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Eva May Dearin was born in Sydney and attended Fort Street Public School. She married Charles Christopher Godden in December 1905 and accompanied him to New Hebrides (Vanuatu). After his death in 1906, she returned to Sydney and lived with Rev Arthur Smith, Rector of St Paul's Church Bankstown, and his family. Her daughter Ruth was born in 1907. Eva had a long involvement with the Girl Guides Association and the St John's Ambulance Nursing Cadet Corps. From 1927 onwards she was the organist at St Paul's Bankstown, and also served as Superintendent of the Sunday School. She taught Scripture in local schools. In 1931 she established the First Bankstown company of Girl Guides.

Sources: Quirindi Advocate, 21 August 1964.

Dr Ruth Godden is the daughter of Charles and Eva Godden, born the year after Charles was murdered in Vanuatu. She studied education at Sydney University, and spent twelve years as a school teacher. She then returned to Sydney University to study medicine and became a general practitioner. In 1959 she moved to Murrurundi where she worked as the local doctor. In the 1960s she travelled to Vanuatu and spent some time as the doctor in charge of the Godden Memorial Hospital in Lolowai. She is the author of 'Lolowai: the story of Charles Godden and the western Pacific' (1967).
Sources: 'Murrurundi G.P. passes' Quirindi Advocate, 23 May 1990.

Goodhew was born in Sydney and educated at the University of Wollongong. He was ordained in 1958 and began his ministry with curacies at St Matthew's Bondi and St Bede's Beverly Hills. Later he held incumbencies at St Paul's Carlingford and St Stephen's, Coorparoo. In 1976 he was appointed a canon of St Michael's Cathedral, Wollongong and in 1979 Archdeacon of Wollongong. He was Bishop of Wollongong from 1982 to 1993. In 1993 he was elected Archbishop of Sydney and the Metropolitan of New South Wales, retiring in 2001. He is married to Pamela Goodhew. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Goodhew

Established by Ordinance on 4th October 2006. In general terms, the management and control of the College is vested by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney in the Moore Theological College Council. The Moore Theological College Council is incorporated under the Anglican Church Bodies Corporate Act 1938 and is constituted by the Moore Theological College Ordinance 2009. Under the Ordinance the Council is charged with the provision of training for ordination candidates and other church workers.

The affairs of the Moore Theological College Council are managed, governed and controlled by the Governing Board of the College.

Cecil Green was born in Christchurch, NZ, and became a carpenter. He enlisted in 1915 at the age of 27, and served in the 8th Training Battalion. He returned to Australia after the war and lived in Croydon.