 Birth records show "Gordon Benjamin Favell", born on 19 August 1912 in Beechworth, Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia.He was the son of butcher William John Favell (b.1876 in Beeac, Victoria, Colony of New South Wales, d. 16 Jun 1949 in Bondi Junction) and his wife Bridget Hartney (b. about 1877 in County Kerry or County Limerick, Ireland), who arrived in Brisbane on 14 November 1899.