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John McNamara, alias ‘Happy Jack', also known as John Macnamara, John Agnew or John McGrath (1867-1915) shearer, gaoled trade unionist, bootmaker, cyclist and shop proprietor
Birth: 1867 in England, parents possibly James Agnew [or McNamara], cab-proprietor, and Anne, née McCarthy. Marriage: probably the ‘John Agnew’ who on 23 October 1895 at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Roma, Queensland, married Amy [Emily] Turner and had one daughter. Death: 10 August 1915 in hospital at Toowoomba. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Stuart Svensen, The shearers’ war; the story of the 1891 Shearer’s Strike (Brisbane, 1989).
Chris Cunneen, 'McNamara, John (Happy Jack) (1867–1915)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/mcnamara-john-happy-jack-32373/text40126, accessed 14 November 2024.
10 August,
1915
(aged ~ 48)
Toowoomba,
Queensland,
Australia
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