Alexander
James
(Alex)
Strathearn
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 36
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 12 May 2019
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Biography
Alexander was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1906, the only son of James Strathearn (died Nov 1942) and his wife Mary, nee Reardon.
Alexander was a clerk and had been working in the Territory of New Guinea from 1928.[1] He was clerk of the District Court in Rabaul in 1932.[2] He was appointed a JP for South Australia in 1932.[3]
He married Ruby Eglinton in 1937.[4] She died on 28 May 1938 in Rabaul.[5]
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Tasmania, residing in Rabaul, in 1938.[6]
He married again to Adelaide Watt in Rabaul in 1940.
There were no children by either marriage.
Alexander was working as a Supreme Court clerk in Rabaul when the Japanese invaded in Jan 1942. He was captured at Kokopo and interned as a civilian prisoner. He died on board the "Montevideo Maru" when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942.
Sources
- ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129342175
- ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242820865
- ↑ JP for South Australia - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129048977
- ↑ Engagement Notice - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128421639
- ↑ Ruby's death notice - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92494895
- ↑ JP for Tasmania - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29212009
- Birth - South Australia BDM Birth index - genealogysa.org.au - 1906; STRATHEARN Alexander James; James STRATHEARN; Mary REARDON; Adelaide; 766/308
- Marriage #1 - South Australia BDM Marriage index - genealogysa.org.au - 1937; 380/3227; STRATHEARN Alexander James; EGLINTON Rub Norwood
- Death Form - National Archives of Australia - Defence - General - Information of deaths for persons lost on the MONTEVIDEO MARU - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=102239&S=173
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