Hugh William Lester
1884 - 1972 (87 years)-
Name Hugh William Lester Birth 07 Jun 1884 Fulham [1] Gender Male Death 17 Apr 1972 Mornington, Victoria [2] Person ID I3816 Calow/Doig family tree Last Modified 23 Jun 2016
Father John Beaumont Lester, b. 30 Dec 1851, Liverpool d. 10 Jul 1894, Whitechapel (Age 42 years) Relationship natural Mother Rose Freyberg, b. Between 01 Jan and 31 Mar 1853, Belgravia, Middlesex d. 27 Apr 1931, Kensington Relationship natural Marriage 24 Jul 1880 Earls Court [3] Notes - May have been other children born at Fulham between 1884 and 1893 who died before 1891 (there are several Lester births and deaths at Fulham in this period).
Family ID F109 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marjorie Elizabeth Ritchie, b. Between 25 Jul 1892 and 24 Jul 1893, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia d. 26 Dec 1945, Mansfield, Victoria (Age ~ 53 years) Marriage 24 Jul 1918 London [4, 5] Notes - It is not known whether there were any children.
Children 1. Dr John Ritchie Lester, b. 21 Apr 1919, Mansfield, Victoria, Australia d. 29 Sep 1999, Aurora, Oregon (Age 80 years) 2. Jean Marjorie Lester, b. 30 Nov 1920, Shanghai d. 2 May 2016, Melbourne, Australia (Age 95 years) 3. Geoffrey Hugh Lester, b. 26 Sep 1922, Shanghai d. 17 Apr 1943, New South Wales, Australia (Age 20 years) [Father: natural] 4. Richard William Lester, b. 7 Feb 1925, Shanghai d. 16 Sep 2012, Melbourne, Australia (Age 87 years) Family ID F1716 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 May 2017
Family 2 Living Family ID F1717 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jun 2016
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Notes - Was in World War 1 (received medals), Captain West Riding Regiment, later Captain, Acting Major in 3rd Duke of Wellington's. (This was a reserve battalion and remained in UK throughout the war)
Left Liverpool for Melbourne 10/01/1919 with his wife on SS Osterley. At this time was still using the rank of Captain in the army. Settled at Mansfield, Victoria and was a grazier. He appears in the electoral lists up to 1954 which is as far as are available.
In the Melbourne Argus of 30/08/1928 he is referred to as having been involved in the sale of Bullocks.
- Was in World War 1 (received medals), Captain West Riding Regiment, later Captain, Acting Major in 3rd Duke of Wellington's. (This was a reserve battalion and remained in UK throughout the war)
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