Robert Edmond LIDDELL

1899 - 1982  (82 years)

• Name	Robert Edmond LIDDELL  [1]
  Birth	4 Nov 1899	Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jul 1982	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	19 Jul 1982	Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I4002	Davidson-Radford

  
  

  Father	John Edmond LIDDELL
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabella CRIGHTON,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Ann COTTERILL,   b. 21 Feb 1896, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia d. 7 Jan 1987, Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1925	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F1041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Nov 1899 - Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage - 23 Dec 1925 - Maitland, New South Wales, Australia Death - 15 Jul 1982 - Auburn, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  At an early age in Scotland Robert Edmond Liddell showed evidence of m usical talent, and commenced a study of the organ. Development of thi s gift was a significant contribution to his later service as an Offic er of the Salvation Army. The family worshipped at the Tharsis Stree t Church, Glasgow, and Robert 'TED' was a member of the Foundry Boys a d received his early Christian training there. When living at 1009 Ga gard Road, Provanmill, Glasgow, he attended school at Hogganfield ne ar Hogganfield Lock, from the age of 5 until migrating to Australia i 1911. After arriving in Moreton Bay, Brisbane, just before 12th Bir thday, he attended Musgrave Public School, but after a few months he w as required to leave school because his father John Edmond had an acci dent whilst chopping wood. He was a plumber, and was also a lift drive at two stores in Brisbane; one being Chapman's Department Store. I t was from here he entered the Salvation Army Training College, Peters ham, on 30 Oct 1920. Commossioned on 5 Jan 1922, his first appointmen t was to Singleton and then a year later to East Maitland, where his w ife-to-be Alice Cotterill was a Salvation Army soldier. He also serve d in Rockhampton and New Zealand before returning to Australia in 1945 . He retired on 7 Jan 1965. (Source: Norma Liddell, Liddell Family Tr ee)

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Norma Liddell , Liddell Family Tree . [S55] NSW BDM , NSW BDM. Probably 17636/1925 at East Maitland, but could also be 1763/1925 at North Sydney .