Iam thinking bottom left, due to hair colour and the top of the ears
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Unsolved Taman Shud Case - The Somerton Man
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Somerton Man face race focuses on junior footy photo from 1921 — but is he there?
International Somerton Man sleuthing efforts have uncovered a photo of a junior football team from 1921 that could potentially contain an image of the mystery figure when he was just a boy, but the hypothesis remains far from certain.www.abc.net.au
Possible picture of the Somerton Man in a group of football players. If anyone cares or can guess which one he is. If of course it is the same C Webb.
Fifth from the left, middle row. Similar pointed ears.
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This was published in the Melbourne papers in January - interestingly suggestions even then he was from Melbourne ( that may be proximity and travel barriers at that time)
Again why no recognition?
Again why no recognition?
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This was published in the Melbourne papers in January - interestingly suggestions even then he was from Melbourne ( that may be proximity and travel barriers at that time)
Again why no recognition?
Good find. I can't think why he wasn't recognised or why someone in his family didn't report him as missing.
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We might find he had a criminal record with jail time on and off? When he vanished family and friends might have assumed he'd found his (x) wife in Adelaide and settled in to a new life or got into trouble again. They might not have noticed the press.
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More information here. I thought his wife divorced him before she went to Adelaide but this has her applying on June 5, 1951 on the grounds of 'desertion' - nearly three years after her husband's body was found.
Then she took out an advertisement in the Age making him aware she'd appliled for a divorce, four months after she made the application.
Looks like he must have just fallen through the cracks somehow.
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Then she took out an advertisement in the Age making him aware she'd appliled for a divorce, four months after she made the application.
Looks like he must have just fallen through the cracks somehow.
The reason the Somerton Man was wearing American clothes is revealed
Strange details in the case sparked wild theories about who the Somerton Man was and how he came to be found dead in 1948 on an Adelaide Beach.
The C Webb in the football photos would probably be the same bloke who played the Superintendent Hare part in the Glenrowan Affair, since it was made using football players and their friends as actors.
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The enigma of Jessica Harkness (Jo Thompson).
Bernard Taft, the famous Melbourne Communist, becomes interesting because in one of his many ASIO files, ASIO becomes aware that he boasted to one of their informants that his neice was married to Max Edwin Teichmann, so they opened a file on Helene Rosa Taft and bugged Teichmann's phone. Long shot is that ASIO couldn't prove the uncle/neice relationship or any contact between Bernard Taft and Max Edwin Teichmann and closed the files on Max and Helene. However, Teichmann was previously married to Jenny Margaret Jorgensen, daughter of Dr Elef Jorgensen (brother of Justus Jorgensen, founder of the artist colony Montsalvat near Eltham).
Max Teichmann was carrying on an affair with Helene whilst still married to Jenny according to the divorce papers that ASIO kindly copied into Helene's file.
Jenny's dad, Dr Elef Jorgensen, sired two daughters out of wedlock, with Margaret Langley. Sara and Kirsty.
The same Margaret Langley (daughter of the Rationalist Commune Matriarch in Mentone, Vera Lucy Savige), as mentioned as Jessica Harkness's best friend in childhood in that documentary called "Missing Pieces, the curious case of the Somerton Man".
Margaret Langley was later, the principal of Marbury school in Aldgate South Australia with her then husband Dr Henry Edhouse founding it. Jessica Harkness kept in contact with the Langley / Edhouse family according to the interviews with Margaret's son, Tim Edhouse, Margaret's daughters Sara Briggs and, Kirsty Dodd, in the documentary Missing Pieces.
So there is a possible contact between Jessica Harkness and Bernard Taft in a roundabout way.
Doesn't prove that Jessica was a Communist, or had been recruited as a source of information for the CPA when she was meeting Alf Boxall, but the possibility of a dialogue is there.
