Roy Robert RAWSON, 18981971 (aged 73 years)

Birth May 11, 1898 30 31
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary HERCLIFF
1914 (aged 15 years)
MarriageFlorence Elizabeth MITCHELLView this family
April 30, 1925 (aged 26 years)

Death of a fatherRobert RAWSON
1926 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a sonDonald William RAWSON
March 23, 1930 (aged 31 years)
Death of a motherEllen SMITH
1948 (aged 49 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam John RAWSON
September 3, 1957 (aged 59 years)
Death of a sisterIrene Ellen RAWSON
1962 (aged 63 years)
Death October 14, 1971 (aged 73 years)
Family with parents
father
18681926
Birth: April 24, 1868 26 30Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1926Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia
mother
18671948
Birth: 1867Woods Point, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1948Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia
Marriage
Marriage: 1891Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
2 years
elder sister
18921962
Birth: 1892 23 25Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1962Prahran, Victoria, Australia
3 years
elder brother
18941957
Birth: September 13, 1894 26 27Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: September 3, 1957Glen.?, Victoria, Australia
4 years
himself
18981971
Birth: May 11, 1898 30 31Woods Point, Victoria, Australia
Death: October 14, 1971Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Family with Florence Elizabeth MITCHELL
himself
18981971
Birth: May 11, 1898 30 31Woods Point, Victoria, Australia
Death: October 14, 1971Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
wife
18891975
Birth: 1889Warbuton, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1975Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Marriage
Marriage: April 30, 1925
5 years
son
19301997
Birth: March 23, 1930 31 41Melbourne, Australia
Death: June 20, 1997Canberra, ACT, Australia
Shared note

Roy Robert b: 11 May 1898 at Woods Point. No. 15283. d 14/10/1971 at Hawthorn. Married Florence (Flo) Elizabeth Mitchell 30/4/1925 who was a school teacher. Had a children?s ware shop in Bourke Road, Camberwell. Issue x 1 = Donald William Rawson. Roy studied Esperanto, an international language, and was supposed to have been the first person to speak it on the radio. He used to live at West Gully Road, Upwey. Roy was a member of the Australian Labor Party, was vice president of the Upwey branch and MLC, Southern Electorate from 1952 to 1958. We have a photo of him meeting the Queen (copied for you). "The Queen visited parliament twice on her 1954 visit. The first time on 24 February 1954 after having arrived at Essendon airport. She met parliamentarians briefly in Queens Hall. The following day Her Majesty opened the second session of the 39th Victorian Parliament at 2.30 then retired to the parliamentary gardens for a garden party". - from Media Officer, Parliamentary Library. Roy owned a bookshop in Exhibition Street, Melbourne and among other things, was in the Aust. Council for Civil Liberties. (From Pat Batchelor)