Biography

The child is buried in the Church of England portion of the cemetery, plot number 16. Rebecca's parents were married in Melbourne in 1899 (Marriage Reg.No.1260/1899) where their first three children were born. They were: Emily Ella Victoria 1901 (Birth Reg.No.3982/1901 Hotham E.), Violet May 1904 (Birth Reg.No. 10998/1904 Hotham E.) and Albert Horace Louis 1908 (Birth Reg. No. 13169/1908 South Melbourne). By 1910, the couple and their family were living in Sandstone where another two daughters were born: Olive Lillian born 1910 (Birth Reg.No.35/1910 Black Range) and finally little Rebecca. Rebecca's mother died in Perth in 1918. Turbert Horace Currell died 1927 in Bowgada, where he was a farmer, aged 62 years. He died of gunshot wounds. Born in Bachworth, Victoria, he spent 32 years in that state and 30 years in Western Australia. He is buried in Perenjori.