John

DAVIS, John Alfred

Birth Name DAVIS, John Alfred
Gender male
Age at Death 49 years, 1 month, 16 days

Narrative

John lived at 163 Grafton St Cairns about 1936 to 1939 and then from 1941 to 1943 with his wife Mary Louisa at 59 Mulgrave Rd. This is the first time that Mary is recorded on the electoral roll.

 John was enlisted in the army Wednesday, 31 December 1941 in Cairns and was discharged Saturday, 4 December 1943 with the rank of craftsman. His service number was QX15971

Narrative

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 27 April 1915 Irvinebank, Queensland, Australia    
Death 13 June 1964 Cairns, Queensland, Australia    
Burial 16 June 1964 Martyn Street Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland, Australia    
Occupation   Cairns, Queensland, Australia Clerk  
Event Note

Worked at Howard Smith Ltd. a shipping company with many interests including a travel agency and a contract to pay the wharfies (labourers working on the wharf in Cairns)

Religion     Methodist  

Relation to the centre person (DAVIS, Gregory John) : father

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father DAVIS, John Edwin William19 August 187931 May 1927
Mother SMITH, Catherine Florence23 May 188020 April 1970
    Brother     DAVIS, Horace George 8 July 1905 28 May 1954
    Brother     DAVIS, Jack 21 October 1907 23 July 1910
    Brother     DAVIS, Leslie Oswald 20 April 1910 24 August 1989
    Sister     DAVIS, Leal Marion Eliza 19 August 1912 10 January 1974
         DAVIS, John Alfred 27 April 1915 13 June 1964
    Sister     DAVIS, Pheobe 25 June 1917 10 December 1983
 
Father DAVIS, John Edwin William19 August 187931 May 1927
Stepmother ROGERS, Sarah Eliza23 April 18826 December 1945
    Half-brother     ROGERS, Harold Edward Davis 20 November 1898 17 March 1960

Families

Family of DAVIS, John Alfred and McDOUGALL, Mary Louisa Catherine
Married Wife McDOUGALL, Mary Louisa Catherine ( * 26 June 1913 + 7 January 1992 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 25 March 1939 Central Methodist Church, Cairns, Qld.    
Marriage Witness     Phoebe DAVIS, sister of the groom  
Marriage Witness     Gilbert Lang HERRIES, friend of the groom  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
DAVIS, Sidney Graham18 April 1940
DAVIS, Gregory John
DAVIS, Jacqueline Mary

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