Tiller Edward (Merv) Mervyn

Fast Facts

Type of person	Individual
Also known as:	Spoggy
Date of birth	1907
Place of birth	Mallala
Principal occupation	Labourer
Date of death	1985
Place of death	Gawler

Edward Mervyn Tiller – (4/5/1907 – 29/07/1985)

Born: Mallala

Died: Gawler

Parents: William Tiller (1877-1951) and Sophia Jane Forby (1880 – 1964).

Siblings: Ethel May (1903- 1972), Hurtle George (1905-1975) Gladys Catherine (1910-1993), Dora (Dot) Rowett (1913 - 1986), Cyril Peter (1916-1946) and Thelma Irene (1918-2003).

Spouse: Audrey Melva Hazel Tremaine (1913-1989) Married on November 1st 1934. Divorced: 22 Dec 1956.

Spouse: Eva May Rau (1929 – 2003) in 1969'

Nickname “spoggy”

Edward preferred to be called Mervyn. He was a member of the Gawler Freemasons and worked in Mallala and Hamley Bridge as a labourer, before settling in Gawler. He lived at 48 Fourteenth Street in 1941, before purchasing 11 Twelfth Street in the 1940s, and living there until his death from emphysema in 1985. Edward worked at the Gawler Railway Station as a porter for 31 years. Edwards Nickname was “spoggy”. Edward preferred to be called Mervyn. He was a member of the Gawler Freemasons.

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Edward Tiller last shift at Gawler Railway Station

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