| Birth | William Richmond Lade was born 13 June 1903 in Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia. |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY from Lade section of Leask's Australian Genealogies. William Richmond [LADE] b.13.6.1903, Mininster of the Methodist Church, B.A. Melb. (1934) et Oxon (1938) served in second World War 2/5th Field Ambulance, Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Ramu Valley, Chaplain advance land H.Q. Brisbane, Qld., 2 Aust. Corps Engineers, Darwin, N.T., 2/1 A.G.H., Bouganville, m.25.6.1940 Thelma Robins, dau of John Robins and Laura Adelaide Facey, of Nyah West, Vic. (LeaskAusGen, p.317.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX AUST Birth. Wm Richmond Lade born 1903 Winchelsea. Father Chas Goldfinch Lade. Mother Hanna Richmond. (VicBDMEdwJer.) |
| INFO | UNIVERSITY DEGREE: Gippsland Times, 1 Apr 1935, p.1 PERSONAL. -Mr. W.R. Lade, son of Mr. C.G. Lade, Traralgon South, is a student at Queen's College. He has won his B.A. degree, and is entitled to the M.A. degree, to be conferred later. He won the Hastie Exhibition and is bent on getting his B.L. degree." (GipsTimesTro) Note: Queen's College is a consituent college of the University of Oxford, England. |
| INFO | PASSENGER LIST. Ship Orama, departing London 22 Oct 1938 for Australia. *1068. Lade, Mr. W.R. UK address: Mansfield College, Oxford; going to Melbourne, occup: student. Age 35, last perm. residence UK; future perm residence Australia. (PassLeavUK.) |
| INFO | CHURCH ASSIGNMENT. The Argus [Melbourne, Victoria] 7 March 1939, p.2. "The following changes were made at the second reading of stations of the Methodist Church last night: -- BENDIGO District: . . . Nyah West, W.R. Lade. (ArgusTro.) |
| Marriage | He married Thelma Emily Verdan Robbins, daughter of John Jabey Robbins and Laura Adelaide Facey, 1940 in Victoria, Australia. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX MARRIAGE. Victoria Australia. William Richmond Lade marrked Thelma Emily Verdun Robbins. Registered Victoria 1940:11020. (VictMarrFMP.) |
| INFO | MINISTRY ORDINATION. The Argus [Melbourne, Victoria] 25 Feb 1941, p.2. Methodist Ministry. "The Ministerial conference of the Methodist Church last night recommended that the following be ordained: -- . . . W. R. Lade (B.A.) Oxon. (ArgusTro.) |
| INFO | WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE. William Richmond Lade. Australian Army, #VX76805. b. 13 Jun 1903, Winchelsea Vic. Enlisted 7 Apr 1942, residence Murrayville, Vic., enlisted at Caulfield, Vic. Next of kin-Thelma Lade. Discharge 22 Jan 1946. rank - Captain. Posting at discharge 2/1 Australian General Hospital. (AWMNomWW2.) |
| INFO | CHURCH ASSIGNMENT. The Argus [Melbourne, Victoria] 9 Mar 1946, p.20. Changes in stations for the Methodist Church are listed: Goulburn Valley District: Seymour and Nagambie, W.R. Lade. (ArgusTro.) |
| Death | William Richmond Lade died 1 July 1989 at age 86. |
| INFO | CEMETERY INDEX. The Necropolis, Springvale. William Richmond Lade, age 86. d. 1 Jul 1989. Cremation 6 Jul 1989 #542505. Remains collected. (SpringNecr.) |
William Richmond Lade