George Yelverton (Pat) JULIUS [588]

  General Notes:

George Yelverton Julius
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1912
Baptism Date: 6 Jan 1913
Baptism Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parish as it Appears: St Matthias Paddington
Father: George Alfred Julius
Mother: Eva Dranghsin Hoddiersehert Julius

George was educated at Tudor House Moss Vale and Sydney Grammer, he studied engineering at Sydney University

CAR AND CYCLES CRASH
Two Brothers Fatally Injured
THE MACHINES WRECKED
SYDNEY,
Wednesday.
Two brothers were fatally injured last night when involved in a crash with a car driven by George Yelverton Julius, the 19-year-old son of Sir George Julius, the well-known scientist and engineer.
The dead are Frederick Calthorpe Woodhouse (19), of Eaton-street, Pennant Hills, and his brother Jack (17).
Frederick Woodhouse was riding a motor cycle and his brother a bicycle. They were travelling along Pennant Hills road, Pennant Hills, when, the police report says, the motor cyclist attempted to pass the boy on the bicycle, but struck the, front of Julius's car. The motor cycle was flung sideways and crashed into the cyclist, both machines, being wrecked, and the riders rendered unconscious. The car swerved, capsized and was badly damaged Frederick Woodhouse died shortly after admission to hospital and his brother succumbed early this morning.
The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Wed 20 Apr 1932 Page 2

TWO BROTHERS
KILLED BY MOTOR CAR
VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
SYDNEY,
Monday.
The City Coroner returned verdict of accidental death to-day at the conclusion of the inquest on Frederick Woodhouse,19, and his brother, John, 17, who were killed when a car driven by George Yelverton Julius, 19, crashed into a motorcycle and push bike which the lads were riding at Pennant Hills recently.
Charles Gattenby, who was in the car with Julius, said the rider of the motor cycle was on the wrong side, of the road.
Neither he nor Julius saw the Woodhouse brothers until within thirty feet of them.
The car struck the motor cycle, and hurled it into the air, and it fell on the boy who was riding the cycle.
Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954) Tue 3 May 1932 Page 4

1943 Electoral Roll Wentworth Vaucluse: George was recorded as an engineer, of 48 Palmer St Rose Bay.
Ancestry

Famous Engineers Son Divorced
BASKED IN LOVE OF GIRL NAMED SUNNY
George Yelverton Julius, mechanical engineer, a son of famous consulting engineer, the late Sir George Julius, one-time engineer of the W.A. Govt. Railways, and inventor of the automatic totalisator, was divorced by his attractive wife Mrs. Daphne May Julius on the ground of misconduct with sheet- metal industry employee Sunny Foran.
Mrs. Julius said her husband was irresponsible, and always in debt. The normal hours of his homecomings ranged from 2 to 3 a.m. She also said he had "popped" her engagement ring for £30 and had then started in to take various other items, including household accoutrements, to "Uncle's". Formerly a saleswoman, Mrs. Julius, mother of two young daughters born in 1941 and 1942, was 21 when she was married at St. Jude's, Randwick,
The honeymoon was spent at Kosciusko in 1940 and then for a period the young couple parked with Sir George at Darling Point. They set up house in Rose Bay and finally went to 30 Glenview St Gordon. Mrs. Julius said that her hus
band, a works manager, was irresponsible and always in debt, and was always out late at night. When I spoke to him about his late hours he said 'I will stay out if I want to. It has nothing to do with you. You mind your own business Then said Mrs. Julius she discovered that her husband was gadding about with a certain young lady. "I taxed him with this," said Mrs. Julius, "and he admitted it. He said her name was Sunny Foran. He showed me her photograph she was in swimming costume and said. 'Don't you think she's nice?' "He told me he was going to continue going out with her and I could not stop him. He told me he had meals at her place and said he liked going out with her friends."
Julius left the home in November, 1945, telling his wife he was going to live at the Imperial Hotel, King's Cross. There, he said, he would be more free to go out with Sunny and her friends. When the wife mentioned that she and the children had to be provided for, George allegedly replied, 'Oh, I'll send you what money I can.'
Mrs. Julius said, 'Money up, or court proceedings or something to that effect, and Julius promptly countered: 'I'll do nothing at all
if you talk like that. I'm too smart for anyone to get an order against me.' Mrs. Julius said she later saw a telegram, and subsequently told her husband she knew he intended to go to Jenolan Caves for a weekend. "He just laughed," said Mrs. Julius," and told me he had booked for 'Mr.and Mrs. Julius'." On December 16 last, accompanied by her sisters, Mrs. Punch, and Mrs. Crosby, Mrs. Julius went to the Caves House. She was inspecting the hotel register, where she saw in her husband's writing the entry "Mr and Mrs George Julius," when who should stroll down the stairs but George and Sunny. Said Mrs. Julius: "Surprised to see us.Pat?" apparently a nickname for George. Said George to Sunny in his most wintry manner: "We are not going to speak to these people." He tried to walk Sunny away, but Mrs. Punch observed: "This young lady is going to talk to us whether you like it or not." Sunny was asked whether she knew she was weekending with someone else's husband. Said that lass: "I did know he was married, but I thought he was getting his divorce. He told me he had been living apart from his wife for several years." She was told that George had two little daughters. "Oh," said Sunny, "he told me his wife had been married previously and that they were her's by that other marriage." With George, Sunny, who was wearing a wedding ring, was ordered to vacate the Caves House immediately. The manageress had been present at the conversation and said she would not have them there any longer. She did not want a fuss. Mrs. Julius and her friends gave Sunny a lift as far as Mt. Victoria, leaving George to his own devices. In the car Sunny, according to Mrs. Julius and her sister, admitted she had slept with George the previous night and that adultery had been committed.
At a later date, Mrs. Julius said, her husband told her he had been for a weekend at Wollongong with Sunny and two of Sunny's friends. Adultery had been committed again. Mrs. Joyce Ethel Punch, No. 5 flat, 2 Wellington St., Bondi. confirmed the story told by her sister.
Mr. Justice Clancy found that Julius had committed adultery with Sunny, whose address was given as 28 Charles St., Erskineville, and who was said to be an employee of W. G. Pickerill Pty. Ltd., 42 King St., Newtown.
Mrs. Julius got her divorce and the custody of her two daughters.
Mr. Alan Bagot (by Dudley Westgarth and Co.) for Mrs. Julius.
Ref: Trove - Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954) Sun 18 Aug 1946 Page 39

