. Australian Electoral Roll, 1943 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier Mabel Dorothy Minter, home duties. Australian Electoral Roll, 1949 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier Mabel Dorothy Minter, home duties. From The Sydney Morning Herald 15 April 1949: (citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18111353) Social And Personal MISSES TEMPE and DOREEN MINTER, of Gundagai, are in Sydney with their father, Mr. Mervyn Minter, for Easter. Miss Tempe Minter will be bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Wendy Prince and Mr. Bill McPhillamy in September, and she and her sister attended the party given by Miss Prince last night to celebrate the announcement of her engagement yesterday. From The Sydney Morning Herald 30 April 1950 (with picture): (citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18483715) Orcades Sails For London MISSES TEMPE and DOREEN MINTER and LIEUT. DAVID LANE, R.N., and MRS. LANE were among the hundreds of passengers who sailed for England in the Orcades yesterday. Misses Minter and their mother, Mrs. Mervyn Minter of "Bereena" Tumblong, will spend eight months' holiday abroad, and Lient, and Mrs. Lane, who married last week, will live in Surrey, where he has been posted. Mrs. Lane's parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Hawthorne, of Inverell, were among the thousands who packed 13 Pyrmont to watch the Orcades sail. Australian Electoral Roll, 1954 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier Mabel Dorothy Minter, home duties. Australian Electoral Roll, 1958 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier. Mervyn and his wife appear to have split up after 1954. He appears by himself as below. For details of Mabel's Roll listings, see her Notes. Australian Electoral Roll, 1963 for Gundagi, Hume, NSW includes at Bereena, Tumblong: Mervyn Minter, grazier. Also appears in the Australian Electoral Roll, 1963 for Pittwater, Kingsford-Smith, NSW includes at 90 Hudson Parade, Clareville: Mervyn Minter, no occupation.
  Person ID	I532	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Alexander Robert Minter,   b. 4 Aug 1854, New South Wales, Australia d. 27 Nov 1929, Radnor, Churchill Road, Rose Bay, NSW, Australia (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Tempe Florence CHAPMAN,   b. 1862, Maitland, NSW, Australia d. 19 Sep 1949, Waverley, NSW, Australia (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1882	Sydney, NSW, Australia   [3]
  	Marriage date per http://hungerford-lundyfamily.com/ is 28 June 1882.
  Family ID	F185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Dorothy WILKINSON,   b. 1903, Sydney, NSW, Australia RD d. 19 May 1988, Darling Point, NSW, Australia (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1926	St Mark's Church, Darling Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  	Details from marriage register at ancestry.com: Mervyn Minter, grazier of Bereena Tumbalong, bachelor, born Leichardt, 32, father Alexander Robert Minter, solicitor, mother Tempe Florence Chapman. Mobel Dorothy Wilkinson, home duties of Double Bay, spinster born Darlinghurst, 22, father Frederick Bushby Wikinson, solicitor, mother Mary Dorothy Osborne. Witnesses George P Osborne, Hilary Blyth.
  Children	1. Tempe Dorothy Mervyn Minter,   b. Abt 1927, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 26 Dec 1993, Bungendore, NSW, Australia (Age ~ 66 years)   2. Doreen Kathleen Mervyn Minter,   b. 11 Sep 1928, Australia d. 25 Mar 2010, Australia (Age 81 years)   3. Michael Mervyn Minter,   b. 2 Oct 1934, Sydney, NSW, Australia d. 11 Aug 2011, Waverley, NSW, Australia (Age 76 years)   4. Geoffrey Hugh Minter,   b. 10 Sep 1941, Australia d. 31 Aug 1991, Queensland, Australia (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2017

  
  

• Sources

  [S28] New South Wales BMD index on-line December 2007 and later. [S28] New South Wales BMD index on-line December 2007 and later, Ref no. 23960/1977. (Reliability: 3). [S17] Cliff Minter. [S67] http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16297845?searchTerm=minter, Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 10 June 1926. (Reliability: 3). [S92] http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16298299, August 2010. [S183] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011 at ancestry.com.