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From: "Jan Lier" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Mystery Death (Ernest James PATERSON)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:45:58 +1100
In-Reply-To: <20081011022311.EF9D51DE8D4@gex-cn03.gex.ncable.net.au>


Hi Bruce

Thanks for sending so quickly.
Will see what I can do to edit the page.
Thanks again

Cheers

Jan

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Daryl &
Erica Povey
Sent: Saturday, 11 October 2008 1:23 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Mystery Death (Ernest James
PATERSON)

Hello Col

There is a death with the right name and age in Melbourne in 1976 as
follows from the Index...

Digger - Death Index. Victoria 1921-1985
Surname: PATERSON
Given Names: Ernest James
Father: Unknown
Mother: UNKNOWN
Death Place: MELB
Age: 55
Year: 1976
Reg Number: 2047
Event: D

Have you checked out this death?

Regards
Daryl Povey


At 12:50 PM 11/10/2008, you wrote:
>G'day list, I still have an ongoing mystery; I've sought assistance with it
>in the past and received a lot of valuable help. This has all been followed
>up & acted upon where possible but all to no avail.
>I have a cousin (son of my Grandfathers brother) named Ernest James
Paterson
>born 1920 in Shepparton Victoria to Stanley James Paterson and Annie
>Kathleen Carroll.
>Anecdotally he passed away about 1970 he was reputed to be well in the grip
>of the grape. PROV doesn't seem to have a death registration for him and
>therefore no Death Certificate.
>Is there any reason why this should be, other than maybe he's still alive
>somewhere?
>He served in the AIF during WW11 also he is said to have been a musician in
>a South Melb. Brass Band. He did marry and his wife is deceased there is a
>death Cert for her. I have looked for him at PROV Fawkner Cemetery, The
>Necropolis I've applied to the FOI site and as there was a story that he
had
>been murdered I checked with Vic Police Homicide and received a nice but
>negative reply from an Inspector there.
>Any ideas as to where else I can look.
>Col Paterson


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