Living

Notes:

living - details excluded

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1943-47; Australian Army

Notes:

_MILT:
Service record

Name COKER, FREDRICK LAURENCE JAMES
Service Australian Army
Service Number 12275 (QX56960)
Date of Birth 14 Nov 1923
Place of Birth ROCKHAMPTON, QLD
Date of Enlistment 6 Sep 1943
Locality on Enlistment ANAKIE, QLD
Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin COKER, WALTER
Date of Discharge 21 Apr 1947
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 16 AUSTRALIAN ARMY ORDNANCE DEPOT
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None
Prisoner of War No

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Died:
COKER Fredrick Lawrence James (Laurie) Death notice 15NOV1987 Death at Coffs Harbour, late of Sunset Caravan Park, Woolgoolga Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 17NOV1987
Source: https://ryersonindex.org/search.php

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Frederick married Joan Margaret Rohde CARTWRIGHT on 5 Dec 1950 in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Joan was born on 1 Jan 1924 in Young, NSW, Australia; died on 20 Jan 1992 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
COKER Joan Margaret Death notice 20JAN1992 Death 68 late of Dapto, formerly of Woolgoolga Illawarra Mercury 22JAN1992
Source: https://ryersonindex.org/search.php

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1925, Kabra, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1930, Kabra, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1936-1937, Emerald, Queensland, Australia
• Occupation: 1925-1963; Railway
• Residence: 1949-1963, Kabra, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1968-1980, 9 Cran St, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922: Name: Walter Frederick Coker Birth Date: 2 Jul 1900 Father's Name: Harry Coker Mother's Name: Emma Ellen Sophie Aldridge Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1900
Registration Place: Queensland Page Number: 4816 Registration number: 010348
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Walter Frederick Coker
Birth year: 1901 Death date:05/01/1981
Mother's name: Emily Ellen Aldridge Father/parent's name: Harry Coker
Registration details: 1981/50596

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Walter married Rovena Amelia Ada SLEAFORD on 4 Jul 1923 in Queensland, Australia. Rovena (daughter of Robert Arthur SLEAFORD and Rovena Elizabeth HEBBARD) was born on 29 Sep 1901 in Childers, Queensland, Australia; died on 15 Nov 1988 in Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Date from Kabra birthday book.

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Notes:

Married:
Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950: Name: Walter Frederick Coker Spouse Name: Rovena Amelia Ada Sleaford
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1923 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1923 Registration number: 002318 Page Number: 3503
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Compiled from publicly available

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miner, builder
• _FGRAVE: 160445446
• Residence: 1903-08, Shandon Hill, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1913-19, Kabra, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
Harry Coker 1 Sept 1868 Limehouse.
(From Coker London Research group June 2004)

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Harry Coker Death date: 16/10/1924
Mother's name: Emily Lee Father/parent's name: James Coker
Registration details: 1924/C/4166

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Buried:
Coker family plot at the North Rockhampton Cemetery is in the Church of England area Compartment 3, Section 3. There are eight burials; three each in graves 4, 5 and two in grave 6. Buried in grave 4 are: Arthur Coker 28/2/1945, Emily Ellen Coker 24/6/1970 and Estel Frances Maud Coker 16/1/1886.
Buried in grave 5 are: Arthur Coker 22/12/1925, Harry Coker 17/10/1924 and James Thomas Coker 4/8/1920. Buried in grave 6 are: Constance Ellen Coker 28/3/1884 and Mary Florence Coker 6/12/1902

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Burial entry: COKER James Thomas M adult Wednesday, 4 August 1920 CE 3 3 6

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Burial entry: COKER Harry M 58 Thursday, 16 October 1924 Friday, 17 October 1924 CE 3 3 5

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Harry married Emily Helen Sophia ALDRIDGE on 31 May 1899 in Methodist Manse, East St, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia. Emily (daughter of Henry ALDRIDGE and Harriet PHILLIPS) was born on 20 Jun 1876 in Logan Village, Queensland, Australia; died on 23 Jun 1970 in Kabra, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 24 Jun 1970 in Grave 4 North Rockhampton Cemetery family plot, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160445444

Notes:

Birth:
Transcript of birth cert. 1876 births in the district of Oxley in the Colony of Queensland. 3748/130, 20 Jun 1876 at Logan Village. Emily Helen* Sophia, female. Father Henry Aldridge, butcher, aged 29, born Hartford#, Herts, England. Married 16 Jun 1870 at Maryborough, Queensland, Living child Elizabeth 4 years. Mother Harriett formerly Phillips, aged 27, born London, Middlesex, England. Informant Harriett Aldridge, mother, Grey Street.
*Ellen in later documents
#Henry born Welwyn, Hertfordshire

