John Fitzgerald Fairfax (1904–1951)
Mr. John Fitzgerald Fairfax, elder son of Dr. and Mrs. E. Wilfred Fairfax, of Point Piper, died yesterday at Tumut. He was 47 years of age.
Mr. Fairfax was educated at Geelong Grammar School and at Pembroke College, Oxford. For some years he was on the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald and became a director.
He served during the war in the Armoured Division of the A.I.F., and was later a war correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald in the Pacific. In 1946 he retired from the Herald and went to live in the country, first at Batlow and more recently near Tumut. He was keenly interested in outdoor life and in natural history. He was the author of a number of books, including a life of John Fairfax, the founder of the Herald.
He is survived by a widow and two daughters.
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- is given a presentation by Sydney Morning Herald staff on the eve of his wedding, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 October 1930, p 14
- wedding, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 October 1930, p 6
- is ordered by the court to return to his wife, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 January 1947, p 18
- probate, West Australian, 19 June 1952, p 5
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- Fairfax, John Hubert (uncle)
- Fairfax, Elsie Dora (aunt by marriage)
- Fairfax, Marie Florence (aunt by marriage)
- Fairfax, Anne Madeleine (aunt by marriage)
- Fairfax, Ruth Beatrice (aunt by marriage)
- Fairfax, Lucy (grandmother)
- Fairfax, James Reading (grandfather)
- Fairfax, Warwick Oswald (cousin)
- Fairfax, Vincent Charles (cousin)
- Henderson, Rupert Albert Geary (work colleague)
Citation details
'Fairfax, John Fitzgerald (1904–1951)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fairfax-john-fitzgerald-10143/text24628, accessed 4 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
18 April,
1904
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
31 October,
1951
(aged 47)
Tumut,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
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