Alfred Harding (Dalton) D'Alton (1893 - 1942)

Born 23 May 1893 in Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Died 8 Nov 1942 at age 49 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

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Alfred (Dalton) D'Alton was born in Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Alfred Harding "D'Alton" was born on the 23 May 1893 at Eastern Harding, near the Town of Roebourne, District of Carnarvon, 35 km from the Town of Karratha, and 1,563 km from Perth, the state's capital, in the Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia^[1]. The baptism of Alfred Harding d'Alton takes place on the 16 June 1893 in the Town of Roebourne, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia^[2]. He was the son of Thomas Dalton and Margaret McCreery.

It doesn't appear as if Alfred marries and he passes away on the 8 November 1942, a matter of days after his sister, Maggie, died. He was 49 years old at the time and dies at Fremantle Hospital, Alma Street, in the port of Fremantle, near the City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia^[3].

• 1942 'Family Notices', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 9 November, p. 1.
• DEATHS. D'ALTON.—On November 8, 1942. at the Fremantle Hospital, Alfred Harding D'Alton of 126 Marmion-street, East Fremantle. loving brother of Gordon, Arthur, Nell (Mrs G. D'Alton) and Amy (Mrs J. Hubbard, Melbourne, Victoria) and the late Maggie (Mrs A. Morris); aged 49 years.
• D'ALTON.—On November 8, 1942, at the Fremantle Hospital, Alfred Harding D'Alton of 126 Marmion-street, East Fremantle, fond uncle of Mary (Mrs. G. O'Loughlin) Shirley. Frank (RAAF), Jack and Gerald; aged 49 years^[4].

His burial takes place around the 14 November 1942 at Fremantle Cemetery, Carrington Street and Leach Highway, Palmyra, Fremantle, Western Australia. The location of his grave is in the Anglican area, Section MON A, Grave number 184^[5][6].

Sources

1. ↑ Search Birth Records (Online Index Search Tool, Western Australian Government); Reference: (Birth Year-1893); Registration Place: Eastern Harding; Registration Details: 1763 / 1893
2. ↑ Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZ4-FYY : 28 January 2020), Alfred Harding d'Alton, 1893
3. ↑ Search Death Records (Online Index Search Tool, Western Australian Government); Reference: (Death Year-1893); Registration Place: Fremantle; Registration District: Fremantle; Registration Details: 2700322 / 1942
4. ↑ TROVE Digitised Newspapers (The National Library of Australia, Canberra); Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47354141
5. ↑ Name Search (Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Karrakatta); Record Link: https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=fc181b53-c91c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213407889/alfred-harding-d'alton: accessed 25 April 2023), memorial page for Alfred Harding D'Alton (1893–8 Nov 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 213407889, citing Fremantle Cemetery, Palmyra, Melville City, Western Australia, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980)