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https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Emily Helen Sophia Aldridge
Birth date: 20/06/1876
Mother's name: Harriett Phillips Father/parent's name: Henry Aldridge
Registration details:1876/C/3748

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Died:
Deaths in the district of Rockhampton in the state of Queensland. No 348, 23 June 1970 at Kabra, Emily Ellen Sophia Coker, aged pensioner, female, 94 years. Cause: Pneumonia, five days. Parents: Harry Aldridge, assayer, Harriet Phillips. Buried 24 June 1970 North Rockhampton Cemetery. Where born, Brisbane, Queensland, life in Queensland. Where married Mount Morgan, Queensland, aged 23, to Harry Coker.
Issue living: Walter Frederick, aged 69, John Alex, aged 68, Harry Lawrence, aged 67, Daphne Harriet, aged 65, Archibald Aldridge, aged 63, Edna May,a ged 61, Arthur Roy, aged 57, Charles Cyril, aged 51.

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https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Emily Ellen Sophia Coker
Death date: 23/06/1970
Mother's name: Harriet Phillips Father/parent's name:Harry Aldridge
Registration details: 1970/C/3127

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Burial entry:
COKER Emily Ellen Sophia F 94
Tuesday, 23 June 1970
Wednesday, 24 June 1970
SALV 3 3 4

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Buried:
Coker family plot at the North Rockhampton Cemetery is in the Church of England area Compartment 3, Section 3. There are eight burials; three each in graves 4, 5 and two in grave 6. Buried in grave 4 are: Arthur Coker 28/2/1945, Emily Ellen Coker 24/6/1970 and Estel Frances Maud Coker 16/1/1886.
Buried in grave 5 are: Arthur Coker 22/12/1925, Harry Coker 17/10/1924 and James Thomas Coker 4/8/1920. Buried in grave 6 are: Constance Ellen Coker 28/3/1884 and Mary Florence Coker 6/12/1902

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Burial entry: COKER James Thomas M adult Wednesday, 4 August 1920 CE 3 3 6

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Burial entry: COKER Harry M 58 Thursday, 16 October 1924 Friday, 17 October 1924 CE 3 3 5

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Notes:

Married:
Copy of certificate of marriage
I David Boyd being a Methodist Minister do hereby certify that I have this day at the Methodist Manse East Mt Morgan duty celebrated marriage between Harry Coker Miner of West Mount Morgan aged 32 years born London Middlesex England Father James Martin Coker (Note: James Martin Coker was Harry's brother, his father's name was James Thomas Coker) clerk, mother Emily Lee AND Emily Ellen Sophia Aldridge of Shandon Hill, Mt Morgan, spinster aged 22, born Logan in Moreton Shire, Queensland. Father Henry Aldridge miner, mother Harriet Phillips. Witnesses Charles Dobbs and Elizabeth Dobbs. Dated this 31st day of May 1899.

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Notes:

OBITUARY R. Sleaford, Sen.
Death occurred at the age of 83* of Mr Robert Arthur Sleaford, sen., a resident of Mt Morgan for the past 32 years.
He arrived in Australia with his family from Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 16 years.
His family lived in Gympie. He followed the timber industry for a number of years.
He then moved to Childers and worked for Mr Dick Hebbard making bricks.
He married at Childers Miss Rovena Elizabeth Hebbard and was then employed by Messrs Gant and Brand on the sugar fields.
In 1908 he moved to Mt Tom, Miriam Vale, and had the care of a dairy for Messrs Gant and Brand.
In 1910 he joined the Railway Department and was stationed at Rosedale, Canoona, Buneru and Mt Morgan.
He was a ganger from 1915 until he retired.
He is survived by a widow and two daughters, Mrs F. Coker (Kabra) and Mrs C. Coker (West Rockhampton) and seven sons, Robert Arthur (Mt Morgan), John Alfred (Kabra), Richard (Roma), James Ernest (Rockhampton), Theodore Claude (Mt Morgan), Arthur Cyril (Mt Morgan) and Percy Reginald (Three Springs, Western Australia). One sister, Mrs C. White, Cribb Street, Milton, Brisbane is still living.
APA citation OBITUARY R. Sleaford, Sen. (1951, December 27). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), p. 3. Retrieved May 23, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57111832
*Born 10 Jul 1871 according to online tree and aged only 16 when he arrived in Australia in 1888, so only 80.

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Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Robert Arthur Sleaford Registration Date: 1871 Quarter of the Year: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration Place: Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England Volume: 7a Page: 489

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Robert Arthur Sleaford Death date: 24/11/1951 Mother's name: Jane Brader Father/parent's name: Joseph Registration details: 1951/C/5040

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Robert + Rovena Elizabeth HEBBARD. Rovena was born on 1 Mar 1874 in Queensland, Australia; died on 22 Feb 1957 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]