Edward Mason & Dora Power

Husband

Name: Edward Conrad Mason
Born: 1896 in Barraport, VIC
Parents: Thomas Mason (b. 26 Jan 1857) married Catherine Jane Teresa Eves (b. 19 Jul 1865), married 1881 in VIC.
Died:

Marriage

when: 1928
where:

Wife

Name: Doris (Dora) Gladman Power
Born: abt 1896 England
parents:
Died: abt 1984 aged 88 in Phillip Island, VIC

Children

none

Details

Edward was born in 1896 in Barraport, Victoria. He married Dora Gladman Power in 1928.

There is only one Dora Power on IGI for 1896, Birth: 16 OCT 1886, Christening: 04 NOV 1886 St Paul, Walsall, Stafford, England. Parents: Father: George Power, Mother: Elizabeth.

Helene McPhee said that Dora was the baby of a friend of Grandma Gladman, and she was sort of adopted by her.

They had no children.

Victoria Indexes has a record that Edward died in 1964 in Dandenong, Victoria aged 68. This conflicts with the newspaper report below which indicates that he died in 1943. Dora died about 1984 aged 88 in Phillip Island, Victoria.

Following Dora's death, the following Newspaper Article appeared (unknown paper, from about 1984)

Fled From Japanese

A woman who, with her husband, fled New Guinea in the face of advancing Japanese during the Second World War, died in her home at Cowes last week. She was Mrs Doris Mason, 88, of Chapel Street, who lived on the island for 18 years. She had been widowed for 41 years. Her husband died of a heart attack in Adelaide in '43, soon after the New Guinea drama. Mrs Mason was born in England, and came to Australia when 16. She was an active member of Cowes CWA, Phillip Island Red Cross and the PI Treeplanters Assn. The funeral was to the Phillip Island cemetery last Friday. The funeral was conducted by Harold Milkins of Wonthaggi.