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Wilfred Edward PENNEFATHER (1898-1995)

Name:	Wilfred Edward PENNEFATHER
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	29 Mar 1898	Camberwell, Melbourne
Death	18 Aug 1995 (age 97)

Marriage

Spouse	Margaret 'Margot' BUSBY ( - )
Marriage	1928 (age 29-30)

Individual Note

Note from David Pennefather's history:

(D14) Wilfred Edward Pennefather MBE, born 29th March 1898 Camberwell,

Melbourne. Private 30302, 56th Batt. 1st AIF in the Great War 1914-1918.

Known to have fought at Passchendael and served along side his brother

Frank in the trenches at Villers Breteneaux in 1918. Enlisted 1/8/1916 and

returned to Australia on the same ship as Frank on 2/6/1919. Too young to

enlist he falsified his fathers signature giving approval for him to join up.

Married Margaret “Margot” Busby fourth daughter of Dr Hugh Busby of

Bathurst NSW. Noted sheep classer taking over most of his fathers clientele

when HCP went into semi-retirement during the late 1920’s. Served in the

2nd AIF during the Second World War. For many years owned his own

property, Maneela, near Bathurst. 1982 awarded MBE for a life time of

service to the Australian Pastoral Industry. Wilf died in Sydney on 18th

August 1995 during his 97th year. His son Hugh and wife Margot had both

pre-deceased him. Wilf and Margot had issue: