Kathleen Joan MITCHELL [349]

  General Notes:

(image courtesy of T. Hughes)

HUGHES Kathleen Joan (Joan) Death notice 30APR2014 Death 92 Canberra Times 03MAY2014

Joan married Maj. Gen. Ronald Laurence HUGHES [348] [MRIN: 119], son of Otto William HUGHES [353] and Hilda Irene CURNOW [297], on 8 Mar 1947 in St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Surrey Hills, Melbourne. (Maj. Gen. Ronald Laurence HUGHES [348] was born on 17 Sep 1920 in Kensington, Adelaide, South Australia and died on 2 Feb 2003 in Canberra, ACT, Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

The Argus (Melbourne) Saturday 21 December 1946
Marriage Notice:
MITCHELL-HUGHES.-Kathleen Joan, eldest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. D. F. Mitchell, Surrey Hills, to Major Ronald Lawrence, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Hughes, Murray Bridge (S.A.).

The Argus (Melbourne) Monday 10 March 1947
Brides Father Officiates at Army Officer's Wedding.
The bride's father officiated at the marriage of Miss Kathleen Joan Mitchell to Major Ronald Laurence Hughes, Aust. Staff Corps, at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Surrey Hills, on Saturday afternoon.
Eldest daughter of Rev and Mrs Donovan F. Mitchell, of Surrey Hills, the bride was given away by her brother, Mr Bruce Mitchell, and attended by Miss Beth Margaret Mitchell. She wore an ivory satin gown and her mother's Limerick lace veil mounted on tulle. Gardénias formed the spray and trailer she carried.
The bridegroom, who is the elder son of Mr and Mrs O.W. Hughes, of Murray Bridge, South Australia, had Lieut-Colonel R.A. Hay as best man. Reception was at Butleigh Wootton.