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Colin CLUNN (1880 - 1942)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
John Colin Craig CLUNN (1902 - 1983)
 Colin CLUNN (1880 - 1942)

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Emily Adeline CRAIG (1880 - 1948)
 John CLUNN (1836 - 1914) John CLUNN (1809 - 1847) Richard CLUNN (1782 - 1861)
Ann CULL
Jane CLARKE (1816 - 1844) John CLARKE (1784 - )
Jane BEER (1795 - 1851)
Margaret CUMMING (1840 - 1914) Alexander CUMMING (1809 - 1881)



Margaret HARDIE (1801 - 1884)



Colin CLUNN
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b. 04 Nov 1880 at Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
m. Emily Adeline CRAIG (1880 - 1948)
d. 01 Jul 1942 at At sea aged 61
Cause of Death:
lost at sea
Near Relatives of Colin CLUNN (1880 - 1942)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John CLUNN 1809 Thannet, Kent, England 1847 Ramsgate, Kent, England 38
Grandmother Jane CLARKE 1816 Kent, England 1844 Ramsgate, Kent, England 28
Grandfather Alexander CUMMING abt 1809 1881 72
Grandmother Margaret HARDIE 1801 1884 83

Father in Law John Adam CRAIG abt 1846 Middlesex, England 14 Sep 1886 Fly River, PNG 40
Mother in Law Emily EVENNETT 05 Apr 1861 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 03 Sep 1928 Queensland, Australia 67

Father John CLUNN 01 Apr 1836 Ramsgate, Kent, England 01 Jan 1914 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 77
Mother Margaret CUMMING 16 Mar 1840 Garrunnock, Stirling, Scotland 27 Oct 1914 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 74

Self Colin CLUNN 04 Nov 1880 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 01 Jul 1942 At sea 61

Wife Emily Adeline CRAIG 16 Nov 1880 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia Dec 1948 Port Moresby, New Guinea 68

Son John Colin Craig CLUNN 06 May 1902 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 13 Jan 1983 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 80

Brother John CLUNN abt 1859 Smithsdale, Victoria, Australia 23 Jun 1914 Samarai, New Guinea 55
Brother Richard CLUNN 27 Jun 1863 Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia 06 Oct 1910 Sandgate, Queensland, Australia 47
Sister Annie CLUNN 1869 18 Feb 1879 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 10
Sister Jessie CLUNN Jun 1872 19 Oct 1879 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 7
Sister Nellie CLUNN 29 Jun 1877 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 02 Aug 1878 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 1
Sister Daisy CLUNN 09 Jan 1879 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 06 Mar 1879 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 0

Daughter in Law Alice Marion Harley NOON 01 Apr 1917 Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia 03 Nov 2006 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 89

Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt Eliza CLUNN 1833 Ramsgate, Kent, England
Aunt Ann CLUNN 1838 Ramsgate, Kent, England
Aunt Teresa CLUNN 1840 Ramsgate, Kent, England
Uncle Alexander CUMMING 07 Jan 1838 Garrunnock, Stirling, Scotland 31 May 1921 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 83

Niece Maggie Louise CLUNN 18 Jan 1891 Queensland, Australia 17 Oct 1947 Queensland, Australia 56
Niece Daisy Olive CLUNN 22 Feb 1893 Queensland, Australia 1950 Morrisset, New South Wales, Australia 57
Nephew John Louis CLUNN 08 Aug 1894 Queensland, Australia 03 Feb 1945 Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea 50
Niece Patricksena Florence Lilian CLUNN 17 Mar 1898 Queensland, Australia 1929 New Guinea 31
Niece Jessie (Siai) May CLUNN 28 Mar 1900 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 1968 68
Nephew Richard CLUNN abt 1892 Queensland, Australia 13 Apr 1950 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 58
Niece Mary Josephine CLUNN 01 Feb 1897 Queensland, Australia 28 Jan 1964 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 66
Nephew John Thomas CLUNN 09 Mar 1907 Queensland, Australia 09 Jan 1983 Queensland, Australia 75
Nephew Ernest Henrich CRAIG 1911 Queensland, Australia
Niece Margaret Osmer CRAIG 1913 Queensland, Australia
Nephew John Adam CRAIG 1921 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law Jessie Evelyn CRAIG 18 Aug 1879 Queensland, Australia 1958 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia 79
Brother in Law Thomas Ernest CRAIG 09 Jan 1883 Queensland, Australia 1960 Port Moresby, New Guinea 77
Sister in Law Florence Henrietta CRAIG 28 Feb 1885 Queensland, Australia 19 May 1888 Queensland, Australia 3
Brother in Law Cecil Fordyce THOMSON 14 Nov 1889 Queensland, Australia 02 Dec 1923 Queensland, Australia 34
Brother in Law Wilfred Evennett THOMSON 30 May 1891 Queensland, Australia 16 Jan 1975 Queensland, Australia 83
Brother in Law John Colin Craig CLUNN 06 May 1902 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 13 Jan 1983 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 80
Sister in Law Marie Louise SEVERIN abt 1871 07 Apr 1895 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 24
Sister in Law Anna Bauer von Bremen OSMER abt 1860 01 Dec 1938 78
Sister in Law Mary Ann ROPER 29 Nov 1872 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 12 Feb 1943 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 70
Events in Colin CLUNN (1880 - 1942)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Married Emily Adeline CRAIG did not marry
04 Nov 1880 Colin CLUNN was born Cooktown, Queensland, Australia 1880/C951
06 May 1902 21 Birth of son John Colin Craig CLUNN Cooktown, Queensland, Australia Note 1
01 Jan 1914 33 Death of father John CLUNN (aged 77) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1914/B18767 12
27 Oct 1914 33 Death of mother Margaret CUMMING (aged 74) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1914/B20212 12
01 Jul 1942 61 Colin CLUNN died At sea Note 2 14
Note 1: 1902/C1921 - father Thomas James Thomson, mother Emily Adeline Craig
Note 2: At Sea aboard the SS Montevideo Maru
Personal Notes:
From Karen Thomson:
Notes from John Brew..circa 1990..about Colin Clunn..
Colin had a child, John Colin Clunn to Emily Adeline Craig in 1902, who was later adopted by Emily Adeline's mother, Emily Evennett Thomson and her 2nd husband Thomas James Thomson, in 1915, and the child was known as John Colin Clunn THOMSON.
>>>Colin and Rose's 3rd and 4 children, Doris and Ethel were sent to bording school St Margaret's in Bne from an early and then later attended Girls Grammar in BNE.
COLIN CLUNN was lost at sea presumed drowned, when the Japanese transport the MONTIVIDEO NARU was sunk by the U.S.A. submarine S.S.STURGEON at 3am, July 1 , 1942 about 60 miles NW of BOJIDORU CAPE, LUZON ISLAND. The prisoners left the Japanese P.O.W. camp on 22 June
1942 at RABUL, NEW GUINEA. The transport was bound for SAMAH.

CLERK OF RABAUL NEW BRITAIN AGE 62.
Son of John Clunn and Margaret Cummings; Husband of Rose Annie Lowcock married in Cooktown, Qld - 30th November 1903 - aged 28 years.
Source References:
14. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: Karen Thomson e-mail 13 feb 09, Auth: Karen Thomsom, Date: 13/2/09
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