from Sydney Morning Herald
The funeral of Mr. John Frederick Chapple, a former general president and general secretary of the Australian Railways Union, will take place to-day.
Mr. Chapple, 69, died in St. George Hospital on Saturday after a 10 months' illness which began soon after his retirement as A.R.U. general secretary in July last year.
Mr. Chapple was general president of the A.R.U. from April, 1924, until July, 1929. He became general secretary in September, 1929.
He was a former president of the Victorian branch of the A.L.P., founder of the Australia-China Co-operative Movement, and inaugural chairman of the Australia-Soviet Friendship League.
The funeral will leave the Labor Motor Funeral parlours at 11.15 a.m. to-day for Woronora Crematorium.
'Chapple, John Frederick (Jack) (1883–1953)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/chapple-john-frederick-jack-33762/text42263, accessed 14 November 2024.
Labor Daily (Sydney), 17 April 1934, p 6
7 August,
1883
Bealiba,
Victoria,
Australia
25 July,
1953
(aged 69)
Kogarah, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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