Eustace Henry Nelson Girdlestone, a2b5

Baptism - 7 April 1907 at St George's Cathedral, Cape Town: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23584-18787-22?cc=146... : accessed 10 January 2016), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town, Cathedral of St George > Baptisms 1899-1921 > image 92 of 202; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg
Home address was South African College, Breda St, Cape Town.
Godparents were Joseph Powys Jones, Edmund S. Harris, and Minnie Rees.

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Record header found on NAAIRS:
DEPOT SAB ; SOURCE GG ; TYPE LEER ; VOLUME_NO 1874 ; SYSTEM 01 ; REFERENCE 59/114 ; PART 1 ;

                                                DESCRIPTION          ROYAL AIR FORCE: CADETS. APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR ENTRY IN ROYAL AIR FORCE (CADET) COLLEGE, CRANWELL: EHN GIRDLESTONE. ; STARTING 19250000         ;        ENDING    19250000     ;       REMARKS   59/21 EN 59/122 IN VERBAND MET ROYAL AIR FORCE.  

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Civil registration of death at "The Elms", York Road, Rosebank. (Now a Jesuit residence.) "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QM-3SBT : 24 June 2016), Eustace Henry Nelson Girdlestone, 1937.

Death notice gives details of wife's names, and on the following pages, the distribution of his estate. This includes capital amount of mortgage bond owed by his sister Muriel (£695), to be paid out to his surviving spouse, Ida Ellen Louise Girdlestone (née Ashley). No property was left; residual amount under £1000.
Salary due from Vacuum Oil Company (which becomes Mobil later).

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Family story: "Great Uncle Eustace" caught pneumonia after sitting on damp concrete - hence as children we were warned of the dangers of sitting on concrete!

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