Cecil John Noel Whitehead
Oct 14, 1923 - Apr 5, 1972October 14, 1923 - April 5, 1972
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Cecil John Noel Whitehead
Oct 14, 1923 - Apr 5, 1972October 14, 1923 - April 5, 1972
Place of birth
Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa
Most recently lived in
Johannesburg, South Africa
Cecil's favorite hobbies
Sport Cricket,Rugby,Soccer,Swimming and hiking
Cecil's favorite foods
Soups and Stews lots of fish
Favorite bands and musical artists
Classical Music mostly opera Puccini, Verdi ,Bizet, Beethoven, Brahms,Schubert,Fran le Haar He did like Beatles Yesterday. Bee Gees Melody and lots of Geman music like Fredi
Interesting facts about Cecil
Was in the South African Airfoce ww2 and was shot down and wounded but recovered went on to Italy and Germany to win the war.
Cecil loved nothing more than
Reading his favourite was History The decline and fall of the Roman Empire The French revolution He was an inventor and invented quages for a brake press he was a qualified boiler maker and he was a Foreman at Emdeen Engineering who made Electrical Enclosures boxes for switchgear He also invented invisible gauges for these electrical boxes He trained as a tailor when he attended an orphanage during the 1930,a He also worked as a bus driver after the war And the post office where he met my mother in the 1940,a He also played 1st division rugby for Pirates in the 1940,s and was a winger and scored many tries
Favorite place in the world
Trading his kids in sport and any other local kids as well Soccer Cricket Swimming etc His kids were the best swimmers in our area And some even made provincial swimmers
Favorite TV shows
Never had tv but loved certain shows on radio like the goon show from the 1950/60
Favorite sports
All sports was his passion
Obituary
7 kids
Noel
Susan
Ivan
Sophia
Matthew
Ingrid
Joan
19 grand kids 15 great grandchildren kids
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Born on October 14, 1923
Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa
Passed away on April 5, 1972
Johannesburg, South Africa