George's criminal career began with small offences.
Engineer On Cheque Charge
GEORGE YELVERTON JULIUS (34), engineer, was charged at Central Police Court on Thursday with having falsely pretended to Frederick Tertius Squire O'Donnell on June 24 at Sydney, that a cheque for payment of £12 was a genuine order for payment and with having thus obtained £12 with intent to defraud. Julius was remanded to August 28. Bail of £100 was granted.
The Police Prosecutor (Sgt. Whelan) said the Crown needed more time to make inquiries. An amount of £200 would be in
volved.
Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954) Sun 18 Aug 1946 Page 28

OBTAINED MONEY BY IMPOSITION
SYDNEY, Monday.
George Yelverton Julius, 34 years, son of the late Sir George Julius, was to-day sentenced to 18 month's imprisonment after he had pleaded guilty to 14 charges of having obtained money by false pretences. Police evidence was that accused had passed valueless cheques, mostly among business acquaintances, some of whom had declined to proceed against him. Total amount covered was £162, but the Crown said that the aggregate fraud was £370. Judge Markell said some sympathy might be extended persons in humble circumstances who committed crimes, but it was impossible to find any excuses for a well educated man like the accused, who had used his position in life to embark on a career of crime.
The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Tue 15 Oct 1946 Page 3

"DESIGNING" ENGINEER AND HOW!
George Yelverton Julius. One of the most bare-faced frauds in recent months was brought to light last week when George Yelverton Julius, 36-year-old Sydneysider, who described himself as a "designing" engineer (which he certainly was) appeared in the Police Court on a charge of having imposed on a widow.
JULIUS had evolved an easy way of making money, though not quite new. He advertised in a Brisbane newspaper for a housekeeper, met one applicant by appointment and a couple of days later phoned her saying he had lost his wallet containing L50. He asked for the loan until he got money from Sydney, but with Mrs Cynthia May Logan, a widow, this trick didn't succeed in its. entirety. According to the prosecutor (Sub Inspector Voigt,) Mrs. Logan applied for the house keeper job in a house at Ascot. She met Julius outside the G P.O., on August 20, where he engaged her and told her he. was temporarily staying at a city hotel. Two days later, added the prosecutor, Julius Informed the widow that a wallet containing £50 had been stolen from his hotel and would she lend him £10 to tide him over. She handed him the £10.
When on. August 24, Mrs Logan was due to take up her job with Julius she discovered that he had never been staying at the hotel, so she contacted the CIB. Julius was soon located and £7 1s.0d odd of the widow's money found on him. Last week in court, the prosecutor said that Julius had been here from Sydney only since August 14. In October 1946 he had been convicted of 14 charges of false pretences and sent to gaol for 18 months.
Julius asked Mr. M. J. Hickey, SM, It he could make restitution of the money, saying he could get it from Sydney in 48 hours. The S.M. (to the prosecutor) : What chance has he? Prosecutor: None at all. He had made about a dozen more appointments to meet potential housekeepers when arrested. He had no house and no money and no hope. The SM sent Julius to prison for six months and ordered that the £7 10s found on him be repaid to Mrs Logan
Ref: Truth Brisbane, Qld : Sunday 28 August 1949