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Bernard Taft, the famous Melbourne Communist, becomes interesting because in one of his many ASIO files, ASIO becomes aware that he boasted to one of their informants that his neice was married to Max Edwin Teichmann, so they opened a file on Helene Rosa Taft and bugged Teichmann's phone. Long shot is that ASIO couldn't prove the uncle/neice relationship or any contact between Bernard Taft and Max Edwin Teichmann and closed the files on Max and Helene. However, Teichmann was previously married to Jenny Margaret Jorgensen, daughter of Dr Elef Jorgensen (brother of Justus Jorgensen, founder of the artist colony Montsalvat near Eltham).
Max Teichmann was carrying on an affair with Helene whilst still married to Jenny according to the divorce papers that ASIO kindly copied into Helene's file.
Jenny's dad, Dr Elef Jorgensen, sired two daughters out of wedlock, with Margaret Langley. Sara and Kirsty.
The same Margaret Langley (daughter of the Rationalist Commune Matriarch in Mentone, Vera Lucy Savige), as mentioned as Jessica Harkness's best friend in childhood in that documentary called "Missing Pieces, the curious case of the Somerton Man".
Margaret Langley was later, the principal of Marbury school in Aldgate South Australia with her then husband Dr Henry Edhouse founding it. Jessica Harkness kept in contact with the Langley / Edhouse family according to the interviews with Margaret's son, Tim Edhouse, Margaret's daughters Sara Briggs and, Kirsty Dodd, in the documentary Missing Pieces.
So there is a possible contact between Jessica Harkness and Bernard Taft in a roundabout way.
Doesn't prove that Jessica was a Communist, or had been recruited as a source of information for the CPA when she was meeting Alf Boxall, but the possibility of a dialogue is there.
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Missed opportunities...
If only Dr John Barkly Bennett had ever met his 2nd cousin, and her husband Carl, then Dr Bennet, would've identified Carl Webb when he came in on the ambulance from Somerton Beach that morning and thus there would've never had been a 73 year long mystery over who the Somerton Man was....
Dr John Barkly Bennett
→
Dr Norman Robertson Bennett
his father
→
Mary Bennett (Robertson)
his mother
→
Robert Robertson
her brother
→
John Comber Robertson
his son
→
Dorothy Jean Webb (Robertson)
his daughter
→
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
her ex-husband
Source: Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man is related to Dr John Barkly Bennett
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If only Dr John Barkly Bennett had ever met his 2nd cousin, and her husband Carl, then Dr Bennet, would've identified Carl Webb when he came in on the ambulance from Somerton Beach that morning and thus there would've never had been a 73 year long mystery over who the Somerton Man was....
Dr John Barkly Bennett
→
Dr Norman Robertson Bennett
his father
→
Mary Bennett (Robertson)
his mother
→
Robert Robertson
her brother
→
John Comber Robertson
his son
→
Dorothy Jean Webb (Robertson)
his daughter
→
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
her ex-husband
Source: Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man is related to Dr John Barkly Bennett
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Oh, and in case you're interested....
Jessica Ellen Thomson (Harkness) is Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man's ex-wife's great aunt/uncle's wife's niece's husband's aunt's husband's first cousin once removed's wife's aunt's husband's niece's husband's first cousin once removed's husband's sister.
