http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=2&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=96 (KF has copy)
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Frater Alexander Douglas : SERN 771 : POB Toowoomba QLD : POE Inverell NSW : NOK W Frater Avis Mary
Series number B2455 Control symbol FRATER A D Contents date range 1914 - 1920Access status Open Location Canberra Barcode 4024714
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au (KF has copy)
Returned Soldiers Settlement Misc files 1916-25
Previous System Number Certificate Number Surname Firstname AddressClass of Holding Date of Decision Land District
[19/7034] 1916/00392 FRATER Archibald Clarence "Coma" West Narrabri Homestead Farm or Crown Lease 2 Nov 1916 -
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=1&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=96
Entry for discharge document (KF has a copy)
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Frater Archibald Clarence : SERN Depot 393 : POB Narrabri NSW : POE Sydney NSW : NOK M Frater Mrs S
Series number B2455 Control symbol FRATER A C Contents date range 1914 - 1920Access status Open Location Canberra Barcode 4024716
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au (KF has copy)
Returned Soldiers Settlement Misc files 1916-25
Previous System Number Certificate Number Surname Firstname AddressClass of Holding Date of Decision Land District
[19/7034] 1916/00392 FRATER Archibald Clarence "Coma" West Narrabri Homestead Farm or Crown Lease 2 Nov 1916 -
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=1&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=96
Entry for discharge document (KF has a copy)
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Frater Archibald Clarence : SERN Depot 393 : POB Narrabri NSW : POE Sydney NSW : NOK M Frater Mrs S
Series number B2455 Control symbol FRATER A C Contents date range 1914 - 1920Access status Open Location Canberra Barcode 4024716
From Christine Frater
From Christine Frater
Queen was her nickname
Henry Somer Gullett was born on 26 March 1878 in Harston, Victoria, the son of Charles William Gullett, a farmer, and his wife Rose Mary. He was educated at various Victorian state schools. His father died when he was 12 and he left school to help his mother on the land after which he spent some time on the land.
In 1900 he joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald and in 1908 he went to London as correspondent for two other Sydney papers, the Daily Telegraph and The Sun. He also combined freelance journalism with a special study of migration to Australia, published under the title The opportunity in Australia in 1913.
In 1915 Gullett was appointed Australian official war correspondent with the British and French armies on the Western Front. The following year he enlisted in the Australian Field Artillery, receiving his commission in 1917. Shortly afterwards he was transferred to the War Records Section in Palestine and in 1918 appointed official A.I.F. correspondent in that area. He jointly edited Australia in Palestine (1919) and wrote Unguarded Australia: a plea for immigration (1919) and The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914-1918, (1923), volume 7 of the Official history of Australia in the War.
After the War Gullett briefly held the position of Director of the Australian War Museum and in 1920 he was appointed Director of the Australian Immigration Bureau. He resigned in 1922 over disagreements with W.M. Hughes and returned to journalism with the Melbourne Herald.
In 1925 Gullett won the Victorian seat of Henty in the House of Representatives as a Nationalist (later United Australia Party) candidate. He held the seat until his death.
The party and ministerial positions he held were:
Deputy Leader of Opposition, 1929-1930
Minister of Trade and Customs, 1928-1929, 1932-1933
Minister without Portfolio, 1934-1937
Minister for External Affairs and Minister for Information, 1939-1940
Gullett represented Australia at the Ottawa Conference in 1932 and shortly after his return he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (January 1933). From 1937 to 1940 he was Vice-President of the Executive Council.
On 13 August 1940 Gullett and two other Cabinet ministers were killed in an air crash near Canberra. He was survived by Lady Gullett, whom he had married in 1912, and their children Henry Baynton Somer Gullett and Susan Gullett (later Mrs P. Hackforth-Jones).
Reference
Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, pp.137-39
Lady Elizabeth Penelope FRATER
First references referred to Penelope 7 Penelope Elizabeth but Karen and NSW gov. BMD site refer to Elizabeth Penelope so the name is given in this order
Found a reference to Penelope Frater attending Wilson Creek Public School situated 10 km west of Mullumbimby in the North Coast Region of New South Wales Australia. She is listed as one of the 27 principles. As her brother is known to have been married in Australia, there is a chance that this Penelople Frater is related to this branch of the family. I have linked to text to the youngest Penelope. Ref is http://www.nor.com.au/education/wilsonscreekps/history_wcs.htm
Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, pp.137-39
Penelope Elizabeth Gullett, 1890-1960
Penelope Elizabeth Gullett was born on 4 June 1890 at Coonamble, New South Wales, the daughter of Henry Frater and his wife Barbara (who later become known as the writer Barbara Baynton).
She married Henry Somer (later Sir Henry) Gullett. They had two children: Henry Baynton Somer (Jo) and Susan (later Mrs P. Hackforth-Jones).
After the death of her husband in 1940, Lady Gullett increasingly devoted herself to working for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She died in 1960.
