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Dorothy Beckett Willis

1908 - 1983

• Born	14 Mar 1908	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Jan1983	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia   [1]
  Buried	1 Feb 1983	Lawn Cemetery, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
  Notes	Among many talents Dorothy Beckett Geyer (nee Willis) was an accomplished poet. Links to two of Dorothy's poems are provided below: A Christmas Poem for Women Anzac Day March. (The insignia at the top of the "Anzac Day March" poem is the insignia of the 4th Battalion AIF. This was the Battalion William Keith Willis fought with in WW1. William Keith died of wounds in France in 1918.)
  Person ID	I379	Gillis-Willis
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	George Walpole Willis,   b. 16 Dec 1882, Tarban,Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 11 Nov 1946, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
  Mother	Florence Anna Rosbrook,   b. 06 Aug 1876, Hampstead, London ,   d. 24 Nov 1953, Retirement Village,Sandgate, Queensland
  Married	14 Jul 1904	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
  Photos » Slide Show		Dorrie & Joyce Willis Playing Hockey
  		George Willis Family 1930 George, Florence, Dorrie, Hec (back row) Phoebe, Joyce,Isabel
  		George Willis Children Isabel, Hec, Joyce, (back row) Dorrie and Phoebe
  		George and Florence Willis Wedding Portrait
  		Joyce & Dorrie Willis: Bride & Bridesmaid Kneipp/Willis Wedding
  		George Willis children Dorrie, Robert, Joyce and Isabel Willis
  		George and Flo's home The home of George & Florence Willis in Bulwer Street, Tenterfield
  		Willis Girls Street photo of Ruby, Phoebe and Dorrie Willis with their cousin Rose Barnwell Willis (on Left)
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Eric Clive Geyer,   b. 14 Sep 1907, Tenterfield. New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1 Jun 1995, James Milson Nursing Home, North Shore, Sydney
  Married	1929	Methodist Church, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. Donald Lloyd Geyer,   b. 1939, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 31 May 2011, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia   2. Robert John Geyer,   b. 5 Oct 1946,   d. 2009
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2011
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones

  Dorothy Beckett Geyer Headstone

  
  

• Sources

  [S39] Tenterfield Star. Dorothy Beckett Geyer (nee Willis) Obituary Transcribed by Diana Ballinger.