Rex Budd
Honor Code SignatorySigned 25 Jul 2017 | 483 contributions | 10 thank-yous | 3,381 connections
Signed 25 Jul 2017 | 483 contributions | 10 thank-yous | 3,381 connections
Rex T. Budd
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Budd
and Phyllis (Horsley) Budd
Brother of
[private sister (1940s - unknown)], [private sister (1940s - unknown)] [half], [private brother (1950s - unknown)], [private brother (1950s - unknown)] and [private brother (1950s - unknown)]
Father of
[private daughter (1980s - unknown)] and [private son (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography
Rex Thomas Budd was born in Wagga Wagga Nsw on the 14th 0f January 1948, the eldest child of Thomas George and Phyllis Maude (Horsley) Budd, growing up in Wagga which was still a country town in those days unlike the thriving rural city it is today, he attended St Josephs Primary School followed by the Christian Brothers High School, during the last two years he was there he worked part-time as a telegram boy for the Post Master Generals Department delivering telegrams around town by bicycle, then on leaving school sat for the Post Office entrance exam and became a full-time employee. Although now having a permenant job with scope for advancement and also having recently passed the Public Service entrance exam, some eight months later he decided to take up the offer of an apprenticeship in Painting and Decorating with local wagga firm Engelbrecht Bros, He was never ever sorry that he took this course for in later years he became proprietor and managing Director of R&F Budd Pty/Ltd Painting Contractors, employing a large number of tradesmen plus Office staff, specialising in large construction and commercial jobs ,Goverment and domestic repaints and both Commercial and Industrial maintenance contracts .Apart from a working holiday in Sydney, Brisbane and New Zealand when he completed his apprenticeship, he lived his life in his hometown of Wagga, marrying Sharyn Veronica Renford in 1976 with whom he had a daughter Lisa Anne that same year, sadly Sharyn passed away two years later in 1978. In 1983 he married Fay Terese Whale, Fay had a daughter Belinda from a previous relationship and they had two children of their own, Leanne Jane born in1984 and Gavin Thomas born 1985. He enjoyed camping and fishing, especially fly fishing for trout and was President of the local South Western Slopes Fly Fishing club for a number of years. His other great love was horse racing and over the years held shares in a number of wellbred horses probably the two most notable were the Victorian trained Zero Drarma who won a number of races including the prestigious 2001 " Carlton Draught Kilmore Cup" and the locally trained Larrikin Joe, who won the 2009 and 2010 " Tumut Cup" the 2010 " Holbrook Cup" and the 2009 and the 2012 "Tumbarumba Cup". Well known for his poetry, especially those on flyfishing, he had a number of poems published in " Rising to the Fly" the widely distributed South Western Slopes Fly Fishing club monthly magazine, the Tumut Tourist information booklet and Les Hawkins the well known author of a number of Australian books on fly fishing approached him and received permission to include the poem "Across the Great Divide" in his final book " Of Rivers and Rises" published in 2015. He also pursued other hobbies during his lifetime which included scuba diving, four wheel driving and motorcycle dirt bike riding.
Well travelled he and his wife Fay visited Canada and Alaska, travelled right through South America including seeing Machu Picchu and visiting the Galapagos Islands toured North America including the National Parks after attending a wedding in New York, then Hawii on the way home, toured China, Cambodia and Vietnam and also the British Isles, the Irish Republic and most of Europe. He retired at the age of 65 living with his wife Fay in their home at 93 Tompson street Wagga and also spending a lot of time at The Entrance, on the New South Wales mid North coast, where they owned a seaside unit, he still pursued his hobbies of fishing and going to the races and spending time fulfilling his duties as secretary of the wagga and district Racing supporters club.
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