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David Paul (Roger) Whittaker (1899-1944) tramway employee and trade union leader
Birth: 6 June 1899 at Nethercote, near Eden, New South Wales, youngest of ten children of native-born parents Arthur Bernard Whittaker (1862-1934), labourer, later farmer, and Hannah ‘Anna’, née Whelan (1859-1922). Unmarried. Death: 11 November 1944 in St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
NSW Tramway Journal, 10 Dec. 1944 pp 3, 5-6; Tramway Record, 8 December 1944 pp 6 and 9.
'Whittaker, David Paul (Roger) (1899–1944)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/whittaker-david-paul-roger-32916/text41002, accessed 30 March 2023.
6 June,
1899
Eden, New South Wales, Australia
11 November,
1944
(aged 45)
Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia