John DempsterAge: 861858–1945
- Name
- John Dempster
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Dempster
| Birth | 24 October 1858 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1858 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 2 months) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 14 months) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 2) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 3) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 4) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 9) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 10) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 13) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 14) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 16) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 19) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 20) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 21) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 23) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage | Mary Jane Hall - View family 1883 (Age 24) Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 24) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1884 (Age 25) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Dempster
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1886 (Age 27) Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Jane Smart Dempster
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 28) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Death of a wife | 1888 (Age 29) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
wife -
Mary Jane Hall
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 30) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Marriage | Elizabeth Hall - View family 1890 (Age 31) Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a son #3 | 1890 (Age 31) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Dempster
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 31) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1891 (Age 32) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Ellen Dempster
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 32) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 33) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 1893 (Age 34) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
William Dempster
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 34) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 1894 (Age 35) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Mary Frances Dempster
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| Death of a son | 1894 (Age 35) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
William Dempster
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 35) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 1895 (Age 36) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Selena Dempster
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 36) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Birth of a son #8 | 1896 (Age 37) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
Robert Henry Dempster
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 37) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 38) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Birth of a son #9 | 1898 (Age 39) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
George Dempster
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 39) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Birth of a son #10 | 1899 (Age 40) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
Samuel Dempster
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 40) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 41) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | 1901 (Age 42) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Annie Dempster
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 42) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Birth of a son #12 | 1902 (Age 43) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
Henry Dempster
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 43) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 44) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Birth of a son #13 | 1904 (Age 45) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
William Dempster
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| Australian History | 1904 (Age 45) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a son #14 | 1906 (Age 47) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
Alex Dempster
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 47) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a son #15 | 1907 (Age 48) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
Archibald Dempster
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 49) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a son #16 | 15 June 1909 (Age 50) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
son -
James Thomas Dempster
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 50) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 51) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a son #17 | 1911 (Age 52) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
son -
Roy Dempster
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 52) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Birth of a son #18 | 10 July 1912 (Age 53) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
son -
Cyril Dempster
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 53) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Death of a son | 1913 (Age 54) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
son -
David Dempster
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 54) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 54) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 55) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 56) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Death of a wife | 1916 (Age 57) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
wife -
Elizabeth Hall
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 57) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 58) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 59) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 60) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 61) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 62) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 63) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 64) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 67) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 68) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 69) 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 (Age 70) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 71) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 72) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 73) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 74) 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 (Age 77) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 78) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 79) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 80) 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 (Age 81) 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 (Age 82) 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. |
| Australian History | 1942 (Age 83) 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 (Age 84) 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. |
| Australian History | 1944 (Age 85) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
| Death of a son | 6 February 1945 (Age 86) Malaysia
son -
Cyril Dempster
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| Australian History | 1945 (on the date of death) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time |
| Death | 1945 (Age 86) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with Mary Jane Hall - View family |
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John Dempster
Birth 24 October 1858 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 1945 (Age 86) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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6 years wife |
Mary Jane Hall
Birth 1865 24 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1888 (Age 23) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 1883 — Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #1 son |
David Dempster
Birth 1884 25 19 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1913 (Age 29) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #2 daughter |
Jane Smart Dempster
Birth 1886 27 21 Victoria, Australia Death 1968 (Age 82) Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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| Family with Elizabeth Hall - View family |
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John Dempster
Birth 24 October 1858 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 1945 (Age 86) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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14 years wife |
Elizabeth Hall
Birth 1873 32 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1916 (Age 43) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 1890 — Victoria, Australia |
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John Dempster
Birth 1890 31 17 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1973 (Age 83) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #2 daughter |
Ellen Dempster
Birth 1891 32 18 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #3 son |
William Dempster
Birth 1893 34 20 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1894 (Age 12 months) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #4 daughter |
Mary Frances Dempster
Birth 1894 35 21 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #5 daughter |
Selena Dempster
Birth 1895 36 22 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #6 son |
Robert Henry Dempster
Birth 1896 37 23 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1970 (Age 74) Kew, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #7 son |
George Dempster
Birth 1898 39 25 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #8 son |
Samuel Dempster
Birth 1899 40 26 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1962 (Age 63) Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #9 daughter |
Annie Dempster
Birth 1901 42 28 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #10 son |
Henry Dempster
Birth 1902 43 29 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1960 (Age 58) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #11 son |
William Dempster
Birth 1904 45 31 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1974 (Age 70) Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #12 son |
Alex Dempster
Birth 1906 47 33 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #13 son |
Archibald Dempster
Birth 1907 48 34 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #14 son |
James Thomas Dempster
Birth 15 June 1909 50 36 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1983 (Age 73) Victoria, Australia Loading...
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19 months #15 son |
Roy Dempster
Birth 1911 52 38 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 1980 (Age 69) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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18 months #16 son |
Cyril Dempster
Birth 10 July 1912 53 39 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 6 February 1945 (Age 32) Malaysia Loading...
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