# Frances Louise "Fran" Whillas (1915–2008)

Dick's sister; a long-serving ledger keeper who married Reg Hall.

## Key facts

- **Born:** 1 Jul 1915, Woodville, [Adelaide](/places/adelaide-south-australia) (birth certificate held)
- **Died:** 17 Jan 2008
- **Married:** Reg Hall, 21 Mar 1953, Woodville
- **Children:** none

## Life

Frances Louisa ("Fran") Whillas was the fourth child of [Charles Johnston Whillas](/people/charles-johnston-whillas-b1872) and [Charlotte Sloggett](/people/charlotte-sloggett-whillas-b1879). She started work in July 1931 at the Rundle St shop of her aunts [Nell](/people/helen-mary-whillas-b1876) and [Min](/people/minnie-constance-whillas-b1889). On 4 July 1934 she began work at COR, becoming ledger supervisor, and retired in February 1953 aged 35.

In February 1946 she and her mother [Lotte](/people/charlotte-sloggett-whillas-b1879) bought 22 Gulf Pde, Brighton. She married Reg Hall in Woodville in March 1953 (see [the marriage](/events/marriage-frances-whillas-to-reg-hall-1953)); they had no children. She died in January 2008.

## Family

- **Parents:** [Charles Johnston Whillas](/people/charles-johnston-whillas-b1872) · [Charlotte Sloggett](/people/charlotte-sloggett-whillas-b1879)
- **Husband:** Reg Hall
- **Siblings:** [JH](/people/john-henry-whillas-b1909), [Daisy](/people/daisy-whillas-b1912), [Marjorie](/people/marjorie-whillas-b1912), [Dick](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920)

## Recollections by Teena

Fran's niece [Teena](/people/christine-frances-whillas-b1947) recalled that Fran helped returned servicemen through a wartime support group, remembered in the transcript as the “Friendship Club.” Teena also said Fran had worked at “the CSIRO” as a ledger keeper.[^1] These recollections are in [Teena's interview](/documents/interview-teena-mclean-2026); the organization name and employment sequence need checking against Fran's papers.

[^1]: Existing records document Fran at COR from 1934 to 1953 as a ledger supervisor. Teena's CSIRO recollection may describe another period or may be mistaken; the interview also questions the support group's name. See [open questions](/open-questions#frans-work-and-wartime-service).

## Sources

- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1910s*, *1930s*, *1940s* and *1950s* sheets.
- [Interview with Teena McLean, interviewed by Erika Whillas, 16 Aug 2026](/documents/interview-teena-mclean-2026).