Cyril Desmond Minter

1929 - 2012  (83 years)

• Name	Cyril Desmond Minter  [1]
  Birth	1 Jul 1929	Kempsey, NSW, Australia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	3962
  _UID	228175E749FE44A19B971420491CADB85B12
  Death	30 Oct 2012	NSW, Australia   [3]
  Burial	Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW, Australia   [4]
  Notes	Served in Royal Australian Navy from 1948 to 1957. Record at National Archives of Australia. Served as an Ordinary Seaman number R36471 on HMAS Bataan from 27 Jun 1950 to 6 Jun 1951, during the Korean War. Other ships included the Barcoo, the Watson, the Sydney and the Penguin. Australian Electoral Roll, 1958 for Mayfield, Macarthur, NSW includes, at 13 Nile Street: Frances Josephine Minter, barmaid. This entry appears to relate to Cyril's wife: he has not been found on an Electoral Roll for 1958. It seems that Cyril and Frances split up between 1958 and 1963. Cyril appears as below and Frances re-appeared in the 1980 Electoral Roll (see below). Australian Electoral Roll, 1963 for Adamstown, Shortland, NSW includes, at 398 Brunker Road: Cyril Desmond Minter, telephone technician Audrey Elizabeth Minter, home duties. Also in the 1963 Electoral Roll for Gosford, Kingsford-Smith, NSW, at 25 Batley Street: Cyril Desmond Minter, technician Audrey Elizabeth Minter, home duties. Australian Electoral Roll, 1980 for Gosford, Robertson, NSW includes, at 25 Batley Street, Gosford: Cyril Desmond Minter, technician Audrey Elizabeth Minter, home duties Richard Aubrey Minter, student [presumably Cyril's son, probably by his first wife]. Australian Electoral Roll, 1980 for Bronte, Philip, NSW includes, at 2/207 Birrell Street, Waverley: Frances Josephine Minter, receptionist. Known as Des (and as Fard to grandson Jack), death was announced in in the Central Coast Express Advocate on 2 November 2012.
  Person ID	I3962	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	8 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Cyril George Minter,   b. 1908, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia d. 28 Jun 1955, Cessnock NSW RD, Australia (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Maud LALOR,   b. 14 Aug 1909, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia d. 2 Jan 1939, North Sydney, NSW (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	1929	Kempsey, NSW, Australia   [5]
  Family ID	F773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frances Josephine BOLLA   d. 1993, Dundas, New South Wales, Australia
  Marriage	1954	Sydney, NSW, Australia   [6]
  Family ID	F736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Audrey Elizabeth SAINSBURY   d. Bef 28 Jan 2022, NSW, Australia
  Marriage	1960	Wyong NSW RD, Australia   [7]
  Children	1. Richard Aubrey Minter
  Family ID	F1083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Jul 1929 - Kempsey, NSW, Australia Marriage - 1954 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Marriage - 1960 - Wyong NSW RD, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] Gail Gniewosz, March 2008. [S211] RAN service record at the National Archives of Australia, Oct 2010. [S304] Jack Minter, November 2012. [S533] Jim Minter, April 2023 and later. [S105] New South Wales Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, March 2008. [S95] New South Wales Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, June 2008, NSW BMD reg no. 376/1964. (Reliability: 3). [S221] NSW BMD index online, January 2011 and later, reg no. 6334/1960. (Reliability: 3).