# Marriage: Richard (Dick) Whillas & Catherine (Cath) McLeod (1943)

## Summary

- **Date:** 25 February 1943
- **Place:** Semaphore, [South Australia](/places/adelaide-south-australia)
- **Couple:** [Richard Charles (Dick) Whillas](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920) & [Catherine (Cath) McLeod](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1921)
- **Record:** a copy is held

The wedding took place during Dick's RAAF service in WW2, shortly after his promotion to Warrant Officer. The couple's eldest child, [Nan](/people/catherine-normandy-whillas-b1939), had been born in 1939; after the marriage her birth certificate was rewritten/"legitimised". Together Dick and Cath had 14 children (see [Dick's page](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920)).

## Related pages

- Timeline: [1940s](/timeline/1940s)

## Sources

- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1940s* sheet; copy of marriage record.