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Donald Robert (Bob) Duncan (1870-1970) hairdresser and trade union official
Birth: 7 June 1870 at Bendigo, Victoria, son of Scottish-born parents Matthew Fraser Duncan (1933-1915), an engineer from Tranent, East Lothian, and Margaret Nicholl, née Gordon (1838-1903), from Dundee. Marriage: 7 October 1903 at the manse, South Melbourne, to native-born Mary Isabella Davies (1864-1927), a union official (of Shirt, Collar and White Workers’ Union). They had two daughters. Death: 15 September 1970 at Preston, Melbourne. Religion: Presbyterian.
Sources
Merrifield papers, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.
'Duncan, Donald Robert (Bob) (1870–1970)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/duncan-donald-robert-bob-33459/text41838, accessed 1 September 2024.
7 June,
1870
Bendigo,
Victoria,
Australia
15 September,
1970
(aged 100)
Preston, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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