On 12 Oct 1935 Ernest Henry married Edna Mary Fernan in Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia. Born on 13 Apr 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia. Edna Mary died in Brisbane, Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia, on 2 Oct 1960; she was 44. They were divorced bef 1950.

On 19 Jan 1929 Evelyn May married Samuel Gordon Francis Noon in Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia. Born on 26 Sep 1907 in Brisbane, Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia. Samuel Gordon Francis died in Brisbane, Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia, on 20 Nov 1988; he was 81.

On 23 Jan 1932 Gladys Ethel married Reginald Edward Hill in Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia. Born on 3 Sep 1910 in Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia. Reginald Edward died in Toowoomba, Darling Downs, Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia, on 4 Dec 1982; he was 72. Occupation: Taxi Driver, Farm Labourer. They were divorced in Feb 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia.

 
STOLEN MOTOR CAR. GATTON POLICE COURT. GATTON, Tuesday.  In the Police Court to-day, before Messrs. H. J. Bradshaw and P. C. Hlckey, Js.P., Reginald Edward Hill and Leslie Aubrey Jasch were charged that, at Brisbane, on May 23, conjointly, they stole a Berllot single seater motor car, No. 32788, the property of Webster and Company Litmited, Brisbane.  The car was value at £250.  Acting Sergeant Patrick Hyde deposed that about 7 o'clock on Monday night he received a telephone call, in consequence of which he went to the railway station and had a conversation with Detective Croy, with whom he went into the railway office, where he questioned the defendants. Jasch said his name was Wilson, but the other defendant gave his correct name.  Witness and Detective Croy questioned the accused regarding what they had done with the car which they were driving that afternoon. Hill replied that someone unknown had given them a ride and had then given them the car and told them to go for a ride.  Detective Croy questioned Jasch, who replied, "It Is no use. We might as well tell the truth. We stole the car."  Hill added that they had taken the car from near Burns, Philp's, in Mary street. Further questioned, defendants said the car was up the street.  Both defendants then accompanied witness and Detective Croy to Cochrane-street, where the car was found.  Accused were then taken to the police station and charged.  Both admitted the theft, and stated that they were going to Toowoomba in search of work.  The car was somewhat damaged.  At thle request of Actlng Sergeant Hyde, accused were remanded to Brisbane, where the principal witnesses reside.  (Brisbane, Australia: The Queensland Times, 25 May 1927)


TEARS FOR HIS CHILDREN
Man’s Emotion: Court Action Against Wife Fails
Strange Allegations
 
Poignant scenes of a man crying after having admitted that he had to board out his children on the State to foster-parents because he could not afford to keep them, was witnessed in the Brisbane Summons Court.  The man was Reginald Edward Hill, a taxi-driver, of Astor-terrace, City [Brisbane], who applied for a variation of a maintenance order made against him in January. 1938.
 
In the course of his evidence, Hill alleged that when he accused his Wife of living a life of shame, she said to him, “What’s the difference if I do?”  Hill’s application was dismissed by Mr. A.E. Aitkin, P.M.
 
Hill’s married life was not too happy, according to his evidence.  He took the vow with Gladys Ethel at the Joyful News Mission, in January 1931, and they separated in June, 1937.
 
His wife left him, said Hill.
 
The Man’s emotion was apparent when he declared that he had to appeal to the State for aid for his three children because he could not keep them himself.  He said he contributed to their support as much as he could.
 
After his wife had left him, continued Hill, he saw her one Saturday might in March, 1938.  She was going to a dance accompanied by another girl.
 
“I asked her if it was right that she had a certain licence” asserted Hill, “and she replied, ‘What’s the difference if I do.’”
 
BEHIND FENCE
 
After he dance, Hill went on, he hid behind a fence on Alfred-street, Valley, and saw his wife and the other girl approach.  They sang out to some chaps, he said, in a motor car.  “We can’t come to-night, we are being watched.”
“I lost control of myself,” stated Hill, “and jumped over the fence.  My wife saw me and squealed and then fell over.  I ran past her into the arms of two policemen, and was taken to the City Watchhouse and charged with disorderly conduct.”
 
After that, said applicant went to Murwillumbah, where he was a casual farmer, earning an average of 25/- a week.  He collected his children from where they were staying and took them to Murwillumbah, where he installed his wife and children in a flat.
 
Hill said that his wife stayed at Murwillumbah for a week and three days.  On the Saturday night she said she was going to a dance, and the next morning she started to pack her ports, saying she was unhappy and could not stay there.  She left him, but he kept the children and boarded them at a farm for eight or nine months until he had enough money to go to Sydney.
Hill continued that he reurned to Brisbane at Easter this year, and put the children in an institution, the name of which he would not mention.  He had attempted to enlist for the army, but had been rejected for overseas duty.
 
Cross-examined by Mr. J.R. Gilbert (appearing for Mrs. Hill), Hill denied that he went north in order to avoid maintenance payments.  He also states that he did not of any proceedings taken by his wife for assault.
 
DENIES ASSAULT
 
“I had every Reason to think that my wife had a ticket for certain profession when I had the argument with her in the Valley,” declared the husband.
 
Mr. Gilbert: Haven’t you been calling your wife a ------- all through your married life? – No
 
Didn’t you try to split her head open with a piece of wood on one occasion? – No
 
Isn’t that the reason why she originally left you? – No
 
Hill declared to Mr. Gilbert that his wife had been convicted of drunkenness and had been to clinic.
 
Replying to his counsel (Mr. M.V. Fogarty), Hill stated that his wife made complaints that he assaulted her.  She was drinking heavily at the time.
 
In answer to the magistrate, Hill stated that he got a letter demanding £60 for arrears of maintenance, and he went to the collector in Sydney, who advised him to return to Brisbane.
 
Bespectacled, Mrs. Gladys Ethel Hill, of Everton Park, Enoggera, gave evidence that her husband had made only three payments under the maintenance order made against him.  When she met her husband on September 4, 1939, she had no intention of going back to live with him.
 
Mrs. Hill said hat her husband had asked her to “scratch” the order, but she refused.
 
Mrs. Hill told Mr. Fogarty that she was living with her sister.
She asserted that she was in hospital several times during her husband’s maltreatment of her when she was in a certain condition.  She also said that she was living in a flat on Boundary-street, under the name of Mrs. Jackson and said that a gentleman by name of Jackson used to visit her.
 
Mr. Fogarty: You have lived under several names? – Yes
 
Haven’t you called yourself Mrs. Hansen? – Yes
 
And this is a purely fictitious name? – Yes
 
After hearing further evidence, the magistrate dismissed the plaint with £2/2/-  costs against Hill.
(Brisbane, Australia: The Brisbane Truth, Sunday, 23 June 1940, p. 2)


Divorce Decree Granted
Reginald Edward Hill, taxi-driver, of Upper Melbourne Street, South Brisbane, was granted a decree nisi for divorce in the Supreme Court to-day from Gladys Ethel Hill of Brunswick Street, Brisbane, on the grounds of her adultery with an unknown person on or about March 1940.
The petition was heard by Mt. Justice Philp.
Hill said that he was married on January 23, 1932, and had three children.
Mr. V.Fogarty (instructed by L.G. Call, Steindhl and Co.) appeared for Hill.  The action was not defended.
(Brisbane, Australia: The Telegraph, Monday, 10 February 1941, p. 3)