RESOURCE QUEENSLAND DEATHS

[bb10]

I am trying to find record of my father's death.  Frederick James Brown, last heard of in 1953/4 in the Rockhampton area when we were informed of him being injured in a flood.  Enquiries at the time brought no response.  He was born in England in 1917, moved to Australia in 1949.  Lived briefly in Lagoon Pocket, then Monkland, Gympie until 1953.  May have died in 1953 - or of course after that.  I would be very grateful for any help.

[rosie17]

Hi and welcome do you know what his occupation was and did he marry again there are several Frederick James Browns in the Electoral rolls

[Jool]

Hi and welcome from me too.  Just had a look on Australian Cemeteries Index, but unfortunately no likely burial listed.

http://austcemindex.com/index.php

[giblet]

These links might be of some use for you. Good luck 

QLD bmd

https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/

Trove newspapers

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

Link for cemeteries in and around Rockhampton
http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/Your_Community/CemeteriesCrematoriums

[bb10]

Thank you Rosie17 and Jool.  Regret I have no other information at present - hence my difficulty.  I am grateful for the attempts to help and hope that something may appear.

[bb10]

Thank you for links, Giblet.  Have searched without success but will keep note of links for future use just in case.

[CassT]

Hi was your Frederick James Brown born in Surrey, if so there are digital copies of him immigration records on the Australia Archives site\
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemsListing.aspx

This chap has a wife and 3 children, have not listed names as could be living.If it is him maybe you could search for wife and children, and find him

Cass

[rosie17]

I can see by the immigration records his wife and family arrived back in the U K 1952

[bb10]

I am amazed by the number of helpful replies.  There are some very helpful people out there.  In response to Cass T and Rosie 17 - thank you for the hard work.  Yes, that is the family (I am one of them). The sad thing is that we heard no further news after hearing that Father had been injured.  It would be great to put that mystery to rest.  As I am currently in England I am finding it difficult to negotiate the Australian records so am even more grateful for the help.