William George SOPER (1894

William George SOPER (1894 - 1985)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William John Francis SOPER (1918 - 1982)	William George SOPER (1894 - 1985) + Hilda Maud MCLELLAN (1894 - 1964)	John SOPER (1857 - 1944)	Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)

			Grace HEMMANT (1829 - 1905)

		Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953)	William PORTER (1837 - 1887)	William PORTER
				Sarah MARRIOTT
			Mary SLATER (1838 - 1920)	William SLATER (1808 - 1898)
				Ruth DEACON (1804 - 1869)

b. 25 Mar 1894 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia

m. abt 1917 Hilda Maud MCLELLAN (1894 - 1964) at Queensland, Australia

d. 17 Sep 1985 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 91

Near Relatives of William George SOPER (1894 - 1985)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Samuel SOPER	1827	Hatherleigh, Devon, England	1906	Okehampton, Devonshire	79
Grandmother	Grace HEMMANT	abt 1829	Merton, Devon, England	1905	Okehampton, Devonshire	76
Grandfather	William PORTER	1837	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1887	Inkerman, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	50
Grandmother	Mary SLATER	1838	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England	1920	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82

Father	John SOPER	abt 1857	Meeth, Devon, England	16 Feb 1944	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Mother	Margaret Sarah PORTER	1869	Queensland, Australia	06 Apr 1953	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	84

Self	William George SOPER	25 Mar 1894	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1985	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91

Wife	Hilda Maud MCLELLAN	abt 1894	Queensland, Australia	01 May 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70

Son	William John Francis SOPER	1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	64

Sister	Mary Grace SOPER	16 Jun 1886	Queensland, Australia	12 May 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	92
Brother	John SOPER	1888	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	02 Jul 1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Sister	Sarah Jane SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	04 Oct 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	90
Sister	Ellen SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia
Sister	Ethel SOPER	1899	Queensland, Australia	26 Apr 1970	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister	Emily Margaret SOPER	1903	Queensland, Australia	1903	Queensland, Australia	0
Brother	Henry Samuel SOPER	1904	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	22 Sep 1987	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Brother	Herbert Francis SOPER	1906	Queensland, Australia	22 Feb 1976	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Brother	Arthur Frederick SOPER	27 May 1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	30 Jun 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Brother	Walter James SOPER	1910	Queensland, Australia	16 Dec 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	54

Daughter in Law	Margaret Helen BACKHAUS

Aunt	Hannah SOPER	1852	Meeth, Devon, England	1907	Hatherleigh, Devon, England	55
Aunt	Anne SOPER	1853	Meeth, Devon, England
Aunt	Mary SOPER	1855	Meeth, Devon, England
Aunt	Elizabeth SOPER	abt 1858	Meeth, Devon, England
Aunt	Grace SOPER	1860	Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle	Samuel SOPER	1862	Okehampton, Devonshire	20 Jun 1926	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	64
Aunt	Margaret Ann GUNN			08 Dec 1930	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Uncle	William SOPER	1862	Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle	Henry SOPER	abt 1866	Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle	George SOPER	1870	Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle	George PORTER	1858	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1878	Jarvisfield, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	20
Aunt	Elizabeth GRAHAM	abt 1855	Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England	1915	Queensland, Australia	60
Uncle	John PORTER	1860	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	abt 1874	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	14
Uncle	Thomas PORTER	abt 1862	England	1863		1
Uncle	Thomas PORTER	1864		1933	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Uncle	Henry (Harry) PORTER	1867	Queensland, Australia	1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85
Aunt	Margaret Clare MACKERSIE	1874	Tambourine Mountain, Queensland, Australia	1943	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Aunt	Annie Elizabeth PORTER	1871	Queensland, Australia	29 Aug 1958	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Uncle	Charles CARCARY	25 Sep 1860	Farnell, Angus, Scotland	29 Jul 1953	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	92
Aunt	Elizabeth PORTER	1874	Queensland, Australia	1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	90
Uncle	Albert SELDON			1921	Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Sarah PORTER	1876	Queensland, Australia	1943	Queensland, Australia	67
Uncle	George Stradbroke MACKERSIE	abt 1862		1936	Queensland, Australia	74
Uncle	William PORTER	1879	Queensland, Australia	1947	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	68
Aunt	Hannah Jane KELLY			1960	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia

