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Lorna O'Chin (1919–1951)

Lorna Loder (1919–1951) was born on 11 September 1919 in Brisbane, third surviving child of Peter Loder, gardener, and his wife Sarah, née Bull. She married Andrew (Jack) O’Chin on 10 September 1936 at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement. They had five children. She died of tuberculosis in 1951.

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'O'Chin, Lorna (1919–1951)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/ochin-lorna-31990/text39476, accessed 17 April 2024.

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Alternative Names
  • Loder, Lorna
Birth

11 September, 1919
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Death

1951 (aged ~ 31)

Cause of Death

tuberculosis

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