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
→
Dorothy Jean Webb - D’Arcy (Robertson)
his ex-wife
→
John Comber Robertson
her father
→
Robert Robertson
his father
→
William Thomas Robertson
his sibling
→
Ethel Sarah Robertson (Nicoll)
his/her wife
→
Thomas Norman Nicoll
her brother
→
Ruby Jean Dick (Nicoll)
his daughter
→
Charles George Roberts
her husband
→
Charles Roberts
his father
→
Ann Elizabeth Bennier (Roberts)
his sister
→
Ephram Earnest Bennier
her husband
→
Joseph Christian Martin (Jim) Bennier
his father
→
Heinrich (Henry) Arthur Bennier
his brother
→
Sarah Jane Ascione (Bennier)
his daughter
→
Leonard Raphael Ascione
her son
→
Jean Evelyn Marion Ascione (Aunger)
his wife
→
Horace Hooper Murray Aunger
her father
→
Marion Frances Blanche Aunger
his sister
→
Alva Wren Ellis
her husband
→
Montefiore Athol Ellis
his brother
→
Nancy Helen Beaumont (Ellis)
his daughter
→
Grant Alfred (Jim) Beaumont
her husband
→
William Samuel Grant Beaumont
his father
→
Arthur (Bert) Beaumont
his brother
→
Evelyn Mary Hinds (Beaumont)
his daughter
→
Clarice Isobella Victoria Harkness (Beaumont)
her daughter
→
Thomas Lawson Harkness, Jnr
her husband
→
Jessica Ellen Thomson (Harkness)
his sister
Source:
A very distant relative. They're unlikely to of known this.
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Jessica Ellen Thomson (Harkness) is Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man's ex-wife's great aunt/uncle's wife's niece's husband's aunt's husband's first cousin once removed's wife's aunt's husband's niece's husband's first cousin once removed's husband's sister.
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
→
Dorothy Jean Webb - D’Arcy (Robertson)
his ex-wife
→
John Comber Robertson
her father
→
Robert Robertson
his father
→
William Thomas Robertson
his sibling
→
Ethel Sarah Robertson (Nicoll)
his/her wife
→
Thomas Norman Nicoll
her brother
→
Ruby Jean Dick (Nicoll)
his daughter
→
Charles George Roberts
her husband
→
Charles Roberts
his father
→
Ann Elizabeth Bennier (Roberts)
his sister
→
Ephram Earnest Bennier
her husband
→
Joseph Christian Martin (Jim) Bennier
his father
→
Heinrich (Henry) Arthur Bennier
his brother
→
Sarah Jane Ascione (Bennier)
his daughter
→
Leonard Raphael Ascione
her son
→
Jean Evelyn Marion Ascione (Aunger)
his wife
→
Horace Hooper Murray Aunger
her father
→
Marion Frances Blanche Aunger
his sister
→
Alva Wren Ellis
her husband
→
Montefiore Athol Ellis
his brother
→
Nancy Helen Beaumont (Ellis)
his daughter
→
Grant Alfred (Jim) Beaumont
her husband
→
William Samuel Grant Beaumont
his father
→
Arthur (Bert) Beaumont
his brother
→
Evelyn Mary Hinds (Beaumont)
his daughter
→
Clarice Isobella Victoria Harkness (Beaumont)
her daughter
→
Thomas Lawson Harkness, Jnr
her husband
→
Jessica Ellen Thomson (Harkness)
his sister
Source:
A very distant relative. They're unlikely to of known this.
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Just in case you were wondering.....
George Adams (Teltscher) is Dr Tibor Káldor (Schön)'s first cousin once removed's husband's sister's husband's brother's wife's sister's husband's first cousin once removed.
Dr Tibor Káldor (Schön)
→
Gyula Schön
his father
→
Janka / Johanna Schön (Steinitz)
his mother
→
adolf steinitz
her brother
→
Olga Halapi (Steinitz)
his daughter
→
Oszkár Halápi (Herzfeld)
her husband
→
Rosa Herzfeld (Halápi (Herzfeld))
his sister
→
Friedrich Oskar Detsinyi (Detsiny)
her husband
→
Dávid Victor Detsinyi
his brother
→
Roza Detsinyi (Bernstein)
his wife
→
Malvine Malowan (Bernstein)
her sister
→
Edmund Malowan
her husband
→
Marie Malowan (Goldschmidt)
his mother
→
Johanna "Hanni" Teltscher (Goldschmidt)
her sister
→
Wilhelm Teltscher
her son
→
George Adams (Teltscher)
his son
Source: Dr Tibor Káldor is related to George Adams
Did they know that they were related, when on the SS Dunera, or interned together? Probably doubtful.
