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Robert John NUNN

Male 1881 - 1948  (67 years)


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  1. 1.  Robert John NUNN was born on 16 Aug 1881 in New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia; died on 21 Sep 1948 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1914; Labourer
    • Residence: 1914, Franklin, Tasmania, Australia
    • Occupation: 1919; Constable
    • Residence: 1919, Invermay Rd, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
    • Occupation: 1922; Constable
    • Residence: 1922, Invermay Rd, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
    • _FNRL: 22 Sep 1948, Carr Villa Crematorium, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

    Notes:

    Note that in his funeral notice, the first two mentioned children are William and Margaret (both deceased). William is Robert William who died in WWII but no record yet found for Margaret's birth or death. Given rest of children are mentioned in birth order, it is assumed she may have been a twin who died as a baby. It is possible she was born in 1907 as there is 19 months between the births of Robert William and Alfred Charles.


    Birth:
    Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Robert John NUNN Name: Robert John NUNN Birth Date: 16 Aug 1881
    Father's name: Robert NUNN Mother's name: Margaret Reilly Birth Place: Tasmania Registration Year: 1881
    Registration Place: New Norfolk, Tasmania Registration Number: 1460


    Residence:
    Australian Electoral Rolls: Name: Robert John NUNN Gender: Male Occupation: Labourer Electoral Year: 1914 State: Tasmania
    District: Franklin Subdistrict: Kingborough At same address NUNN, Phoebe Emma, home duties, presumably his wife Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission.


    Residence:
    Australian Electoral Rolls: Name: Robert John NUNN Occupation: Contstable Gender: Male Electoral Year: 1919 State: Tasmania
    District: Bass Subdistrict: Launceston North Invermay Road At same address NUNN, Phoebe Emma, home duties, presumably his wife
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
    Original data: Australian Electoral Commission.


    Residence:
    Australian Electoral Rolls: Name: Robert John NUNN Gender: Male Occupation: Constable Electoral Year: 1922
    State: Tasmania District: Bass Subdistrict: Launceston North At same address NUNN, Phoebe Emma, home duties, presumably his wife
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
    Original data: Australian Electoral Commission.


    _FNRL:
    FUNERAL Mr. R. J. Nunn
    A LARGE gathering of friends and relatives attended the funeral of Mr. R. J. Nunn, of 102 Talbot Rd., at the Carr Villa Crematorium this week. Services at the home and Crematorium were conducted by Rev. R. Ezzy, of St. Leonards.
    Chief mourners were Mr. and Mrs. L. Lucas (son-in-law and daughter), Mr. and Mrs. F. Crookes (son-in-law and daughter), Messrs. C. and M. Nunn (sons), Mr. and Mrs. J. Nunn (son and daughter-in-law), Messrs. E. Nunn (nephew), James, Joseph, W. and F. Nunn (brothers). Funeral arrangements by C. T. Finney and Sons
    Family Notices. (1948, September 24). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved August 23, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52649450


    NUNN.-On September 21, 1948, at the residence of his son-in-law (Mr R. Crooks), 102 Talbot Rd., Robert John, beloved husband of Phoebe Emma Nunn, loving father of William (deceased), Margaret (deceased), Alfred (Jack), Ella (Mrs Lucas), Effie (Mrs Crooks), Leslie (deceased), Ray, Max, Clem, and Beryl, aged 67 years.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 22 Sep 1948 Page 8 Family Notices, from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27768052.


    Died:
    NUNN - On September 21, at the residence of his son-in, law, Mr. R. Crooks, 102 Talbot Rd., Robert John, beloved husband of Phoebe Emma Nunn, and loving father of William (dec.), Margaret (dec.), Alfred (Jack), Ella (Mrs. Lucas), Effie (Mrs. Crooks), Leslie (d'ec.), Ray, Max, Clem and Beryl; aged 67 years.
    NUNN - The funeral of the late Mr. Robert John Nunn is appointed to leave the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. R. Crooks, 102 Talbot Rd., this afternoon (Wednesday), at 3 o'clock, for the Carr Villa Crematorium. Friends are invited to attend. - C. T. FINNEY & SONS, A.F. D. A. 16 Brisbane St.
    Family Notices. (1948, September 22). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved August 21, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52649326

    Robert married Phoebe Emma DONALDSON on 20 Jul 1905 in Tasmania, Australia. Phoebe was born on 16 Mar 1887 in New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia; died on 8 Oct 1954 in Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert William NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1906 in Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia; died on 1 Mar 1942 in Killed in action aboard MHAS Perth in Battle of Sunda Strait.
    2. 3. Annie Margaret Ellen NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1907 in Bushy Park, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia; died in 1908 in Bushy Park, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia.
    3. 4. Alfred Charles NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Sep 1908 in Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, Australia; died on 31 May 1964 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
    4. 5. Ella NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jun 1910 in Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia; died on 6 Jun 1986 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
    5. 6. Effie May NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1911 in Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia; died on 28 Jul 1984 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
    6. 7. Leslie Edrick NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1914 in Tasmania, Australia; died on 2 Apr 1942 in Werribee, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Apr 1942 in Red Hills, Bushy Park Cemetery, Glenora, Tasmania, Australia.
    7. 8. Raymond Roy NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1918 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died on 13 Jun 1995 in Kahibah, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; was buried on 14 Jun 1995 in Beresfield, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia.
    8. 9. Maxwell Keith NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 May 1920 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died about 1997 in Australia.
    9. 10. Clement John NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1925 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died on 25 May 1981 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
    10. 11. Beryl Jean NUNN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Nov 1927 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died on 15 Mar 1955 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert William NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 15 Feb 1906 in Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia; died on 1 Mar 1942 in Killed in action aboard MHAS Perth in Battle of Sunda Strait.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _MILT: 1939-1942; Royal Australian Navy

