HARPER, Arthur Thomas (Dick)

Birth Name HARPER, Arthur Thomas (Dick)
Gender male
Age at Death 57 years, 6 months, 6 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 14 November 1911 Napoleon Street SANS SOUCI NSW    
Event Note

NSW BDM birth record 41407/1911

Fostered 6 August 1921 SANS SOUCI NSW    
Event Note

NSW BDM foster declaration 3690/1911

Occupation     Timber Orderman  
Event Note

From his Qld BDM death record 5797/1969

Death 20 May 1969 117 Musgrave Road RED HILL Qld    
Event Note

Qld BDM death record 5797/1969

Cremation 23 May 1969 Rookwood Crematorium ROOKWOOD NSW    
Event Note

From his Qld BDM death record 5797/1969

Event Note

Rookwood Crematorium confirmed to me on 9 September, 2024, that there is a record of his cremation. They told me none of the crematorium records are computerized and that they are all in hand-written ledgers. Thery confirmed his record of cremation for 23 May, 1969, and told me his ashes were scattered in the sunken garden near the crematorium on 17 June, 1969.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father HARPER, William Isaac11 January 189722 December 1975
Mother DOUGLAS, Ada Jane26 June 189519 January 1985
         HARPER, Arthur Thomas (Dick) 14 November 1911 20 May 1969
    Sister     HARPER, Maud 1915 25 May 2010
    Brother     HARPER, William James about 1917 31 October 1987
    Brother     HARPER, John Isaac (Jack) 22 December 1919 20 January 2006
    Sister     HARPER, Emma Joyce about 1923 16 February 2003
    Sister     HARPER, Beryl about 1927 1 November 2001
    Sister     HARPER, Dulcie May 9 September 1930 2 July 2014
    Sister     HARPER, Ivy May 1934 10 August 1934
    Sister     HARPER, Shirley Ada Jane 13 March 1937 6 September 2017

Families

Family of HARPER, Arthur Thomas (Dick) and ARNSBY, Leila Constance (Billie)

Married Wife ARNSBY, Leila Constance (Billie) ( * 1911 + 30 August 1990 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 17 August 1940 St Clement’s Anglican Church MARRICKVILLE NSW    
Event Note

NSW BDM marriage record 18739/1940