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George Adams (Teltscher) is Dr Tibor Káldor (Schön)'s first cousin once removed's husband's sister's husband's brother's wife's sister's husband's first cousin once removed.
Dr Tibor Káldor (Schön)
→
Gyula Schön
his father
→
Janka / Johanna Schön (Steinitz)
his mother
→
adolf steinitz
her brother
→
Olga Halapi (Steinitz)
his daughter
→
Oszkár Halápi (Herzfeld)
her husband
→
Rosa Herzfeld (Halápi (Herzfeld))
his sister
→
Friedrich Oskar Detsinyi (Detsiny)
her husband
→
Dávid Victor Detsinyi
his brother
→
Roza Detsinyi (Bernstein)
his wife
→
Malvine Malowan (Bernstein)
her sister
→
Edmund Malowan
her husband
→
Marie Malowan (Goldschmidt)
his mother
→
Johanna "Hanni" Teltscher (Goldschmidt)
her sister
→
Wilhelm Teltscher
her son
→
George Adams (Teltscher)
his son
Source: Dr Tibor Káldor is related to George Adams
Did they know that they were related, when on the SS Dunera, or interned together? Probably doubtful.
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Just in case youre wondering I can connect anyone to anyone genealogically
If you're interested in seeing how distantly related some is to any other person geni has a pin function on the profile that you want to measure from, then you just call up the other person's profile and click the how are they connected bar.
For instance, this is the result if I pin Carl Webb and then click the bar on Wally Clayton's profile.
Walter Seddon Clayton is Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man's ex-wife's first cousin once removed's wife's second cousin's husband's sister's husband's first cousin once removed!
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
→
Dorothy Jean Webb - D’Arcy (Robertson)
his ex-wife
→
John Comber Robertson
her father
→
Robert Robertson
his father
→
Mary Bennett (Robertson)
his sister
→
Dr Norman Robertson Bennett
her son
→
Gwenneth Bennett (Willimott)
his wife
→
Louisa Cleave Willimott (Jones)
her mother
→
Frederick Brittain Jones
her father
→
John Probart Jones
his brother
→
Harry Brittain Jones
his son
→
Evelina Ethel Callingham (Jones)
his daughter
→
Watson Walker Thompson
her husband
→
Thirza Olivia Bean (Thompson)
his sister
→
William Dallas Bean
her husband
→
Frederick Walter Bean
his father
→
Richard Stanley Bean
his brother
→
Alice Maud Bean
his daughter
→
Walter Seddon Clayton
her son
Source: Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man is related to Walter Seddon Clayton
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For instance, this is the result if I pin Carl Webb and then click the bar on Wally Clayton's profile.
Walter Seddon Clayton is Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man's ex-wife's first cousin once removed's wife's second cousin's husband's sister's husband's first cousin once removed!
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
→
Dorothy Jean Webb - D’Arcy (Robertson)
his ex-wife
→
John Comber Robertson
her father
→
Robert Robertson
his father
→
Mary Bennett (Robertson)
his sister
→
Dr Norman Robertson Bennett
her son
→
Gwenneth Bennett (Willimott)
his wife
→
Louisa Cleave Willimott (Jones)
her mother
→
Frederick Brittain Jones
her father
→
John Probart Jones
his brother
→
Harry Brittain Jones
his son
→
Evelina Ethel Callingham (Jones)
his daughter
→
Watson Walker Thompson
her husband
→
Thirza Olivia Bean (Thompson)
his sister
→
William Dallas Bean
her husband
→
Frederick Walter Bean
his father
→
Richard Stanley Bean
his brother
→
Alice Maud Bean
his daughter
→
Walter Seddon Clayton
her son
Source: Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man is related to Walter Seddon Clayton
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Since Gordon Cramer found Carl Webb in a group photo of the celebration of Last Boomerang rolling off the production line at the Government Aircraft Factory in 1945, we should have a look at what was Carl's role and whether this had anything to do with why he died.