Cousin	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	Margaret Ann SOPER	1887	Queensland, Australia	1955	Queensland, Australia	68
Cousin	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	William Francis SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	08 Oct 1892	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER	1895	Queensland, Australia	1929	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Cousin	Henry George SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	71
Cousin	Olivia Pearl SOPER	1900	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Herbert Cecil SOPER	1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Lucy Ann PORTER			1919	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Herbert PORTER	abt 1877	Queensland, Australia	1938	Tully, Queensland, Australia	61
Cousin	Margaret Elizabeth PORTER	1901	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	William James Leonta PORTER	1903	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1906	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	3
Cousin	George Henry PORTER	1905	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Jessie PORTER	1909	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Mary Isabel PORTER	1913	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Annie PORTER	1914	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Annie CARCARY	18 Dec 1890	Queensland, Australia	1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	Charles Harry CARCARY	12 Jun 1893	Queensland, Australia	22 Nov 1902	Queensland, Australia	9
Cousin	William James (Jim) CARCARY	27 May 1895	Queensland, Australia	14 Sep 1973	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Mary Elizabeth (bessie) CARCARY	18 Aug 1897	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	12 Jul 1989	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	George Samuel CARCARY	01 Apr 1900	Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Margaret Jane CARCARY	10 Jun 1902	Queensland, Australia	18 Oct 1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	David Alexander CARCARY	20 Aug 1904	Queensland, Australia	24 Jul 1926	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	21
Cousin	John Howard (Jack) (Jock) CARCARY	05 Aug 1906	Queensland, Australia	1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Cousin	Frances Elsie CARCARY	20 Oct 1908	Queensland, Australia	15 Jun 1981	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Cousin	Alice Heatherbelle CARCARY	04 Oct 1911	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	06 May 1980	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	68
Cousin	Gordon Arthur CARCARY	1914	Queensland, Australia	22 Jun 1915	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	James CARCARY	31 Jan 1879	Luthermuir, Scotland	05 Feb 1879	Luthermuir, Scotland	0
Cousin	James Donald MACKERSIE	1903	Queensland, Australia	1961	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	58
Cousin	William George MACKERSIE	1905	Queensland, Australia	1963	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	58
Cousin	Henry Gordon MACKERSIE	1906	Queensland, Australia	1949	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	43
Cousin	Charles Leslie MACKERSIE	1915	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Lilly May PORTER	1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1997	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	79

Niece	Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD	27 Dec 1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	16 Mar 1998	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89
Nephew	Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD	1911	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD	14 Feb 1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	31 Dec 1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	75
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased

Brother in Law	Arthur RUTHERFORD	1879	Queensland, Australia	18 Feb 1935	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	56
Sister in Law	Ada Jean GILMOUR	abt 1895	Charleville, Queensland, Australia	21 Aug 1996	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	101
Brother in Law	George Alfred PAGE
Brother in Law	George Edwin GIDDY	abt 1897		27 Dec 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Ellen Jessie GRAY	1906	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	24 Oct 1992	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Sister in Law	Nellie Birkmans SHEEHAN
Sister in Law	Possibly Cynthia Jean DARWEN

Events in William George SOPER (1894 - 1985)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
25 Mar 1894		William George SOPER was born	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52, 61
abt 1917	23	Married Hilda Maud MCLELLAN (aged 23)	Queensland, Australia	Reg No 1917/1573	52
1918	24	Birth of son William John Francis SOPER	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 2
1919	25	Residence	Harvest Home Farm, Ayr, Queensland	Note 3	37
1925	31	Residence	Harvest Home Farm, Ayr, Queensland	Note 4	37
1930	36	Residence	Ayr/Homehill, Queensland	Note 5	37
12 Aug 1942	48	Military Service	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	61
16 Feb 1944	49	Death of father John SOPER (aged 87)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52, 59, 60
06 Apr 1953	59	Death of mother Margaret Sarah PORTER (aged 84)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52, 59
01 May 1964	70	Death of wife Hilda Maud MCLELLAN (aged 70)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	59
1982	88	Death of son William John Francis SOPER (aged 64)	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	18
17 Sep 1985	91	William George SOPER died	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 11	59