    Notes:

    Service record shows he first joined the Australian Navy in 1929 as a stoker. He served on several ships and was leading stoker at the time of his death on HMAS Perth in the battle of Sunda Strait. Several website have details of the battle; here are a couple:
    http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/sunda_strait.htm
    https://www.awm.gov.au/talks-speeches/1942-hmas-perth/


    Birth:
    Service record


    _MILT:
    Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
    Name: Robert William Nunn Birth Date: 15 Feb 1906 Birth Place: Beechy Park Tasmania Enlistment Place: Sydney
    Service Number: 18229 Spouse: Rita Series Description: A6770: RAN, Petty Officers and Men


    Died:
    Service record.

    More details of battle:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait

    Robert married Rita CUMMINGS on 26 Mar 1932 in Baptist Manse, Gold St, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Rita was born on 16 May 1912 in 130 Westbury St, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 13 Sep 1987 in Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Annie Margaret Ellen NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1907 in Bushy Park, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia; died in 1908 in Bushy Park, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Name: Annie Margaret Ellen Nunn
    Death Date: 1908
    Death Place: Tasmania
    Registration Place: New Norfolk, Tasmania
    Registration Number: 0532


  3. 4.  Alfred Charles NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 19 Sep 1908 in Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, Australia; died on 31 May 1964 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

    Notes:

    Divorced in 1938. See http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25475195 for details. According to family information, wife Olive was pregnant at the time of the divorce and no father's name was recorded on son's birth certificate.

    According to ancestry tree, on 21 Dec 1944 at Chalmers Church, Launceston, Tasmania, he remarried to a Annie Edith BURSTON (born 2 Nov 1915 died 24 Jun 1980).


    Birth:
    Australian Military Forces attestation form:
    Army No: TX4175 Nunn, Alfred Charles enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania 2 Dec 1940
    Born Bushy Park, Tasmania, aged 32 years, 2 months. DOB 19 Sep 1908, transport driver, single. Next of kin: Phoebe Emma Nunn, Talbot Road, Launceston, mother.


    Died:
    Family information.

    Alfred married Olive Pearl WILLIAMS on 26 Jan 1929 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Olive was born about 1908 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died in UNKNOWN in Tasmania, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 5.  Ella NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 7 Jun 1910 in Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia; died on 6 Jun 1986 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1949-72, 111 Lawrence Vale Rd, Launceston South, Tasmania, Australia

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Family information.


    Residence:
    Australian electoral roll


    Died:
    Family information.

    Family/Spouse: Lyndon George LUCAS. Lyndon was born about 1910; died in UNKNOWN in Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 15. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 6.  Effie May NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 14 Jul 1911 in Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia; died on 28 Jul 1984 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1948, 102 Talbot Rd, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

    Notes:

    First married in 1929 to a William John Mills to whom she had four children:
    Another marriage to Raymond Osborne Crooks produced at least three children.
    Third marriage to a Stuart Charles Chugg with one child.
    Ancestry trees have her born 14 Jul 1911 Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia
    Death 28 Jul 1984 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia


    Birth:
    Family information.


    Died:
    Family information.


  6. 7.  Leslie Edrick NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 16 Oct 1914 in Tasmania, Australia; died on 2 Apr 1942 in Werribee, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Apr 1942 in Red Hills, Bushy Park Cemetery, Glenora, Tasmania, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _MILT: 1942; Leading Aircraftman, Royal Australian Air Force

    Notes:

    From http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25487519
    16 Jun 1938:
    The engagement is announced of Rita, the fourth eldest daughter ot the late Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Evans (late of Bushy Park), to Leslie, third eldest son of Mr.and Mrs. R. Nunn, Bushy Park.
    NOTE: On his service record, his next of kin is named Mavis as is the case on funeral notices. Are Rita and Mavis the same person?

    Form service record,
    NUNN LESLIE EDRICH : Service Number - 31188 : Date of birth - 16 Oct 1914 : Place of birth - MARGATE TAS : Place of enlistment - HOBART : Next of Kin - NUNN MAVIS


    Birth:
    From service record


    _MILT:
    from http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1059343
    NUNN Leslie Edrich - (Leading Aircraftman); Service Number - 31188; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Place - Werribee, Victoria; Date - 2 April 1942
    NUNN Leslie Edrich - (Leading Aircraftman); Service Number - 31188


    Died:
    NUNN.-On April 2, 1942 (suddenly), at Werribee. Victoria, Leading Aircraftman Leslie Edrick, beloved husband of Mavis Nunn, and loving father of Bobby, of Moogara, MaccQuarie Plains, aged 26 years.

