Rupert Cran Maconochie1

#23623, (circa 1893 - 25 April 1954)
Extended Family
ChartsDescendants of William Wright & his wife Jane

Child of Rupert Cran Maconochie and Elizabeth Wright
  • Terry Maconochie4
BirthRupert Cran Maconochie was born circa 1893.1
 
MilitaryHe enlisted with the AIF on 21 Oct 1914. He was 22, single, Presbyterian, a labourer, next-of-kin father W MacOnochie, attendance officer, Queen's Head Hotel, Geelong, Victoria. Rupert was a driver with the Light Horse Brigade Train 3 and returned to Australia 9 March 1919.
His service file is available to read online at the National Archives of Australia.2 
MarriageHe married Elizabeth Wright on 14 Jan 1919 in All Saints South Lambeth, Surrey.
Details from the register: Rupert Cran Maconochie, 26, bachelor, soldier, residence Macorne Street Danderong Victoria Australia, father William Maconochie, school attendance officer;
Elizabeth Wright, 26, spinster, of this parish, father Mark Wright, carriage painter;
They were married in the parish church by licence and the witnesses were [Elizabeth's father] Mark Wright, [her sister] Julia Annie Wright, and [her sister] Jessie Tucker.1 
Note.In the Melbourne Argus, 27 Dec 1948, is a marriage notice for Joan (Terry), only child of Mr and Mrs R Maconochie, St Kilda Road, to Frank Thompson.3 
DeathRupert died on 25 Apr 1954 in Victoria.4
 
ObituaryHis obituary was published on 26 Apr 1954 in the Melbourne Argus.

MACONOCHIE, Ruper Cran. On April 25, at R.G.H. Heidelberg, beloved husband of Elizabeth, loved father of Terry (Mrs Thompson), loving father-in-law of Frank, and darling grandfather of Robert Cran.4
 
Last Edited9 Jul 2016

Citations

  1. Marriages of All Saints in the parish of Lambeth,. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Ruper Cran Maconochie & Elizabeth Wright, 1919, #398.
  2. Webpage The AIF Project.
  3. The Argus [Melbourne, Australia]. Image online at Trove Digitised Newspapers. http://trove.nla.gov.au/
  4. The Argus [Melbourne, Australia], Ruper Cran Maconochie death notice, 26 April 1954. Image online at Trove Digitised Newspapers. http://trove.nla.gov.au/