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Mary Letitia Hawker (1865–1938)

After an illness of several months, Mrs. E. W. [Mary Letitia] Hawker, an aunt of the late Mr. C. A. S. Hawker, M.H.R., who was killed in the Kyeema air disaster, died near her home near Clare this morning. She was a daughter of the late Sir William Stawell, a former Chief Justice of Victoria, and a sister of the late Sir Richard Stawell, a well-known Melbourne physician.

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'Hawker, Mary Letitia (1865–1938)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hawker-mary-letitia-16035/text27319, accessed 5 December 2024.

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Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Stawell, Mary Letitia
Birth

1865
Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

3 November, 1938 (aged ~ 73)
Clare, South Australia, Australia

Cultural Heritage

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