Headstone helps unlock a complicated family

Headstone helps unlock a complicated family

By Warren Nunn A sizeable headstone in a Scottish cemetery bears a loving tribute to a faithful housekeeper. Erected by one John Ferguson, it lauds Sarah Nunn who died at Peebles but who was originally from Chevington, Suffolk. Sarah had been John Ferguson’s...
Malcolm Nunn’s life revisited

Malcolm Nunn’s life revisited

A BOY who started pumping petrol as a teenager grew into a man who climbed communication towers and won the hearts of those who got to know him. Stewart Malcolm Nunn arrived on 24 September 1933, the seventh of 11 children born to George Alexander Nunn and Winifred...
Bush Rats football social club 1920

Bush Rats football social club 1920

HERE’S an image from 1920 of some of the women involved with the Bush Rats Football Club from Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland. It has added interest as five of the ladies have the Nunn surname which is not surprising given there were eight Nunn men whose children...
Dudley Mervyn Nunn, coal miner’s son

Dudley Mervyn Nunn, coal miner’s son

Dudley Nunn was the 15th and second longest-lived member of one of Ipswich’s many coal-mining families. His father Sid was one of the first generation of the Dinmore Nunn family that started in 1858 when David and Rachel Nunn arrived from Suffolk, England and...

International games

Newspaper reports that mention Gordon David (Bunny) Nunn in games for Australia at football (soccer) Competition Team Date Article identifier Bunny goals Final score Notes International v NZ Australia 4-Sep-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133675169 2 Australia 4...

Club games

      Newspaper reports that mention Gordon David (Bunny) Nunn who represented both Queensland and Australia at football (soccer) Competition Team Date Article identifier Bunny goals Final score Notes 1st Division Premiership St Helens 22-May-43...