VI. George PUFLETT, born April 1819 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, baptized 11 April 1819 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England.
VII. Martha PUFLETT, born 11 July 1821 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England, baptized 10 August 1821 in St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England.
She married James ROYN, married 11 June 1843 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England.
VIII. John PUFLETT, born 24 December 1827 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England), may have been baptized 1828 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England, died 03 December 1902 in Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria. Buried December 1902 in Melbourne General Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Occupation 1858 Baker shown on marriage certificate. No birth record found but it was before the period when Civil Registration occurred in England. The birth date was recorded in the family bible. Jonathon Puflett was born in 1827 at Shoreditch, London. To be born in this area constituted being an East Ender. Jonathon emigrated to Australia sometime in the 1850s. His older brother Thomas had been sent to Australia as a convict and it is possible that Jonathon may have remained in contact with him.
In the Supreme Court Petty sessions November 1850 - December 1865, a John Puflett, a dealer was witness to a murder in Cardigan Street. He was a witness in the case of John Simmons 17th May 1861.
Jonathon married Zipporah Perry in 1859 at the Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. He was aged 31 and Zipporah was 22. On the marriage certificate John's name is recorded as Purflet. He listed his father Robert Purflet as a baker. Zipporah listed her father Job Perry as a farmer. The couple moved a number of time during the next years. They resided in the inner suburbs of Melbourne and then travelled probably on foot to Mudgee, Wellington, and Sydney before retuning to Melbourne. Four children were born in NSW. Jonathon listed himself as a shoe maker on the birth certificates.
Resided 1861 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Baillieres Directory). In 1872 on the Directory John Puflett bootmaker at Welline Street east Collingwood. The site was shared with R Veevers a carpenter. 1881 Bootmaker in Fitzroy North. 1884/5 Baillieres Directory John Puflett at 125 Gore Street, Fitzroy. 1899 Referendum, John Puflett 106 Charles Street, Fitzroy. At the same address George Puflett a groom, John Puflett a baker and Thomas Puflett a bootmaker. 1903 Electoral Roll at 106 Charles Street, Edith Puflett home duties, Emily Puflett tailoress, Robert Puflett boot operator, Thomas Puflett bootmaker and Zipporah Puflett home duties.
He died in 1902 aged 73.
He married Zipporah PERRY , married 28 November 1859 in Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, (The witnesses were Thomas Mathews and William Gray.) Jonathon listed his father as a baker and Zipporah listed her father as a farmer.born 24 December 1839 in Ratley, Warwickshire, England, (daughter of Job PERRY and Sussanah ROBINS) died 24 June 1904 in Spensley Street, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, buried 1904 in Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Emigrated 30 December 1858 from Liverpool, England, occupation 1858 Kitchenmaid, resided 1903 in 125 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria. Zipporah was born in 1839 at Ratley Warwickshire, England. In 1846 her father Job Perry died leaving his wife Sussanah with four children under the age of 11 to care for. Sussanah left her two sons James and Peter with their paternal uncle William at Ratley Warwickshire and moved away from Warwickshire. Neither Sussanah or her two daughters were in Warwickshire in 1851. After the marriage of Job and Sussanah, two children from Job's previous marriage lived with them. They were Prudence and Emily.
At least until her father's death in 1846 Zipporah would have lived with these half sisters. In 1841 they were all living together at Ratley. In 1859 Zipporah and her younger sister Sarah emigrated to Australia on the “Monica". Zipporah was listed as a kitchen maid and at this time gave her birth place as Middlesex, England. It can only be assumed that the sisters had moved to Middlesex sometime between 1851 and 1859, possibly to gain employment. As they gained assisted passage to Australia, they were required guarantee to work for 12 months after arrival. The ship left Liverpool on 30th December 1858 and arrived in Port Melbourne on 15th March 1859. Zipporah could read and write. She listed her religion as Church of England. She was engaged to work for Mrs Bryan Porter of Richmond for one year with a wage of 20 shillings.
On the voyage out to Australia Sarah gave birth to a daughter Ellen. Zipporah probably delivered this child. The sisters arrived at Port Phillip, Melbourne in 1859.On the birth registration Sarah claimed to have been born in Oxfordshire, England. She stated not married. Ellen's father was listed as Donald King a forty-year-old musician from London.
