Walter Leslie Wild (1891 – 1959)

Leslie was born on 05/08/1891 in Vanderville, the Oaks.

He married on 15/10/1919 at St. Josephs R/C Newtown to Madeline Constance Rootsey.

Madeline was born on 21/09/1893 in Bombala.

They had the following children:

  • Irene Daphne Wild (1920 – 1975)

  • Norma Louise Wild (1922 – 1971)

  • Thelma Veronica Wild (1929 – 1993)

  • Marie Therese Wild (1933 – 2011)

Leslie died in Sydney on 17/06/1959 and is buried at the R/C section in Rookwood.

Madeline died on 02/04/1972 in Lalor Park and is also buried in Rookwood.

Irene Daphne Wild (1920 – 1975)

Irene was born in Marrickville in 1920.

She married to Bernard Robert Babbage in 1939 in Annandale.
Bernard was born in 1919.

Two of their children are deceased:

  • Robert Barry Babbage (1960 – 2006)

  • Karen Marlene Babbage (1969 – 2007)

Irene died on 31/05/1975 in Camperdown.

Bernard died on 04/04/1980 in Camperdown.

Norma Louise Wild (1922 – 1971)

Norma was born in Newtown on 19/02/1922.

She married to Edward John Spiller in Marrickville on 02/03/1940.
Edward was born in Burwood on 06/02/1915.

They had the following children:

  • Madeline Constance Spiller (1940 – 1940)

  • John Leslie Spiller (1943 – 2019)

  • Brian James Spiller (1944 – 2009)

  • Kerry Raymond Spiller (1945 – 1968)

  • Maureen Louise Spiller (1953 –       )

Norma died in Lewisham on 31/12/1971.
Edward died on 28/07/1999 in Hurstville.

Thelma Veronica Wild (1929 – 1993)

Thelma was born in Newtown on 14/10/1929.


She married to Leonard Stanley McCarthy in Newtown in 1946.
Leonard was born in Sydney in 1924.

They had 2 daughters.

Leonard died on 20/02/1991.

Thelma died in Ingleside on 07/12/1993.

Marie Therese Wild (1933 – 2011)

Marie was born in Marrickville on 12/09/1933.
She married to Maxwell Eugene O’Brien in 1953. Maxwell was born in Homebush on 14/08/1930.

They had 1 son.

Marie died on 11/05/2011.