    NUNN.- Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the late Leslie Edrick Nunn, L.A.C., R.A.A.F.; late of Moogara, which will arrive at Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, on Saturday Afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock. H. C MILLINGTON AND CO.. Funeral Directors. Phone 5445 200 Liverpool St.

    Family Notices. (1942, April 10). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 21, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25897871

    Commonweath War Graves site gives service no 3118 and that he was the son of Robert John and Phoebe E. Nunn and husband of Mavis June Nunn, of Uxbridge

    Family/Spouse: Mavis --?--. Mavis was born about 1917; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 17. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 8.  Raymond Roy NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 10 Jan 1918 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died on 13 Jun 1995 in Kahibah, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; was buried on 14 Jun 1995 in Beresfield, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGRAVE: 193604224
    • Residence: 1954-63, 94 Douglas St, Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
    • Residence: 1968-80, 12 Waratah St, Kahibah, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

    Notes:

    Ancestry tree has following details:
    Raymond Roy NUNN
    BIRTH 10 JAN 1918 Launceston, , Tasmania, Australia
    DEATH 13 JUN 1995 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
    married to Eunice Delma "Peggy" MARLBOROUGH
    BIRTH ABT 1926 Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia
    DEATH ABT 1947 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia


    Name: Raymond Roy Nunn
    Spouse Name: Eunice Delma Marlborough
    Marriage Date: 1942
    Marriage Place: New South Wales
    Registration Place: Stockton, New South Wales
    Registration Year: 1942
    Registration Number: 17594


    Birth:
    From military record:
    Name: Raymond Roy Nunn Birth Date: 10 Jan 1918 Birth Place: Launceston Tasmania
    Enlistment Place: Newcastle Service Number: NX132109
    Next of Kin: Eunice Nunn
    Series Description: B883: Army, 2nd Al F


    Residence:
    Australian electoral roll


    Residence:
    Australian electoral roll


    Died:
    Raymond Nunn BIRTH 1918
    DEATH 14 Jun 1995
    BURIAL Newcastle Memorial Park
    Beresfield, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
    MEMORIAL ID 193604224
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193604224

    Raymond married Eunice Delma MARLBOROUGH in 1942 in Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Eunice was born in 1926 in Australia; died on 2 Mar 1947 in Beresfield, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Raymond married Lillian Claire POWERS in 1948 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Lillian was born in 1924 in Australia; died on 2 Dec 2008 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 9.  Maxwell Keith NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 17 May 1920 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died about 1997 in Australia.

    Notes:

    Extract from service record:
    NUNN MAXWELL KEITH : Service Number - TX4841 : Date of birth - 17 May 1920 : Place of birth - LAUNCESTON TAS : Place of enlistment - HOBART TAS : Next of Kin - SHEILA

    Ancestry tree has him dying about 1997.


    Birth:
    Service record.


  9. 10.  Clement John NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 23 May 1925 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died on 25 May 1981 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

    Notes:

    Ancestry tree has following details
    Clement John NUNN BIRTH 23 MAY 1925 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
    DEATH 27 MAY 1981 Launceston, , Tasmania, Australia Marriage to Irene Rose TIFFIN (nee WOODHALL)
    BIRTH 10 JAN 1919 DEATH OCT 1997

    As well this could be connnected to him but not yet confirmed because of difference in wife's name: NUNN.- On January 25, 1945, at Royal Hobart Hospital, John, beloved son of Clement and Edith Nunn, of 35 Melville St, Hobart, aged one day. Private interment, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, This Day. H. C. MILLINGTON AND CO., Funeral Directors. Family Notices. (1945, January 30). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved August 29, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26056998


    Birth:
    Family information.


    Died:
    Family information.


  10. 11.  Beryl Jean NUNN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 28 Nov 1927 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; died on 15 Mar 1955 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

    Notes:

    Ancestry tree has following details:
    Beryl Jean NUNN
    BIRTH 28 NOV 1927 Launceston, , Tasmania, Australia
    DEATH 15 MAR 1955 Launceston, , Tasmania, Australia


    Birth:
    Family information.


    Died:
    Family information.

    Family/Spouse: M. BISHOP. M. was born about 1922; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Doreen BISHOP  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1942 in Tasmania, Australia; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 3

  1. 12.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (4.Alfred2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  2. 13.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ella2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  3. 14.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ella2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  4. 15.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ella2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  5. 16.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (7.Leslie2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  6. 17.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (7.Leslie2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  7. 18.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Raymond2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded

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

    Children:
    1. 22. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 23. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 19.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Raymond2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  9. 20.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Raymond2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded


  10. 21.  Doreen BISHOP Descendancy chart to this point (11.Beryl2, 1.Robert1) was born about 1942 in Tasmania, Australia; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 4

  1. 22.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (18.Living3, 8.Raymond2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded

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

    Children:
    1. 24. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 25. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 23.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (18.Living3, 8.Raymond2, 1.Robert1)

    Notes:

    living - details excluded

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

    Children:
    1. 26. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


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