Zipporah gave birth to thirteen children between the years of 1860 and 1884 a number of these children were born in New South Wales. Zipporah must have been a woman of great stamina as it is probable that she and the family walked from Melbourne to Sydney and then to Mudgee.
Zipporah died in 1904 at Spensley Street, Clifton Hill of chronic heart disease. She was buried at the Melbourne Cemetery. The informant on her death certificate was Robert Puflett, her son who was also living at Spensley Street, Clifton Hill. On the death certificate Zipporah was listed as having married John Puflett in Melbourne when she was 20. It was also stated that she had lived in Victoria for 40 years. She had been 22 when she married John Puflett and had actually lived in Victoria for 45 years.
A. John PUFLETT, born 04 October 1860 in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Victorian Prisoner Index. Pufflet Joseph No 14010 UPRS UNIT 10858/2 See Joseph Tufflett, see PG 388.
No. 14010 UPRS 515/37 (PG 458) Previously reg 24 PG 224 (Photo) also UPRS 515/24 see John Puflett. Crime not stated. John Puflett Born 1860 Carlton Victoria. no 14010 VPRS 10858/2 PG 897. UPRS = 515/24 Parents at Fitzroy, 2 photos. recon 37/458.
Tufflett Joseph no. 14010 UPRS 10858/2 PG 629 104010 in 1876 unit 24. VPRS 515 Central Prisoners records Male.
VPRS 10858 Central Register of Personnel, description of prisoners at Pentridge 1875- 1900.
He married (1) Margaret DAVIES, married 1888 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died before 1900.
He married (2) Ann CONLON, married 19 August 1900 in Registry Office, Adelaide, South Australia, born cir 1860.
B. Harriett PURFLETT, born 15 April 1862 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. No issue but adopted Cyril Swann 6th child of her sister Emily.
She married (1) George MCMAHON, married 1885 in Victoria, Australia.
She married (2) ___ Morgan.
1. (adopted) Cyril Percy SWAIN, (son of Douglas Charles SWAIN and Emily Oliver PUFLETT) born 30 January 1913 in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia. In WW11 he enlisted on 27th May 1940 at Fremantle. At the time he was residing at Cottesloe WA. He was a sergeant in the Australian Army C Australian Heavy Battalion.
He married Lilian ----.
C. Oliver PURFLETT, born 29 April 1864 in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, died 1890 in Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria. Recorded in the Gibson Index Watchbook Charge Book (Victoria) 24 September 1884 at Wallan Wallan.
It is known that he may have had a disability or illness. At the time of his death in 1890 when he was 25 Oliver was subject of an inquest. The result listed cause of death as swelling of the brain.
D. Anne PURFLETT, born 18 July 1866 in Market Square, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, died 1928 in Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria. Also shown as Anna.
Anna/Anne Puflett was born in 1866 at Market Square, Mudgee, New South Wales. it is very likely that she was born in a very primitive tent structure. At the time of her birth Mudgee was the site of a gold rush. Although her father is listed as a shoe maker it is very possible that the family had moved into Mudgee seeking gold. Her father registered her birth and again the surname became Purflett. Her grandfather on her mother's side was Job Perry and although Anna may not have known about them she had a number of first cousins in Warwickshire, England.
Below: Anne or Anna Griffith (nee Puflett)
She married Johnathon William GRIFFITH, married 1887 in Victoria, Australia, born 1858 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, (son of Thomas GRIFFITH and Margaret FIELDING) died 12 February 1941 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1. William John Fielding GRIFFITH, born 24 April 1888 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1903 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2. Annie Zipporah GRIFFITH, born 29 January 1890 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 29 September 1963 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, never married buried in Melbourne General Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She had been engaged to a soldier who was killed in WW1. After that she took on the care of her parents. She was a favourite aunt and the loved god mother of Joyce Lillian Griffith. Annie was buried in the grave of her parents at Melbourne cemetery.
3. Harriet Ethel GRIFFITH, born 1891 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 25 June 1968 in Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
She married (1) Thomas DUNSTAN, married 1918 in Victoria, Australia.
She married (2) Albert DEWAR.