Mr. R. J. Coombe, S.M.
Bail Not Sought
George Yelverton Julius. 38, engineer, of. no fixed abode, was committed for trial on three counts. He did not apply for bail. The charges were that on August 23. at Gleneig. at the home of Oscar Valentine Roberts, he stole property valued in all at £242. On August 29 at Black Forest, he broke into the House of Ernest Edward Willcox. and stole property valued at £39 10/- On September 5 at Toorak Gardens, broke into the house of Mrs. Phyllis Ethelwyne Owen, and stole property valued at £80. A.P.P. Hender, prosecuting, said that most of the missing articles had been recovered.
The Advertiser Adelaide 18 Sep 1951

Law Courts.
George Yelverton Julius, 38, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to concurrent 12 month gaol terms on three admitted counts of house breaking at Glenelg. Black Forest, and Toorak Gardens, and larceny of property valued at about £350. Mr. E. Johnston made submissions for Julius, saying that partial restitution had been made, and full restitution would be made. Among the property stolen were private papers, which Julius took steps, by a letter, to return. Julius believed that it was that letter which had led to his apprehension, Mr. Johnston said. His Honor said that Julius's previous record left no option but a substantial penalty. If full restitution were made, that would be a circumstance to be taken into account by those whose responsibility it would be to say if the sentence should be served in full. The sentence was greatiy influenced by the return of the private papers.
The Advertiser Adelaide 20 Oct 1951

THE TIDY THIEF
ROBBED 150 HOMES
SHUTDOOR
A senior detective yesterday told the strange story of Gentleman George, illfated son of a world-famous engineer.
Sentencing George Yelverton Julius 46 on Friday to eight years gaol, Judge Amsberg declared him a habitual criminal.
The Judge said it would "take Shakespeare or a Zola to tell the tragedy of Julius's life" The detective told the Sun-Herald that engineering wizard Sir George Julius son of an Anglican Primate of NZ was only four months dead when police first picked up his son in 1946. Sir George first chairman of the CSIRO invented the totalizator . . . . .
His son studied design engineering at Sydney University. He tried to follow in his fathers footsteps and failed.
CHEQUES.
The detective said a Sydney factory employed George at $45 a week salary and $8 a week bonus. But in 1946 he was sentenced to 18 months for having passed valueless cheques. He took to stealing to make a living. On his own admission he committed 150 robberies since he shook himself free of his fathers shadow.
The detective said he knew of no other man in Australian criminal history with a housebreaking record to equal that of Julius. Police new him to be well educated, well spoken, neat and a man who carried his good upbring into his life of crime. Houses he robbed were always left in spotless order. He stole only money, radios, and jewellery which had ready value on the secondhand market. He always shut the front door tight when he left, "it was his trademark" the detective said. "Julius was a daytime operator he never worked at night. His technique was simple: knock at a surburban door and if the housewife was at home, he would say he was an insurance salesman or looking for a lodging. If the householder was out Julius slipped around the back. He put a bit of newspaper under the door, eased the key out of the lock, pulled the paper with the key from under the door, unlocked it and walked in. If no key was in the lock Julius would try to open the door with one of the keys he always carried. Only in the last resort would he force his way in through a window"
It was a day off last month for Detective Sergeant Fred Krahe and Detective Trevor Chaseling of the CIB Safe Squad. Driving in a private car they saw Julius walking near Peter's Corner Randwick in a midweek lunch hour. The detectives stopped. They said that in his pockets were 10 household back door keys and a hacksaw blade. The detective said Julius said he was on his way to carry out another robbery.
The detectives last words on the riddle of George Yelverton Julius: "He's a likeable fellow, charming, and easy to deal with. But he was a spoilt boy who always liked things easy"
Sydney Sun Herald c1954

