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Personal data William Horace ION 

  • He was born on February 14, 1919 in Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
  • He was baptized in Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
  • He died on September 23, 1992 in Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, he was 73 years old.
  • He is buried in Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
  • A child of Walter Henry ION and Gladys Emma LYONS
  • This information was last updated on June 7, 2015.

Household of William Horace ION

He is married to Joan Anne McDERMOTT.

They got married on December 21, 1939 at Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, he was 20 years old.

St Martin's

Child(ren):

  1. Robert William ION  1943-1955
  2. Gerald Allen ION  1952-1953
  3. Garry Reginald ION  1954-2008
  4. (Not public)


Notes about William Horace ION

Service Number - 31985

Four Hurt in
Collision
Four people were injured
when a service car and a
lorry collided on the Bass
Highway near Westbury
yesterday morning.
Mr. A. S. Marr (63), of Little
Arthur St., Sydney, suffered
shock, lacerations to the face and
right hand, and probable frac
tures of the ribs, thigh and
pelvis. He was admitted to the
Launceston General Hospital, and
his condition is satisfactory. Mrs.
Marr (his wife) received slight
abrasions. Mrs. G. J. 1Mathew
son, of Queenstown, was treated
at St. Andrew's Hosiptal, West
bury, for injuries to the right
arm and facial injuries caused by
broken glass. The fourth in
jured passenger was William Ion
(29), of Beaconsfield, who re
ceived cuts to the face.
All the injured, with the ex
ception of Mr. Marr, were allow
ed to go home.
The accident occurred about
8.45 a.m. near McKinstry's cor
ner, when Sullivan's service car,
driven by Mr. A. A. Davies, was
proceeding to Deloraine, and a
lorry driven by Sydney Weeks,
was travelling towards Launces
ton.
Almost the entire right side of
the coachwork was torn out of
the bus, but only slight damage
was done to the lorry. Neither
driver was hurt.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Horace ION

William ION
1859-1933
Eliza Alice SIMS
1864-1894
John Peter LYONS
1861-????
Emma McKERCHER
1862-1923

William Horace ION
1919-1992

1939

Joan Anne McDERMOTT
1921-1991

Robert William ION
1943-1955
Gerald Allen ION
1952-1953
Garry Reginald ION
1954-2008
(Not public)

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Historical events

Birthday February 14, 1919

  • The temperature on February 14, 1919 was between -5.9 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
    • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
    • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
    • October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
    • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
    • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

Day of marriage December 21, 1939

  • The temperature on December 21, 1939 was between -9.2 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
    • April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
    • April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
    • August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
    • November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
    • December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.

Day of death September 23, 1992

  • The temperature on September 23, 1992 was between 10.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
    • March 17 » Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
    • April 5 » Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
    • July 23 » Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
    • November 21 » A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
    • December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.


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