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Title: Death of Allan Henry Vincent - North Queensland
Post by: riverrat on Wednesday 18 July 12 11:07 BST (UK)

Hi All,

Allan Henry Vincent,  [sometimes], A.K.A.S. Henry Allan Vincent, was born on the 4th August 1904, at Burnie in Tasmania. Son of Collin Henry Vincent, and Florence Vincent, [Not Related].

Allan relocated to North Queensland, circa 1952. Electoral Rolls has him living in Gordonvale, North Queensland in 1954, working in the Sugar Mills as a Labourer. The 1958 Electoral Roll has him living at Ravenshoe, [a town North West of Ingham].

He had a partner by the name of "Hettie", and that is all I know about her.

Allan died as a result of a car accident, on the Gillies Highway, between Ingham and Atherton. I was told by family members, [who have given me wrong information in the past], that he died on the 30th May 1959.

Is any-one able to confirm this information, and also provide information, as  to where he is buried. 

I have looked in the Cairns & Regional Districts Cemeteries Registries,  to see if he is buried in any one of them, but to no avail.


Hope some-one can help,

Regards


riverrat

Title: Re: Death of Allan Henry Vincent - North Queensland
Post by: rosball on Wednesday 18 July 12 11:28 BST (UK)

On Qld BDM https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au  there is an Alan Henry Vincent who died in 1959 reg 1959/C3718
with parents Cyril and Florence.

regards
  Ros

Title: Re: Death of Allan Henry Vincent - North Queensland
Post by: riverrat on Wednesday 18 July 12 12:09 BST (UK)

Hi Ros,

Thank-you for your reply.

I cannot get ino the site. It says I need authentification, and an I.D number.

riverrat

Title: Re: Death of Allan Henry Vincent - North Queensland
Post by: Ruskie on Wednesday 18 July 12 12:49 BST (UK)

Try this:
https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/queryEntry.m?type=deaths

Title: Re: Death of Allan Henry Vincent - North Queensland
Post by: Aussie1947 on Wednesday 18 July 12 14:02 BST (UK)

Hi riverrat,

The Gillies Highway runs between Gordonvale and Atherton and a death notice or article about the accident may have been published in the Cairns Post.

You might want to consider the 'ask a Librarian' service with the State Library of Queensland and see if they would look at the Cairns Post for any information.  They have this paper on microfilm.

 http://askslq.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?key=RefAtt

If this fails I'll see if I can find anything the next time I'm at the SLQ.

It is likely that Henry was buried at Ravenshoe which is in the Tablelands Regional Council.

http://www.trc.qld.gov.au/facilities/ravenshoe-cemetery

Regards
Gerry

Title: Re: Death of Allan Henry Vincent - North Queensland
Post by: riverrat on Thursday 19 July 12 10:59 BST (UK)

Hi All,

I've just had an e-mail from The Atherton Tablelands Cemetery Trust, and they confirmed that Alan Henry Vincent did die on the 30th May 1959, and is buried at Atherton General Cemetery, North Queensland.

Thank-you to all those members of "RootsChat" who once again, have helped in this posting.

Regards

riverrat