4. Thomas Henry GRIFFITH, born 1893 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, occupation Soldier, died 06 June 1964. Served in WW1 (France 14 Battalion) won an MC at St. Quentin in 1918, was gassed. Reenlisted in WW2 but not allowed to serve overseas. He was a guard at the National Shrine in Melbourne, one of the original officer guards. Retired a Lt. Colonel, he was in the police force and when retired from there, he went back to bootmaking again.
He married Gladys CRAIG.
5. George Arthur GRIFFITH, born 1895 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 05 October 1918 in KIA Villiers, Brittenaux, France.
6. Hilda Mary GRIFFITH, born 1897 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, never married. Also known as Cis.
7. Robert Stanley GRIFFITH, born 23 July 1900 in 146 Rupert Street, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 30 December 1988 in Greensborough, Melbourne, Victoria. At the time of his birth his father was listed as a house painter. The family were living at Rupert Street, Collingwood. At the time of Jonathon's birth they had six older children, Robert like his father, initially trained as a house painter however due to lack of employment opportunities he moved to working in the local shoe making factory. He continued to maintain his interest in art and was a self taught artist. He had remarkable patience and among the many artistic aspects he produced is the fact that he embroided the beads on his daughters wedding dress and head dress. He also made my first pair of hockey boots. (Joyce Griffith?) In his shed was an assortment of boot making tools which he regularly used to repair the shoes of many members of the extended family.
He married Emma Marie Ritchie the daughter of Emma Alberta Kenyon and David James Ritchie in the 1920's. His best man was Leonard Garner the son of William Graner and his second wife Mary. Robert and Emma remained in inner city Melbourne for most of their lives. They were forced to move with the construction of the freeway which destroyed their home. They moved to their son's home in Greensborough. Robert Griffith died there in his sleep.
He married Emma RITCHIE, married cir 1920 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, born 1903 in 10 Alfred Street, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, (daughter of David James RITCHIE and Emma ALBERTA).
a. Joyce GRIFFITH #1369.
She married Clifford ANDERSON.
(1) Jennifer ANDERSON.
(a) Lia Morgaine ANDERSON, born 1981 in Sydney? New South Wales.
(b) Nicola Kate ANDERSON, born 1984.
(c) Aiden Sean ANDERSON, born 1989.
(2) Neale ANDERSON #1372.
8. Gladys Veronica GRIFFITH, born 1909 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
She married William MCKENZIE.
a. Ron MCKENZIE.
b. Kenneth MCKENZIE. Was in the army and reached officer rank.
9. Winifred Zipporah GRIFFITH.
She married John MCKENZIE, married 1922 in Victoria, Australia.
E. Zipporah PURFLETT, born 02 August 1868 in Emu Gully, Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, died 15 December 1900 in Kew Asylum, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Her father John Puflett registered her birth. The spelling of her surname became Purflett on the registration possibly due to John Puflett's accent. Again as in some other births Zipporah's mother is listed as being born in London. It is currently unclear why Jonathon and Zipporah Puflett were in Wellington. It is possible that having failed to find gold in Mudgee or make any significant finances as a shoemaker that Jonathon and Zipporah moved around the area.
Zipporah had eight children between 1886 and 1900. She died in that year and her death was the subject of an inquest. Her death left William Garner her husband with six children under the age of 14. Two children had died in infancy.
Zipoorah Garner died as the result of a brain tumour. She had been admitted to the Kew Asylum in 1899 suffering from what appears as manic/ depression. After months in the hospital where she alternated between states of high excitement and melancholia, she had a seizure and died. The day before her death her husband had been caring for her. The autopsy revealed a tumour on her brain. Zipporah left her husband with young children to care for, it is assumed that her family assisted him prior to his marriage to Sarah Watkins in 1901.
She married William Smithfield GARNER, married 1886 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, born 1859 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, (son of Samuel GARNER and Mary GRIPPEN) died 1905 in East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. After having eight children Zipporah died in 1900. William aged 41 was left with the care of the seven remaining children.
He remarried in 1901 to Sarah Watkins.
1. Ethel Zipporah GARNER #484, born 1886 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1975 in Greensborough, Melbourne, Victoria.
She married Charles CHAPPELL, married 1915 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2. William Robert John GARNER, born 1890 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1963 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
He married Mary NEWLAND, married 1919 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
3. Mary Olive GARNER, born 1891 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1974 in Macleod, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
She married ---- HAYES.
