QUAILL, John Alexander

Name – QUAILL, John Alexander
Born – cir 1884
Died – 20/06/1939
Location – No 17 Anglican Section
Mother – Sophia Ann Pearce
Father – William Quaill

Notes – John was born to Sophia Ann (nee Pearce) and William Quaill in 1884. The family seemed to live around Stanthorpe. His siblings were William, James, Sophia, Charles, Regina , Rupert and Mable.

John was a miner when he lived around Stanthorpe, as the 1913 rolls shows. In 1906 he was at Sugarloaf, 13 Mile with parents and Ann. In 1921 to 1925 he was at Stanthorpe as a miner with brother Rupert who is a drover or miner and Ann.

He moved out to Tara and The Gums by 1936 and he lived with his brother Rupert and both were labourers. In 1937 both John and Rupert were arrested in Tara for using bad language and forfeitted their bail of one pound. Also in 1938 he was arrested for not having a registration label on his car.

John has no headstone.

Newspaper Article – Read here.

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