John William Weatherburn

1907 - 1959  (51 years)    Has 14 ancestors and 52 descendants in this family tree.

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• Name	John William Weatherburn
  Born	1 Aug 1907	Dora Creek, NSW, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Registration	1930	Byrnes St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [1]
  barman
  Registration	1936	Byrnes St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [1]
  barman
  Education	19 Oct 1937	Mareeba, QLD, Australia
  Passed engineer examinations
  	Bill Weatherburn passes engineer exam
  Residence	1942	Aumuller St, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [2]
  Military Service	Between 28 May 1942 and 21 Oct 1945  [2, 3]
  WW2: Q219545 enlisted Cairns, QLD. NOK Ethel Weatherburn. Discharged 21 Oct 1945: Private, 17 Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps. From Service Record: Previous (to 28 May 1942) service with VDC Cairns. Address at time of enlistment Aumuller St, Cairns. Service records give information like: Had his appendix out 25 Dec 1933, broke his left clavicle 1910. He was 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) and weighed 166 lb (75 kg)
  	Service Form - John William Weatherburn From Bill's service records
  Occupation	engine Driver
  Religion	Methodist
  Registration	1949	Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [1]
  engine driver
  Registration	1954	Rankin St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [1]
  engine driver
  Died	27 Jul 1959	Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [4]
  	Dad died from a clot of blood that stopped his heart. Which was thought to have evolved from his hernia operation. [4]
  Notes	From daughter Glenda: Dad started school at Lake Eacham State School 7-7-1913, aged 5 years 11 months, later named Peeramon State School, but later went to Thornburgh College, Charters Towers. I went to Blackheath in 1968. When Dad and Mum married, they lived and worked at the Royal Hotel with his parents. A few times Dad went out and did other jobs, but came back again to the Hotel. Sometime in the mid 1930's Dad and Mum where on a tobacco farm out near the Barron Bridge, Biboorha, via Mareeba. Tobacco was a new trial crop and a lot of farmers did not do well as they were wiped out with blue mold. I do not know the full story of this time, but just know the farm was not a success. While Dad was at CTL (Cairns Timber Limited) in Cairns, he studied and learnt to be an Engine Driver. At some time while he was there, my Father in Law, Norm Pollard, was also working there as a junior, and met and got to know Will. When the war broke out, they where both told they were in a protected industry (Important to the War that they stay at this job), and therefore could not enlist as soldiers. This did not prevent either from trying. Norm actually got as far as Brisbane before he was stopped and sent back. Will was in the VDC from 1942 until it was disbanded in 1945. When Dad came back to Mareeba, they lived in Starcke St, over the other side of Granite Creek from the town. The Moodys, (Ruth's Uncles) owned a few blocks in this area and Will and Ruth lived on one. This was quite close to the Mareeba Bacon Factory where he worked as an Engine Driver. Dad had this job up to his death, which was thought to have been caused from the heavy and strenious work he carried out. Mum recieved compensation for his death, with some being allocated to raise me as I was only 5 at the time. This money also allowed Mum to send me to Blackheath for grade 10 to follow in my father's footsteps.
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Henry Weatherburn b. Abt 1715 Maternal Line: Mary Skeats b. 1846
  Person ID	I1295	Roy~Royes | Royes
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph Weatherburn           b. 12 Jun 1884, Lambton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia           d. 20 Jul 1940, Cairns, QLD, Australia  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Bertha Gardener           b. 21 Jun 1886, Adamstown, Newcastle, NSW, Australia           d. 9 Dec 1957, Cairns, QLD, Australia  (Age 71 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1907	Adamstown, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Ruth Royes           b. 24 Dec 1913, Mareeba, QLD, Australia           d. 28 Jun 1979, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 65 years)  ▸ Other Partners: Donald Joseph Swan, m. 27 Jan 1968
  Children	+ 1. Fay Joan Weatherburn           b. 7 Mar 1935, Mareeba, QLD, Australia           d. 6 Nov 2007, Kirwan, Townsville, QLD, Australia  (Age 72 years) ▸ Eric Lee Edwards, m. 4 Aug 1956 + 2. Living   3. Unnamed Weatherburn           b. 12 Feb 1945, Mareeba, QLD, Australia           d. 12 Feb 1945, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 0 years)   4. Unnamed Weatherburn           b. 7 Jan 1948, Mareeba, QLD, Australia           d. 7 Jan 1948, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 0 years) + 5. Living
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Aug 1907 - Dora Creek, NSW, Australia Registration - Array - 1930 - Byrnes St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1936 - Byrnes St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia Education - Array - 19 Oct 1937 - Mareeba, QLD, Australia Residence - 1942 - Aumuller St, Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1949 - Mareeba, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1954 - Rankin St, Mareeba, QLD, Australia Died - 27 Jul 1959 - Mareeba, QLD, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Bill Weatherburn (1907-1959)

  
  

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  [S12] Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980, Ancestry.com. [S241] Weatherburn, JW, service record, Series B884 Accession number 2002/04608365. [S56] WW2 Nominal Roll Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. [S339] Correspondence, Joy Weatherburn, 28 Sep 2012.