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Peter Baxter Marshall (1864–1927)

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Peter Baxter Marshall (1864-1927) coachmaker and trade union official

Birth: 1864 at Tambaroora, New South Wales, son of Scottish-born parents John Wilson Marshall (1811-1881), a miner, from Carriden, West Lothian, and Helen (Ellen) née Baxter (1812-1898), probably from Larbert, Stirlingshire. Marriage: 8 August 1888 at Melbourne, Victoria, to Veronica Mary (Maria) Hanaughan (1866-1943). They had three daughters and five sons. Death: 18 April 1927 at Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW. Religion: Methodist. 

  • In 1908 his father was reported as having taken “a prominent part in the Lambing Flat Riots, perhaps the first big struggle for a White Australia”.
  • Peter was a member of the Coachmakers’ Society from 1890 and filled several executive positions.
  • President of the Sydney Labor Council and unsuccessful candidate for Labor preselection for the Australian Senate in 1909.
  • General secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Coachmakers from 1900 to 1914. The union’s advocate until 1916 when he seems to have resigned from all positions.
  • His eldest son John Wilson (Jack) Marshall (1889-1973) a wagon-builder, having served in the militia with the Royal Australian Engineers, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 19 August 1914 and was discharged medically unfit (teeth) on 30 August. He re-enlisted on 15 February 1916 and served in France with a Divisional Ammunition column. He was discharged on 12 October 1919.
  • Peter Marshall drowned in Botany Bay during a cyclonic storm.

Sources
Worker (Wagga), 26 November 1908 p 23.

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'Marshall, Peter Baxter (1864–1927)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/marshall-peter-baxter-34459/text43263, accessed 13 October 2024.

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Birth

1864
Tambaroora, New South Wales, Australia

Death

18 April, 1927 (aged ~ 63)
Botany, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

drowned

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