How do I find a relatives religion?

Question

My father was born in 1913 in Richmond, Melbourne Australia and died when I was very young.  I have the extract of entry of his birth which doesn't give me many details.  I am trying to find out what religion he was.  Any idea of how I can find that?

Comments

If you have an obituary it might name the church where his services were held, as well as the minister’s name.

Answer 1

Would you be willing to give more details, so we can go searching for you?

Comments

He was born on 7 January 1913 in Richmond, Melbourne Australia.  His Name was Clive Newton Gahan, his father was Henry Gahan, mother Harriet Jane Gahan.  I do not know if he was born in a hospital.  He died in 1956 and another respondent said I could look at the obituary BUT I wasn't at the funeral, didn't know he had died until a couple of days later, don't know too much about him.

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Name:	Clive Newton Gahan
Birth Date:	7 Jan 1913
Birth Place:	Richmond Victoria
Year Range:	1939 - 1948
Enlistment Place:	Melbourne
Service Number:	59961
Next of Kin:	F Gahan
Series Description:	A9301: RAAF, NCOs and Other Ranks Source Citation National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australia; RAAF Personnel files of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and Other Ranks, 1921-1948; Series: A9301

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Name:	Clive Newton Gahan
Birth Year:	abt 1913
Age:	43
Death Place:	Heidelberg, Victoria
Father's Name:	Arthur
Mother's Name:	Harriet Ja Mobberley
Registration Year:	1956
Registration Place:	Victoria
Registration Number:	14623 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

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The marriage notice was for Christ Church, South Yarra with Rev Canon Murray officiating . It is an Anglican Church

The funeral was held at funeral chapel

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He was stationed in Darwin while in the RAAF (after the bombing in Feb 1942).

This page allows you to print off a certificate for his service --

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=906521&c=WW2#R

Answer 2

Canadian census entries list religion,but US ones don't.