Jack Czislowski¹ - Historian, writes 2020
George worked for 'Victa' lawn mowers, the famous Australian rotary lawnmower invented in 1952, in the backyard of Mervyn Victor Richardson's home in Concord NSW².
It is not clear when George started with Victa, but probably early 1956; because of his involvement with the Model 4 Automatic and the Model 5 Special.
This incorporated a rotary knob cutting height control system designed by George who is acknowledged on the patent as the inventor, he was also involved with patents involving the engine and other details of construction, he was highly regarded for his work³.
Unfortunately George left Victa in early 1958 and chose an unsuccessful life of crime, unsuccessful in respect of a long list of convictions and imprisonment.
George's daughter Wendy [590] below says in 2004 "My father, George Yelverton Julius, was sent to jail for nicking Victa motor mowers when I was about 12 or 13, which announcement was made in the newspaper. Obviously, I was devastated."⁴
What this refers to is unknown, or whether this is the reason for George's departure from Victa ?
Footnotes
1. https://www.outdoorking.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108126/george-yelverton-julius-talent-tragic-flaw.html
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victa
3. https://www.outdoorking.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108357/re-victa-and-george-yelverton-julius.html
4. http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2004/s1193966.htm

Engineer Declared Habitual Criminal.
Sydney, Friday.
Judge Amsberg said at Darlinghurst session today that a son of a world-famous engineer had turned professional burglar.
He sentenced George Yelverton Julius, 45, design engineer, to 8 years gaol and declared him an habitual criminal.
Julius of Wolseley Road Point Piper, had pleaded guilty to 54 charges of housebreaking committed between February 1958 and August this year.
The charges involved the theft of money, jewellery and other property worth £3650. Julius also pleaded guilty to 2 charges of having passed valueless cheques and the theft of a car.
Detective T A Chaseling said that, for the period covering the present charges, Julius had admitted to police that his house robberies totalled 150.
Ball at Feet.
Judge Amsberg, passing sentence, told Julius that as a son of the famous engineer, revered throughout the English-speaking world, he had had the ball at his feet to make a success in honest employment. But he already had many convictions for fraud and housebreaking. He had served for long prison terms. Detective Chaseling gave evidence that Julius's last job had been with the Sydney firm as designing engineer.
He had received £45 a week with a weekly bonus of £8. Julius had left his job in January 1958. The reason he gave was that he was involved in taxation and bankruptcy troubles.
Highly Regarded.
To Mr Kevin Murray (for Julius), detective Chaseling said Julius had all the ability as an engineer to hold highly paid positions with credit. His employers had regarded him highly Mr Murray said he could not deny that since February 1958, Julius had been a professional burglar.
Sydney Morning Herald 8 August 1959 page 5.
Contributed by Jack Czislowski - 2020

Interview with Wendy Whitely (nee Julius)
ABC 6 Sept 2004
My father, George Yelverton Julius, was sent to jail for nicking Victa motor mowers when I was about 12 or 13, which announcement was made in the newspaper. Obviously, I was devastated. I didn't really know that much about him. Charismatic, apparently, and extremely charming, and women fell in love with him all over the place, but he mucked up a hell of a lot, and my mother basically threw him out when I was quite young. But somehow or other I identified with what I chose to think of as being his rebelliousness.
Ref http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2004/s1193966.htm

George was released from Goulburn Gaol in 1974, and his family lost contact with him. However in 2002 he was found to be living in Moruya, on the South East coast of NSW.
At his end he reached out to his family but died before they renewed contact with him.

  Other Records

1. George Y (Pat) Julius: A sad life of crime and wasted talent.
It is tempting to wonder if Pat's life of deviant behaviour was in some way a result of his tragic motor vehicle accident in 1932 when he was aged 19. Two brothers were killed, but Pat was found not to be responsible.

Pat trained as a design engineer, and was a creative one as was his father, he has patents in his name for design's invented by him when he worked for Victor Mowers.
Unfortunately his daughter reports he "nicked" a few mowers and sold them, so that no doubt was the end of that !

Pat was described by his wife as irresponsible and always in debt, his earnings were always substantial, but seemingly not sufficient for his lifestyle.
It appears his offending began in earnest after his father died.

These pictures show the model railway Sir George Julius made for his family on his famous lathe, Pat's image was from the Brisbane Truth 1949.

George married Daphne May MACKENZIE [589] [MRIN: 172] on 26 Jan 1940 in Randwick NSW. The marriage ended in divorced 1946. (Daphne May MACKENZIE [589] was born in 1918.)