Helen was born in 1902 at Hawker, the only daughter to Frank Reed and Charlotte Linklater.

She married Joseph Percy Andrew Firbank and they had one son and adopted a daughter.

• Joseph Grant Firbank. Joseph attended Adelaided High School and later became a Junior Draftsman with Pope Products. He was killed on the 7th November, 1941 as the results of a motor bike accident in New South Wales.

• Jennis Lyn Firbank married David Duncan
• Genevieve Duncan married Paul Hughes
• Elaine Fiona Duncan
• Stewart Duncan

Joseph died in 1980 and Helen died five years later in Murray Bridge, SA.