Firstly, he had family who also worked there.
Percival McMinn, and later his dad Gilbert McMinn who was married to Selina Keane.
Percival Gilbert Mcminn is Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man's brother-in-law's first cousin once removed.
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
→
Freda Grace Keane (Webb)
his sister
→
'Gerald' Thomas Gerald Thomas Keane
her husband
→
'Will' William Thomas Alpius Keane
his father
→
John William Keane
his brother
→
'Nellie" Selina Jane Mcminn (Keane)
his daughter
→
Percival Gilbert Mcminn
her son
Source:
www.geni.com
Here's a basic biography of Percival.
Percival was born in 1924 at Footscray and died in 2006 at Pascoe Vale.
Percival was raised in Yarraville and went to Footscray technical college.He was apprenticed at CAC where he then worked for 33 years as a foreman and an inspector in charge of engine testing. For 10 years after that he worked with TAA as a toolmaker. At first after his marriage he lived for 10 years in Seddon and then built a new house at 6 Crowley Crt, Pascoe Vale. His father also shifted to Pascoe Vale and lived at the end of his street. Perc was also a freemason like his dad and became lodge master at his lodge.
Here's a basic biography of Gilbert.
Gilbert was born in 1889. He passed away in 1973. he was a twin to Florence Annie mcminn (floss) and they were brought up in Castlemaine. he and his wife Selina (nell) lived at Marjory St, Yarraville.He was employed by Victorian Railways for 33 years as a blacksmiths striker and after as a fitter during the war. When he retired from the railways he became a clerical officer at commonwealth aircraft Corp at Fishermans bend until he was 74. He was a keen bowls player and loved growing dahlias. He was a freemason for 33 years. After his wifes death he shifted to Pascoe Vale to be near his son. When he became unwell he lived at the freemasons homes in Prahran until he died at the Alfred hospital aged 83.
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Firstly, he had family who also worked there.
Percival McMinn, and later his dad Gilbert McMinn who was married to Selina Keane.
Percival Gilbert Mcminn is Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man's brother-in-law's first cousin once removed.
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man
→
Freda Grace Keane (Webb)
his sister
→
'Gerald' Thomas Gerald Thomas Keane
her husband
→
'Will' William Thomas Alpius Keane
his father
→
John William Keane
his brother
→
'Nellie" Selina Jane Mcminn (Keane)
his daughter
→
Percival Gilbert Mcminn
her son
Source:
Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man? is related to Percival Gilbert Mcminn
Percival Gilbert Mcminn is Carl Webb AKA Somerton Man?'s brother-in-law's first cousin once removed!
Here's a basic biography of Percival.
Percival was born in 1924 at Footscray and died in 2006 at Pascoe Vale.
Percival was raised in Yarraville and went to Footscray technical college.He was apprenticed at CAC where he then worked for 33 years as a foreman and an inspector in charge of engine testing. For 10 years after that he worked with TAA as a toolmaker. At first after his marriage he lived for 10 years in Seddon and then built a new house at 6 Crowley Crt, Pascoe Vale. His father also shifted to Pascoe Vale and lived at the end of his street. Perc was also a freemason like his dad and became lodge master at his lodge.
Here's a basic biography of Gilbert.
Gilbert was born in 1889. He passed away in 1973. he was a twin to Florence Annie mcminn (floss) and they were brought up in Castlemaine. he and his wife Selina (nell) lived at Marjory St, Yarraville.He was employed by Victorian Railways for 33 years as a blacksmiths striker and after as a fitter during the war. When he retired from the railways he became a clerical officer at commonwealth aircraft Corp at Fishermans bend until he was 74. He was a keen bowls player and loved growing dahlias. He was a freemason for 33 years. After his wifes death he shifted to Pascoe Vale to be near his son. When he became unwell he lived at the freemasons homes in Prahran until he died at the Alfred hospital aged 83.
