Albert Henry James Ponting, 1902–1967 (aged 64 years)
- Name
- Albert Henry James /Ponting/
- Given names
- Albert Henry James
- Surname
- Ponting
| Birth | October 12, 1902
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| Birth of a sister | Hilda (Helen) May Ponting 1908 (aged 5 years) Address: BRISTOL Avon England
Latitude: N51.450156 Longitude: W2.592087 |
| Death of a mother | Flora Georgine Rosa Close January 16, 1930 (aged 27 years) Age: 56 Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis, heart failure Buried Toowong 17 Jan 1930- Location 28-4-2 |
| Burial of a mother | Flora Georgine Rosa Close January 17, 1930 (aged 27 years) Cemetery: Toowong Cemetery Note: The Brisbane Courier Friday 17 January 1930
Obit Flora Note: The Brisbane Courier Friday 16 January 1931
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| Occupation | Baker (unemployed) April 2, 1941 (aged 38 years)Source: NAA: B883, QX20776 |
| Residence | April 2, 1941 (aged 38 years) Address: 35 Croydon Street
Toowong Queensland Source: NAA: B883, QX20776 |
| Military | ADF QX20776 April 3, 1941 (aged 38 years)Source: NAA: B883, QX20776 Enlisted Brisbane. Was POW Thailand. Returned to Sydney. Discharged 30/10/46 Redbank. http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4498091 There were 3 camps in Thailand. I don't know which one he was in but all were involved in the Burma/Thailand railway construction I believe. Prisoners of War - A H J Ponting Service number: QX20776 Rank: Private Unit: 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945 Theatre of war: Java Casualty: Prisoner of War Location of camp: Thailand Source: Prisoner of War capture cards or letter http://books.historia.com.au/equal-to-the-task_v1-raasc/e1-uh/e1-uh_2-3resmt.html Article describing the actions of 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, their capture and subsequent work in PoW camps. PoW newspaper clipping Note: Courier Mail Saturday 13 October 1945
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| Marriage of a parent | Albert Henry Ponting — Alma Maria Edwards — View this family October 13, 1945 (aged 43 years) Note: Lutwyche Methodist Church
Wedding Albert and Mrs Edwards THEY WED TO-DAY; 78 & 76 13/10/1945 They met for the first time just over two years ago. Mrs. Edwards revealed last night that her future husband's music attracted her to him. Mr. Ponting is organist at the Spiritual Church in Logan Road, South Brisbane. Mrs. Edwards met him there when she attended a service. Three children of the bride, two daughters of the groom's, and some their 25 grandchildren will at tend the wedding at 4 p.m. to-day. Silver-haired Mrs. Edwards will wear a lilac frock and a spray of pansies on her shoulder. Fifty-year-old Mrs. L. Rickman will attend the bride, and Mrs. Edwards' son-in-law, Mr. Tom Harris, the groom. In his flat at Windsor, Mr. Ponting last night smiled over his tea cup. 'No more tea I make my self,' he said. 'I think this will be a shock to my son when he returns from Thailand,' he added. Driver Albert Henry Ponting has been in a Siam prison camp for more than three years. He is now on his way home. Albert and Alma Note: Courier Mail Saturday 13 October 1945
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| Death of a father | Albert Henry Ponting December 25, 1948 (aged 46 years) Address: 113 Merivale Street, South Brisbane 1948 (Death Certificate Number Queensland 1948/B20160) Buried Toowong cemetery, 27-12-1948 - Location 29A-64-1 |
| Burial of a father | Albert Henry Ponting December 27, 1948 (aged 46 years) Cemetery: Toowong Cemetery Note: Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland (Portion 28, Section 4, Grave Number 2)
Funeral Notice Albert Note: The Courier-Mail Monday 27 December 1948
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| Death | January 15, 1967 (aged 64 years) |
| father |
1872–1948
Birth: December 14, 1872
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31 — Bath, Somerset, ENG Death: December 25, 1948 — Brisbane, Queensland, AUS |
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| mother |
1873–1930
Birth: 1873
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35 — Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, ENG Death: January 16, 1930 — Brisbane, Queensland, AUS |
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Marriage: June 1898 — ENG |
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18 months
elder sister |
1899–1994
Birth: December 3, 1899
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26 — Bristol, Avon, ENG Death: January 13, 1994 — Brisbane, Queensland, AUS |
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3 years
himself |
1902–1967
Birth: October 12, 1902
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29 — BRISTOL, AVON, ENG Death: January 15, 1967 — Stanthorpe, Queensland, AUS |
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6 years
younger sister |
| father |
1872–1948
Birth: December 14, 1872
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31 — Bath, Somerset, ENG Death: December 25, 1948 — Brisbane, Queensland, AUS |
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| step-mother |
1868–1948
Birth: February 27, 1868 — Llandwrog, Caernarvon, WLS Death: September 28, 1948 — Brisbane, Queensland, AUS |
| Marriage |
Marriage: October 13, 1945 — Brisbane, Queensland, AUS |
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| Military | Enlisted Brisbane. Was POW Thailand. Returned to Sydney. Discharged 30/10/46 Redbank. http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4498091 There were 3 camps in Thailand. I don't know which one he was in but all were involved in the Burma/Thailand railway construction I believe. |
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| Military | Prisoners of War - A H J Ponting Service number: QX20776 Rank: Private Unit: 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945 Theatre of war: Java Casualty: Prisoner of War Location of camp: Thailand Source: Prisoner of War capture cards or letter |
| Military | http://books.historia.com.au/equal-to-the-task_v1-raasc/e1-uh/e1-uh_2-3resmt.html Article describing the actions of 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, their capture and subsequent work in PoW camps. |
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| Occupation | @NAA: B883, QX20776@ |
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| Residence | @NAA: B883, QX20776@ |
| Military | @NAA: B883, QX20776@ |