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Arthur Alexander Mullins

Details:

Title

Arthur Alexander Mullins,

Name

Arthur Alexander Mullins,

Also known as

Mullins, Arthur Alexander,

Collection

WWII Roll of Honour, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Occupation

Wharf labourer,

Next of kin

Lilly Olive Mullins - Wife,

Date of death

1942-02-19,

Place of death

Town wharf,

Biographical notes

Arthur Mullins was a wharf labourer working with the No. 2 gang, which was engaged in unloading cargo from the Barossa on 19 February 1942. According to an article published in the Courier Mail on 8 October 1942, Mullins was pushing railway trucks on to a turntable on the right angle of the Darwin Wharf, the section of the wharf which was demolished by one of the first bombs. No trace of him was found. Mullins left behind his wife Lilly Olive Mullins of Ann Street, the Valley, Brisbane, the sole beneficiary of his will. Months after the bombing, Mullins' death had still not been confirmed due to difficulties determining who had been working on the wharf that day. In October the Courier Mail reported that Mr Justice Mansfield gave leave to Lilly Mullins to swear to the death of her husband, Arthur Alexander Mullins, labourer, of the Valley, Brisbane.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Bombing of Darwin, Roll of Honour, Northern Territory history, Wharfies,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75452313/ARTHUR%20ALEXANDER%20MULLINS/ [Commonwealth War Graves], https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=334209&S=9&R=0 [Darwin Raids - Casualty Lists and Enquiries], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/28978 [PictureNT : PH0410/0006, Darwin Wharf after a bombing raid, Alyson M. Wheeler Collection,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/839836,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/839836

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/840448,