Donald Speed ( 25 OCT 1910 - 9 FEB 1989 )

Born: 25 OCT 1910 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Source: WW2 Service Record

Wife: Mildred Jessie Austen
Married: 1939 at Victoria, Australia
Source: Victoria BMDs


Died: 9 FEB 1989 at Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Source: Victoria BMDs + Cremation


Notes


Birth 1910 - Not Found

1930 Marriage
Nolan, Elsie to
Speed, Donald
Registration Number: 1187/1930
Victoria, Australia
Source:my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au

1936 - 1980 Australian Electoral Roll

7/9/1937 Report of Divorce

2/8/1938 Report of Speeding Charges

1939 Marriage
Austen, Mildred Jessie to
Speed, Donald ??
Registration Number: 811/1939
Victoria, Australia
Source:my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au

1939 - 1945 World War 2 Service Record
Speed, Donald
Service Number: VX79103
Date of birth: 25 Oct 1910
Place of birth: Melbourne Vic
Place of enlistment: Caulfield Vic
Next of Kin: Speed, Mildred
Series number: B883
Control symbol: VX79103
Item barcode: 6063448
Source: National Archives of Australia

13/11/1946 Advert re Incorporation of Darwin Taxis Pty. Ltd

7/3/1947 Report of Court Case involving Darwin Taxis Pty. Ltd

14/3/1947 Report of Court Case involving Darwin Taxis Pty. Ltd

7/10/1947 Advert re Incorporation of 16 Swan Street Pty, Ltd

December 1947 - Court Case re threatening letters sent to Donald Speed

This case was widely reported in the Australian press. Some examples are given below.

16/12/1947 Report Including first mention of theft of valves - see below.

16/12/1947 Report

16/12/1947 Report

16/12/1947 Report

17/12/1947 Report

5/2/1948 Advert re Incorporation of Fractional H.P. Motors Pty. Ltd

February 1948 - Donald Speed and Allen Leslie Penrose in Darwin Police Court charged with stealing 6646 radio valves.

Again this case was widely reported in the Australian press. Some examples are given below.

24/2/1948 Report

24/2/1948 Report

26/2/1948 Report

27/2/1948 Report

June 1948 - Trial at the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

8/6/1948 Report

8/6/1948 Report

11/6/1948 Report

18/6/1948 Report

19/6/1948 Report

27/7/1948 Report

29/7/1948 Report

30/7/1948 Report

6/8/1948 Report - Autoterms to Pay Damages

8/10/1948 Report of Furs Stolen from Home

1948 Investigation Case File
Donald Speed and Penrose
Series number: D1915
Control symbol: SA14481
Item barcode: 890278
Source: National Archives of Australia

1948 Proposed Prosecution for Larceny of Valves
Speed, Donald and Penrose, Alan J
Series number: E72
Control symbol: DL284
Item barcode: 3090561
Source: National Archives of Australia

5/7/1948 - 9/7/1948 Speed, Donald versus The King
Series number: A10074
Control symbol: 1948/20
Item barcode: 7842638
Source: National Archives of Australia

1948 Application for Release
Donald Speed
Series number: A431
Control symbol: 1948/2303
Item barcode: 69174
Source: National Archives of Australia

1951 Marriage
Jones, Marguerita Beryl Joffrene to
Speed, Donald
Registration Number: 15459/1951
Source: my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au

10/7/1953 Report of Sale of Richmond Garage

1958 Marriage
Speed, Donald to
Stredwick, Zenda Phyllis
Registration Number: 412/1958
Source: my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au

20/6/1956 Arrival Tilbury from Sydney, Australia

12/3/1957 Arrival of "Wife" Southampton from Sydney, Australia

28/2/1958 Sailing of "Wife" from Tilbury to Melbourne, Australia

5/2/1974 News Report
Law List for Tuesday, Feb. 5
Chambers
(Before Master Brett, 11.)
In the matter of application by Zenda Phyllis Speed for the Removal of Restrictive Convenant.
The Age, Victoria, Australia, February 5, 1974
Source: google.com/newspapers?id=vJwQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C1083711

1989 Death
Speed, Donald
Parents: Unknown
Frankston, Australia
Place of Birth: Richmond
Spouse at Death: Elsie
Age at Death: 78 - Born 1911~
Registration Number: 3749/1989
Victoria, Australia
Source:my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au

13/2/1989 Cremation
Speed, Donald
Died: 9 Feb 1989
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong City,
Victoria, Australia
Plot: Cremated remains scattered at cemetery
Source: findagrave.com; Memorial ID: 244389568

TO DO Australia Birth Melbourne 25/10/1910



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