Personal Life
Massie was married twice, his first marriage being to Phyllis Wood Lang at Holy Trinity Brompton, London, on 3 June 1919. They had a son named John who was killed in action during World War II, Phyllis died soon after. Massie remarried to a widow, Elizabeth Emily Squire (née Crosse) in Washington DC on 20 September 1947. His father Hugh had also been a cricketer and appeared in nine Tests for Australia. Massie's grandfather, on his mother's side, Thomas Allwright Dibbs was an accomplished banker.
He died on 14 February 1966, at the age of 75, from cancer.
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