4. Harriet Daisy GARNER, born 1893 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
5. Ivy Isabella GARNER, born 1895 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1965 in Fairfield, Melbourne, Victoria. Her mother died when she was very young. John Eastman was born in 1893 at Collingwood
She married John James EASTMAN, married 1918 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, born 1893 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His grandparents had emigrated from Surrey, England in 1857 as unassisted emigrants. They arrived on the “Herald of the Morning “at Port Phillip in March 1857. Four of their children were born in Surrey England prior to their parents emigrating to Australia.
His grandparents were James Eastman and Rebecca Woolfit both born in Chapman, Surrey. James was a gardener. Rebecca in 1804 and James in 1806. James Eastman had been employed as a gardener while in England. James Eastman died two years after arriving in Australia leaving Rebecca with a number of young children to care for by herself
On the passenger list for the " Herald of the Morning" were James Eastman aged 44, John Eastman aged 40, Rebecca Eastman aged 50, Melania Eastman aged 30 and the following children:
James aged 10, Elizabeth aged 13, Rebecca aged 16, Ada aged 8 and Eliza no age given.
John James Eastman's father John James was born after the family arrived in Australia.
6. Lilian Anna Edith GARNER, born 1896 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1898 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
7. George GARNER, born 1898 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
8. Emily Harriet GARNER, born 1900 in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1900 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
F. Thomas PURFLETT, born 16 June 1870 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1948 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, resided 1919 at 182 Young Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, occupation Electoral roll 1919, Dealer.
He married Florence COOGHLAN, married 1891 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, born 1869, (daughter of Agnes Michael COGHLAN and ---- WARD) died 1899 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Florence: Age shown as 20 on death certificate, it makes her 11 when she was married probably should have been 30 years..
G. George PUFLETT, born 02 April 1872 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 09 September 1873 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
H. Robert PUFLETT, born 1874 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1876 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
I. George PUFLETT, born 1876 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 1901 in Broadford, Victoria, Australia, buried 1901 in Victoria, Australia, occupation 1901 Groom.
J. Emily Oliver PUFLETT, born 1878 in 125 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 19 March 1966 in Mt. Henry, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Sometime after reaching adulthood, she moved to Western Australia with her husband Douglas Swain. She and Douglas had five known children all born in Western Australia.
Emily died on 19th March 1966 at the suburb of Mount Henry, Perth. She was cremated and her ashes placed at the Garden of Remembrance, Karrakatta Cemetery.
She married Douglas Charles SWAIN, married in Victoria, Australia.
1. Walter Douglas SWAIN, born 1907 in Perth, Western Australia, died 08 November 1993 in Lathlan, Perth, Western Australia.
2. Mervyn Puflett SWAIN, born in Perth, Western Australia.
3. Robert SWAIN, born in Perth, Western Australia.
4. Michael SWAIN #, born in Perth, Western Australia.
5. Hilda SWAIN, born in Perth, Western Australia.
6. Cyril SWAIN, born 30 January 1913 in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia. In WW11 he enlisted on 27th May 1940 at Fremantle. At the time he was residing at Cottesloe WA. He was a sergeant in the Australian Army C Australian Heavy Battalion.
He married Lilian ----.
K. Edith Sarah PUFLETT, born 1879 in 125 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 13 August 1968 in Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, buried 00 August 1968 in Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia. She probably met William Barnett when he returned from Western Australia to visit his ailing mother. Edith married William in Western Australia. At some time after their marriage it appears that Edith and William were living near Kalgoorlie. In 1903 their son William Alfred Barnett was born at Kanowna.
Kanowna was a gold mining town situated 18 kilometres from Kalgoorlie. Gold had been discovered there in 1893. By 1896 the alluvial gold had disappeared and underground mining occurred. In 1905 Kanowna had a population of 12,000. The majority of the population were men who had moved to the area seeking gold. There were 16 hotels, 2 breweries and a train service to Kalgoorlie. Katherine Sussanah Pritchard described the population as ' rougher and richer than the mob on Hannans had ever been" Kanowna is now a ghost town, the last hotel closed in 1952.
It is not known whether William and Edith were in Kanowna seeking gold. However the fact that Edith gave birth there to William does link her with her mother Zipporah in that both gave birth in gold mining areas under difficult conditions.