Note 1: Reg No 1894/10961
see death notes

Note 2: Military records - WW2 nominal roll
Name SOPER, WILLIAM JOHN FRANCIS
Service Australian Army
Service Number Q218304
Date of Birth 7 Apr 1918
Place of Birth AYR, QLD
Date of Enlistment 15 Aug 1942
Locality on Enlistment HOME HILL, QLD
Place of Enlistment HOME HILL, QLD
Next of Kin SOPER, MARGARET
Date of Discharge 5 Nov 1945
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (QLD)
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

Note 3: SOPER Ada Jean (McDesme) - hd; Elizabeth - hd; Hilda Maude (mcDesme) - hd; John - farmer; John jun - farmer; Margaret - hd; William George - farmer

Note 4: SOPER Ada Jean (McDesme) - hd; Elizabeth - hd; Hilda Maude (mcDesme) - hd; John - farmer; John jun - farmer; Margaret - hd; William George - farmer

Note 5: SOPER Ada Jean (McDesme) - hd; Arthur Frederick (McDesme) - labourer;
Ellen Jessie (McDesme) - hd; Henry Samuel (McDesme) - labourer; Herbert Francis (McDesme) - labourer; Hilda Maude (McDesme) - hd; John (Harvest Home) - farmer; John jun (Harvest Home) - farmer; Margaret (Harvest Home) - hd; Margaret Ann (Home Hill)- hd; William George (Harvest Home) - farmer

Note 6: Service Record
Name SOPER, WILLIAM GEORGE
Service Australian Army
Service Number Q218281
Date of Birth 25 Mar 1894
Place of Birth AYR, QLD
Date of Enlistment 12 Aug 1942
Locality on Enlistment HOME HILL, QLD
Place of Enlistment INKERMAN, QLD
Next of Kin SOPER, HILDA
Date of Discharge 5 Nov 1945
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (QLD)
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

Note 7: Burdekin cemetry records - age 87 - grave no 336X

Reg No 1944/1282 - Samuel and Grace Hemmant

Townsville Daily Bulletin 24 Feb 1944
John Soper, aged 87 years, passed away at his residence in Burke Street on Tuesday evening. A native of Devonshire, England, the deceased emigrated to Australia in 1880, and began work on Seaforth Plantation. After various bricklaying jobs, he settled on a farming property at McDesme, where he later began cane farming, as a result of the encouragement of the late John Drysdale. He leaves in addition to his widow, a family of five daughters, Mrs. A. Rutherford, Mrs. C. Harris, Mrs. S. Page, Mrs. J. Giddy, and Mrs. G. Giddy, and six sons, John, William, Henry, Herbert, Arthur and Walter. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. K. Stevens, of the Presbyterian Church, on Wednesday afternoon.

Note 8: Reg No 1953/C2502 - William Porter and Mary Slater

Burdekin cemetry records - age 83 - British nationality (immigrant) - grave no 424X

Note 9: Burdekin cemetry records - age 69 grave no 3682

Note 10: 1982 52155 William John Francis Soper William George Soper Hilda Maud McLellan

Note 11: Burdekin cemetry records - age 91 - grave no 3682 - buried with H M Soper

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Reference = (Birth)

59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council

- Reference = (Death)

61. Type: Web Page, Abbr: WW2 Australian nominal roll, Title: WW2 Australian nominal roll

- Reference = (Military Service)

- Notes: Service Record
Name SOPER, WILLIAM GEORGE
Service Australian Army
Service Number Q218281
Date of Birth 25 Mar 1894
Place of Birth AYR, QLD
Date of Enlistment 12 Aug 1942
Locality on Enlistment HOME HILL, QLD
Place of Enlistment INKERMAN, QLD
Next of Kin SOPER, HILDA
Date of Discharge 5 Nov 1945
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (QLD)
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

- Reference = (Birth)

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