File File 9 - Telegrams to the Fryer Family

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UQFL23-Series B-File 9

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Telegrams to the Fryer Family

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  • 1891-1949 (Creation)

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6 telegrams

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(1883-)

Biographical history

The Fryer Family of Springsure began with the marriage when Rosina Richards (16 Aug 1865-24 Aug 1949) and Charles George Fryer married on 19 December 1883. They had six sons and one daughter. The children were: Elizabeth Stuart Gilmour (nee Fryer) (21 Dec 1884-10 Jul 1984); William Thomas Fryer (20 Feb 1887-21 Feb 1946); Charles George Fryer (2 Jul 1889-10 Apr 1917); Henry Hardy Fryer (15 Mar 1892-17 Sep 1990); John Denis (11 Sep 1895-7 Feb 1923); Richard Alexander James (23 Oct 1899-17 Jun 1986) and Walter Ponsonby (18 Jan 1906-16 May 1980).

Elizabeth Stuart Fryer married James Stephen Gilmour. They had three children: Eunice Catherine Gilmour (11 Nov 1921-1 Jan 2022); Lex and John.
Henry Hardy Fryer married Irene Margaret Holmes on 21 November 1923.
Richard Alexander Fryer married Myrtle Ellen Rowlands (19 Apr 1913-?) on 11 November 1934.
Walter Ponsonby Fryer married Emma Amelia Simpkins on 9 October 1935.

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Telegrams
• Jack and Will to Miss E. S. Fryer [Liz], re farewell, 5 Oct 1915
• Joe Furnell to Miss Elizabeth S Fryer [Liz], re Charles Fryer leaving Brisbane for Sydney, 28 Mar 1916
• Lieutenant Colonel Luscome to [?] clerk, George Street, Brisbane, re notification of the death of Charlie [Charles Fryer] ‘killed in action’, 5 Apr 1917
• Notification of Henry Fryer’s arrival in Melbourne, 19 Oct 1917
• Mrs Wheeler to [?] Fryer re Jack’s wounding and hospitalisation, 15 Aug 1918
• Army Base Records to Mr Charles G Fryer re Jack’s [John D Fryer’s] wounding –‘Multiple Gunshot Wounds severe’, 21 Aug 1918

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Unrestricted access.

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Copyright expired.

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  • English

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Box 1 Folder 6a

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Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Created, Linda Justo, 11-May-2023.

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  • Box: UQFL23 Box 1