She married William Alexander BARNETT, married 1908 in Western Australia, born 11 December 1881 in Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, (son of William BARNETT and Mary HISLOP) died 22 October 1959 in Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia.. His father had been born in 1842 at Dundee, Scotland and his mother was born in 1841 at Perth, Scotland. They had married in Australia. From 1899, the family had resided at Thistlewaite Street, South Melbourne. In 1899, William's father was employed as a stoker. After the death of his wife Mary, in 1905 William's father moved residence. In 1913 on the electoral roll he was living at 31 Raglan Street, Port Melbourne and in 1919 he was living at 72 Spring Street, Port Melbourne. In both years, he was employed as a labourer.
On the Electoral Rolls of 1903 and 1905 for Victoria William Alex. Barnett was listed as living at 116 Thistlewaite Street, South Melbourne and employed as a labourer. It appears that William had prior to 1903 resided in Western Australia as he was employed by the WA Railways from 14th September 1900 to 3rd March 1902 as a junior porter. He may have returned to Melbourne to visit with family members. It is known that his mother died in 1905 at 116 Thistlewaite Street, Port Melbourne. It is likely that William had returned to Melbourne from WA as his mother was ill. This would have been where he met Edith Puflett and they then returned to WA prior to their marriage.
William Alexander Barnett died in 1959 at the suburb of Victoria Park aged 77. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Rose Garden at Karrakatta Cemetery.
1. Ivy BARNETT, born in Perth, Western Australia.
She married ---- GREAVES.
a. Ivy GREAVES, born in Perth, Western Australia.
b. John GREAVES, born in Perth, Western Australia.
2. William Alfred BARNETT, born 03 December 1903 in Kanowna, Western Australia, died 20 January 1990 in Wembley, Perth, Western Australia. During WW 11 he enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA on 10th April 1942 in the Australian Army 8th Battalion. He listed his next of kin as Violet Barnett, his sister. He died in 1990 at the suburb of Wembley, Perth, WA. he was cremated and his ashes placed at the Rose Memorial, Karrakatta Cemetery.
3. Violet BARNETT, born 1911 in Perth, Western Australia, died 11 September 2001 in Trigg, Perth, Western Australia, never married.
L. Robert James PUFLETT, born 17 August 1881 in 125 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, baptized 1881 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, occupation Electoral Roll 1930, Hotel Keeper, occupation Electoral Roll 1936, Hotel Keeper. At the time of his birth, the family were residing at 125 Gore Street, Fitzroy. Jonathon and Zipporah had 11 other children. His father, Jonathon Puflett, was still employed as a boot maker. John Puflett was aged 51 and Zipporah was 42. On this birth certificate she listed her place of birth as London.. Robert Puflett's birth was registered by his sister Zipporah who was aged 13.
Melbourne Football Club site shows a Bob Puflett played 100 games with the club first joined 1902. Heritage number 100.
He married Ethel Mary DELMONT, resided (family) 1930 at 205 George Street North, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW, resided (family) 1936 at Delmont Flats, 3 Harbour View Crescent, Milsons Point, Sydney, NSW, married 1912 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, occupation Electoral Roll 1930, Home Duties, occupation Electoral Roll 1930, Home Duties.
1. Robert Delmont PUFLETT, born 05 May 1915 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, died 16 December 2001 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Served in World War 2 in the medical corps, was a prisoner of war when Singapore surrendered..
Qualifications: MB BS Syd (1939) MRACP (1947) MRCP (1948) FRACP (1958)
Biography:
Puflett was always known as Bob. At his funeral, warm addresses by his children epitomized the characteristics that so many people recognised: Dad had a wonderful, fulfilled life. We are grateful and so was he. We will always think of him as a force in our lives; a man of integrity, clear about his own values and intolerant of those of what he perceived to be a lax society; outspoken, dogmatic, judgemental; a paradoxical mix of frugality and generosity. Bob would cite two periods of his life, which had a major influence on how he lived. The first of these was when he was aged about 15 years when his family’s financial security was seriously adversely affected by the economic depression of the times. They lived close to Circular Quay and Bob would recall that his father would require him to walk to the University of Sydney, when he became a medical student, to save the penny tram fare! The second most influential period was the year after World War II, when he was pursuing post-graduate training in Sydney and London, to attain his qualifications as a specialist physician. He would say later that this was “the hardest year of his life”. Note that this was against the background of his having been a prisoner of war under the Japanese for over three years, about which period he was typically reticent saying that other men had suffered real hardships, compared to himself.
