George Charles Hargreaves & Jean Giles
George Charles Hargreaves was the son of Charles Albert Hargreaves & Violet Amelia Jane Logan.
He was born in Nurse Johanna Tonge’s hospital in Yarra Glen on the 28th September 1915.
In 1936 he entered The Salvation Army Training College to be trained as a Salvation Army Officer.
On 3rd January 1942 he married Jean Giles at The Salvation Army South Melbourne. As it was during WWII, Jean’s parents were unable to attend. Her father George Giles was serving with the Army in Alice Springs and her mother was subject to travel restrictions in force during the war.
Wedding of George Hargreaves and Jean Giles.
George and Jean had 3 children.
George died in Bethesda Hospital in Richmond, Victoria on 12th October 1979 and was buried in the Yarra Glen Cemetery on the 16th October 1979.
Jean was born in Stepney, Adelaide, South Australia on the 12th February 1913. She died in the Valley Private Hospital in Mulgrave on the 15th September 1998 and was buried in the Yarra Glen Cemetery on the 21st September 1998.
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