Duke Alistair Arthur … Of Connaught 2Nd ?

Duke Alistair Arthur … Of Connaught 2Nd?–1943

Name: Duke Alistair Arthur … Of Connaught 2Nd

Given names: Alistair Arthur

Name prefix: Duke

Name suffix: Of Connaught 2Nd

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Australian History	1921 Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	1926 Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	1929 Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History	1930 Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 January 1931 Portman Square, London, England maternal grandmother - Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
Australian History	1931 Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	1932 Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History	1933 Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History	1936 Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History	1937 Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Death of a father	1938 father - Duke Arthur … Of Connaught
Australian History	1938 Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History	1939 Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Australian History	1940 Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Australian History	1941 Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Death of a paternal grandfather	16 January 1942 Bagshot Park, Surrey, England paternal grandfather - Prince Arthur William Patrick …
Australian History	1942 Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
Australian History	1943 (on the date of death) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.
Death	1943

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father	Duke Arthur … Of Connaught Birth 1883 32 22 Death 1938 (Age 55) Loading...
8 years mother	Alexandra … Duchess Of Fife Birth 1891 42 23 Death 26 February 1959 (Age 68) Loading...
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Duke Alistair Arthur … Of Connaught 2Nd has 7 first cousins recorded

Father's family (6)

Parents Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf "Gustaf" Adolf Bernadotte + Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden

1 Prince Gustav Adolf … 1906–1947

2 Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta Bernadotte 1910–?

3 Count Of Wisborg Sigvard Oscar Fredrik … 1907–?

4 Bertil Gustaf Oscar … Prince Of Sweden 1912–?

5 Carl Johan Arthur … Count Of Wisborg 1916–?

Parents Alexander Ramsay Admiral Sir + Patricia … Lady Ramsay

1 Capt. Alexander Ramsay Of Mar 1919–?

Mother's family (1)

Parents Earl XI Charles … Of Southesk + Lady Maud Carnegie

1 James George Alexander Carnegie Duke Of Fife 1929–?