Family and Legacy
In 1898, he married Eva O'Connor, daughter of Charles Yelverton O'Connor, and they had three sons.
The eldest, Awdry Francis Julius (born 1900), was later to become a partner in his father's firm.
Another, George Yelverton Julius, was known as "Gentleman George". However, he brought his good upbringing into a life of crime. In 1953 he went to jail for eight years for burglary. He was the father of Wendy Whiteley, wife of the Australian painter Brett Whiteley, and his granddaughter was Arkie Whiteley.
A third son died during a flight around Australia in a single-seater aeroplane.
A road in the grounds of the CSIRO headquarters in Canberra is named in his honour.
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