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Vera Dawson

Vera Dawson[1]

Female 1921 - 1992  (70 years)

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  • Name Vera Dawson 
    Birth 10 Jul 1921 
    Gender Female 
    _AMTID 192683707112:1030:204653251 
    _COLOR 7 
    _FSFTID G7V3-F34 
    _UID 564030904BC501B4414EC41A900002203A11 
    Death 25 Jun 1992  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Heart aack 
    Burial Cremated and Ashes Interred At Redland Bay Cemetary Next to Albert Sorby Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I56456  World of Hyde
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2017 

    Family Albert Sorby,   b. 18 Oct 1906, Mian Meer, Lahore Ctn Br India Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1992, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 1988  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1988 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Heart aack - 25 Jun 1992 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Mum and Sue    		Mum and Sue

  • Notes 
    • Vera Dawson born 10th July 1921. One of nine siblings born in the East End of London

      Eldest was Constance,followed by Ivy, Alfred Leonard, Edith, Vera, Olive Joan and Sylvia

      The father, Samuel Alfred was a butler followed by a green grocer. Violet the daughter of a mariner was a house keeper. Her father a Fortunatus Pella died before she was born. Stories are that he was a victualler and publican.



      As a child and later a teenager Vera worked in the green grocer store but was good at school and had a good voice. The family often travelled to Cambridgeshire to harvest hops. When the war commence the family moved away from the East End to somewhere safer. Their house was damaged by a V bomb in 1940. It still stands in 2014 (100 yrs later)



      Vera and Olive joined the Land Army and helped on farms doing the milking ans driving the tracrors and harvesting the fruit and vegetables. Afetr the war Vera and Ove joined the Army and travelled through Europe during the repatriation of the various wear affected coutries - Italy was one of the

  • Sources 
    1. [S409] Sorby Link Web Site (Reliability: 3).
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