References
Obituary, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 December 1960thank you for your enquiry about Penelope Gullett and your Frater family research. The National Library is unable to do any in-depth research on genealogical enquiries, but I think that I can give you some relevant information on this. The finding aid that you refer to is for the papers of Sir Henry and Lady Penelope Gullett, which are held in our Manuscripts Collection. However, it appears from the paragraph you quoted that the biographical information on Lady Gullett was taken from a 'Sydney Morning Herald' newspaper obituary on 12 Dec 1960, not from information held in the Gullett papers themselves. I have checked the introduction to a book of Baynton's writings, called "Barbara Baynton", edited by Sally Krimmer & Alan Lawson (published by University of Queensland Press in 1980 as part of the "Portable Authors" series), which gives a fairly detailed account of Baynton's life. It states that she was born to John Lawrence and Elizabeth Ewart on 4 June 1857, and was first married to Alexander (not Andrew or Henry) Frater, son of Alexander Frater and Penelope Hay, at the Tamworth Presbyterian Church on 24 June 1880. Their children were Alexander Hay, Robert Guy and Penelope. It goes on to discuss her divorce from Frater, and marriage (the next day!) to Dr Thomas Baynton. It also discusses her apparent concealment of her true parentage, date of birth and other details of her early life. Apparently, even her family believed things about her that were later proved incorrect. This might explain the father being named as "Henry" in the obituary. If you cannot locate a copy of the book in the UK and are interested inobtaining a copy of the introduction, you can request a photocopy from our Document Supply Service's "Copies Direct" facility. Details of the service, prices, and an online order form can be found at <http://www.nla.gov.au/dss/individuals_and_business.html> . You would need to specify the pages you need copied - the introduction is contained in pages ix to xxxiii of the book. There is also a portrait of Baynton at page viii, immediately before the Introduction. There is a also a comprehensive biography called "Barbara Baynton: Between Two Worlds", written by a descendant, Penne Hackforth-Jones (who is also an Australian TV & film actress). It was first published by Penguin in 1989, and again by Melbourne University Press in 1995. It would go into much more detail on Baynton's life. If you can't get a copy locally, you might find it on a second hand book site via the internet. Or, you could request an international interlibrary loan through your local public library. You should be able to order copies of the relevant certificates from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Their website, with searchable indexes, is at: <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/> . If you want to get a copy of the obituary, you may be able to track down microfilm copies of the Sydney Morning Herald in major UK libraries or university libraries. Although indexes have been produced for the newspaper that cover the period you need, they do not include personal notices or obituaries. This would mean going through the whole edition to find the article.
Henry Baynton Somer (Jo) GULLETT
http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/3078.html#summ
from Christine Frater 2.1.2007
Service Number: 372606 (VX3511) Australian Army.Enlisted on the 26 Oct 1939, Discharged 22 Sep 1945, Rank: Major. Awarded: WW2 Military Cross.The son of Sir Henry Gullett, one of the Australian official historians of the First World War, "Jo" Gullett was a Melbourne journalist when he enlisted in the second AIF in 1939. Educated at Oxford and the Sorbonne, he had inherited an old-fashioned sense of honour and duty. "We knew England's position was very serious and that we should help her as our fathers had done. It was the order of things."
When Australian troops first went into action at Bardia, Libya, in January 1941, Gullett was there as an infantry sergeant. He was wounded in the taking of Post 11, which the Italians had stoutly defended, but rejoined his battalion in time to serve as an officer in the ill-fated Greek campaign. He later fought in New Guinea and was awarded the Military Cross for his "disregard of danger and [for] leadership".
In 1944 Gullett was one of the few Australian soldiers sent to Europe to take part in the British D-Day operations. He was able to get an appointment with an infantry battalion. Soon afterwards he was made a company commander with The Royal Scots, and served with them during the further fighting until again wounded on 17 July. A staff job awaited him on his return to Australia.
While others may have seen boredom and disruption in war service, Gullett found some "colour, music and a touch of glory in that life". His account of his experiences, Not as duty only (1976) is a classic of Australian war literature. His part in the fighting at Bardia is depicted in Ivor Hele's famous painting, 2/6th Battalion attack on Post 11 at Bardia.
Gullett followed in his father's footsteps when he entered parliament in 1946; he was elected the Member for Henty. He became the Chief Government Whip (1950-55) in the Menzies' Liberal Government. He was Australian Ambassador to Greece (1965-68), before returning to farming at "Lambrigg" property, Tharwa, in the Australian Capital Territory.
http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/3078.html#summ
Farmer
From Christine Frater 2.1.2007
He resided at Villa 1, The Boulevarde in 1997 in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=2&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=96
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FRATER KENNETH HAY : Service Number - NX41084 : Date of birth - 08 Feb 1909 : Place of birth - NARRABRI NSW : Place of enlistment - TAMWORTH NSW : Next of Kin - FRATER ELMA
Series number B883 Control symbol NX41084 Contents date range 1939 - 1948Access status Open Location Canberra Barcode 4894386