Both his father and he were choristers at St Andrew’s Cathedral (in Sydney) and Bob attended St Andrews school until the age of 14 when he gained the Church Primary Scholarship to go to Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore). The chorister background was reflected in a fine tenor voice and a natural gift for harmonizing. Perhaps an outcome of his early training, his voice displayed a quality of easy resonance. Those who attended his tutorials to undergraduates would comment on the clarity of his diction. He was also a good cellist, and said to his family in later years that he had needed to choose between a career in music or medicine.
At Shore and later at the University of Sydney he was an outstanding all-round sportsman, representing his school in boxing, swimming, rugby and athletic track events, and gaining University Blues in boxing and in swimming. His physical build in later years was kindly described as “robust”, with no hint of his athletic past, apart from his retention of a slight gait and vigorous movement. Bob was an undergraduate student of the Clinical School of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital of Sydney and on graduation in 1939 was appointed to St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, for his junior resident years. At this time he was attracted to clinical pathology as a career choice. In 1941 he volunteered for the AIF and was posted to the 2/10 AGH as a pathologist with the rank of Captain. The entry concerning him, written by the then College Librarian, Miss Brenda Heagney, in the RACP publication, The Long Days of Slavery in 1996 states:
“His unit’s original posting was to Malacca, then Singapore. After the fall of Singapore in February 1942, he was sent as the only medical officer with a party to of infantrymen and engineers at a working camp on the island called Pulan Balkang Mali, maintaining a petrol and oil installation for the Japanese air force. There followed periods at Woodlands, Changi, Krangi and Happy Valley. In Changi he was in charge of the cookhouses, where he found that a mixture of rice ground into Soya beans made an acceptable gruel.”
In August 1946, restored to full vigour, he commenced a six month appointment to Sydney Hospital, as a Senior Resident MO, of several such appointments to provide ex-service doctors with an opportunity to resume familiarity with civilian teaching hospital medical training patterns. Bob applied himself enthusiastically and quickly replaced earlier thoughts of further training in clinical pathology by a determination to be a consultant physician. He took the MRACP in 1947 and then worked his passage to the United Kingdom as a MO on a Norwegian cargo ship. He stayed at London House while undertaking post-graduate study and took the MRACP in 1948.
In 1950 he married Lorna Gibson, who at that time had been a medical Librarian at Sydney Hospital from 1947. They lived in Roseville on Sydney’s North Shore until 1963 and thereafter at nearby Gordon their family growing to three daughters and a son.
In 1953 he was appointed as an assistant physician to the Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney, then in its earliest years as a teaching hospital, and was late a consultant physician. He had appointments as a consultant physician to Hornsby Hospital and to the Kuring-gai Community Hospital. He was a visiting specialist to the Repatriation General Hospital, Concord. With his recognised enthusiasm for sport it was appropriate that he was the inaugural president of the Australian Federation of Sports Medicine.
Bob had a busy consulting practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney. His secretary knew to present him with freshly brewed coffee, almost continuously available throughout the day. He had a determination to use all available developments of modern technology to facilitate his insatiable quest for new information. His assiduous devouring of medical journals intruded on his life at home, so that much of the early upbringing of his children was necessarily undertaken by Lorna. Bob continued attending regularly his Macquarie St. rooms until12 months before his death, even though failing eyesight required him to be driven there by Lorna for the last three years. In his last illness, he was nursed lovingly at home by Lorna and remained conscious to his last day.
Bob’s sister Delmont Pulfett, AM MB BS Syd (1945) MRCOG (1952) FRACOG (1975) has had a distinguished career in Sydney as a consultant gynaecologist, with appointments to Rachael Forster Hospital, The Woman’s Hospital and St Margaret’s Hospital.
