Robert Record Stapleton (1897–1933)
The death occurred on Saturday of Alderman Robert Record Stapleton, Mayor of Paddington, aged 36 years.
Alderman Stapleton was regarded as one of the ablest of the younger men in the Lang Labour party. He was a good debater, and at the last State elections he unsuccessfully contested the Woollahra seat against the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Sir Daniel Levy). He had been a member of the Paddington Council for several years, but this was his first term as Mayor.
Alderman Stapleton was engaged in the building trade. He has left a widow and two young children—-a boy and a girl.
The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon at the Botany Cemetery. There will be a service in the council chambers at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. J. Newton Stephen, of St. Matthias' Church, Paddington, and the cortege will move off at 2.30 p.m.
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- funeral, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 October 1933, p 9
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'Stapleton, Robert Record (1897–1933)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/stapleton-robert-record-33624/text42063, accessed 27 April 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
1897
Paddington, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
30 September,
1933
(aged ~ 36)
Paddington, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
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