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David Paul (Roger) Whittaker (1899-1944) tramway employee and trade union leader
Birth: 6 June 1899 at Nethercote, near Eden, New South Wales, youngest of ten children of native-born parents Arthur Bernard Whittaker (1862-1934), labourer, later farmer, and Hannah ‘Anna’, née Whelan (1859-1922). Unmarried. Death: 11 November 1944 in St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
NSW Tramway Journal, 10 Dec. 1944 pp 3, 5-6; Tramway Record, 8 December 1944, pp 6 and 9.
'Whittaker, David Paul (Roger) (1899–1944)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/whittaker-david-paul-roger-32916/text41002, accessed 17 March 2025.
6 June,
1899
Eden,
New South Wales,
Australia
11 November,
1944
(aged 45)
Darlinghurst, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.