References:
Service record
Name PUFLETT, ROBERT DELMONT
Service Australian Army
Service Number N79609
Date of Birth 5 May 1915
Place of Birth SYDNEY, NSW
Date of Enlistment 8 Oct 1940
Locality on Enlistment SYDNEY, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin PUFLETT, ROBERT
Date of Discharge 22 Jan 1941
Rank Captain
Posting at Discharge A A M C R T D SHOWGROUND
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
2. Delmont PUFLETT, born 08 October 1921 in Newcastle Hotel, George Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, died 04 May 2007. Educated SCEGGS,Sydney University, British Post Grad. Medical School, University of NSW. Consultant in Gyn St. Margarets since 1982. Chairman VMO. Cl.Rachael Foster Hospital 1979-83 and other hospitals. Gynaecologist to Australian Army since 1978.
A determined achiever, despite discrimination in her profession
May 4, 2007 Delmont Puflett, 1921-2007
FOR someone who spent much of her working life in hospitals, it is interesting to note that Delmont (Del) Puflett was born in a Sydney hotel, the Newcastle, in George Street. But with that Puflett, who has died aged 85, set no precedent. Seven years earlier her brother, Bobbie, had come into the world at the Haymarket Hotel. Their parents, Bob and Ethel Puflett, an upwardly mobile couple, managed pubs while Ethel raised mortgages to buy properties and Bob renovated them for rental.
After the passing trade diminished at the Newcastle following the opening of the Harbour Bridge, the family moved to Milsons Point and lived in a block of flats they owned. The Pufletts were Anglicans and chose SCEGGS, Darlinghurst, for their daughter's education. Bobbie went to St Andrew's Cathedral School and SCEGS (Shore) in North Sydney, then graduated as a doctor from the University of Sydney. This inspired Del, who began medicine at the university in 1940. With Australia at war, Bobbie was posted with the Australian Army Medical Corps attached to the 8th Division in Malaya, and was listed as missing when Singapore fell on February 15, 1942. It was not until a year later that the Pufletts were officially informed he was a prisoner of war. They had continued to write and Del wrote again when the news came through: "This month has made a great change in us, we know now you are a prisoner and the relief is great Mum and Dad are much brighter now and we are sure that things will soon be happy again for us all."
The waiting had taken its toll: Bob had lost weight and Ethel's hair had turned white. But the family were reunited in October 1945 when Bobbie came home after 3½ years as a POW. Puflett graduated that year and became a resident at Sydney Hospital and later at Rachel Forster Hospital for Women in Redfern. This was the era when women in medicine were discriminated against and male doctors were given preference by the big teaching hospitals. In 1948, she worked her passage as a ship's doctor to Britain, where she gained postgraduate qualifications in obstetrics and gynaecology. She came home to work at the Women's Hospital, but hit the glass ceiling when she was unable to gain a place for a higher degree at the College of Gynaecologists. She returned to London, worked as a registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology at St Andrew's Hospital, completed further postgraduate work at various hospitals and became a member of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists in 1952.
Puflett returned to Rachel Forster Hospital, then went into general practice and later opened a specialist practice in Macquarie Street. In 1955, while she was driving with her mother, they had an accident; Ethel was injured and subsequently died. The following year Puflett married Roy Purcell, a Catholic, against the wishes of her Anglican father and brother. Tragedy struck again when their first child was still-born. The couple went on to have two daughters and two sons, with Puflett working throughout her pregnancies. By then the family had reconciled and the couple moved in with her father, who helped with the children while she continued her career as a specialist and visiting medical officer at major women's hospitals.
Puflett gained a master of health planning from the University of NSW and in 1975 was appointed by the Australian government to work as a consultant gynaecologist for the Solomon Islands government. She received an Order of Australia (AM) in 1984 for her medical service and contribution to the health and welfare of women. In an age before women were accepted in medicine Del Puflett made her mark through determination, hard work, tolerance and a sunny nature. She combined a fine career with a rich family life. Roy Purcell died in 1987. She is survived by her daughters, Del and Eleanor, her sons, Richard and James, and grandchildren.
Marilyn Dodkin
She married Richard PURCELL, married 26 January 1956 in New South Wales, Australia, died 1989 in New South Wales, Australia.
a. Eleanor PURCELL #495.
There are other children total of 2 sons and 2 daughters.
M. Ethel Margaret PUFLETT, born 1884 in 125 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, resided 1919 at 18 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria. Occupation Electoral Roll 1919, shirt maker, resided 1914 at 54 Gipps Street, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, occupation Electoral Roll 1914, Machinist.
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