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George Marshal is related to Sam Aarons
But this isn't unexpected with Families of Jewish origins.
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as such, to prove the point, he's also related to Hellmut Hendon
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And
Tibor Kaldor
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And
Bernard Taft
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But this isn't unexpected with Families of Jewish origins.
Joseph Haim Saul Marshall is related to Samuel Aarons
Samuel Aarons is Joseph Haim Saul Marshall's great uncle's uncle's wife's brother's wife's third cousin's husband's great nephew!
as such, to prove the point, he's also related to Hellmut Hendon
Joseph Haim Saul Marshall is related to Hellmut Horace Hendon
Hellmut Horace Hendon is Joseph Haim Saul Marshall's second cousin once removed's wife's aunt's husband's great uncle's wife's brother's wife's first cousin's husband's nephew!
And
Tibor Kaldor
Joseph Haim Saul Marshall is related to Dr Tibor Káldor
Dr Tibor Káldor is Joseph Haim Saul Marshall's aunt's sister's husband's great niece's ex-husband's second great aunt's husband's brother's wife's first cousin's wife's first cousin once removed!
And
Bernard Taft
Joseph Haim Saul Marshall is related to Bernard Taft
Bernard Taft is Joseph Haim Saul Marshall's first cousin once removed's wife's great niece's husband's great uncle's wife's first cousin!
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Someone's suggesting another lead
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Another suicide?
DEATHS HUNN. — On February 23, Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, M.V.O., O.B.E., M.C., Croix de Guerre, beloved husband of Dorothy (of Cottesloe, W.A.), loving father of John and Rosemary, aged 52 years. No flowers by request.
W.A. MAN FOUND DEAD. MELBOURNE, Feb. 23.—Found lying on a seat in the Botanic Gardens today, the body of Major Sydney Arthur Hunn (52), of Cottesloe Western Australia, was taken to the City morgue. There was a bullet wound in his right temple and near his body the police found an automatic pistol.
Sources
↑ The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)Tuesday 24 February 1942 - Page 5
↑ The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)Tuesday 24 February 1942 - Page 6
He had some interesting family connections.
Richard Emil (Bob) Schlesinger, the Captain of the Australian Davis Cup Tennis Team in the 1920/30's, is Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID's son's wife's father!
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Lieutenant General Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, KCB, KCMG, VD is Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID's father-in-law!
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DEATHS HUNN. — On February 23, Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, M.V.O., O.B.E., M.C., Croix de Guerre, beloved husband of Dorothy (of Cottesloe, W.A.), loving father of John and Rosemary, aged 52 years. No flowers by request.
W.A. MAN FOUND DEAD. MELBOURNE, Feb. 23.—Found lying on a seat in the Botanic Gardens today, the body of Major Sydney Arthur Hunn (52), of Cottesloe Western Australia, was taken to the City morgue. There was a bullet wound in his right temple and near his body the police found an automatic pistol.
Sources
↑ The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)Tuesday 24 February 1942 - Page 5
↑ The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)Tuesday 24 February 1942 - Page 6
He had some interesting family connections.
Richard Emil (Bob) Schlesinger, the Captain of the Australian Davis Cup Tennis Team in the 1920/30's, is Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID's son's wife's father!
Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID is related to Richard Emil Schlesinger, III
Richard Emil Schlesinger, III is Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID's son's wife's father!
Lieutenant General Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, KCB, KCMG, VD is Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID's father-in-law!
Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID is related to Talbot Hobbs
Talbot Hobbs is Major Sydney Arthur Hunn, OBE, MVO, MC, CdeG, MID's father-in-law!
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A Biography of the owner of Red Point Tool Company which was apparently Carl Webb's employer.
Sher, William Peter (1902–1977)
by Fay Woodhouse
This article was published:
in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16 , 2002
online in 2006
William Peter Sher (1902-1977), engineer and businessman, was born on 6 November 1902 in Vienna and named Wilhelm Peter Schlesinger, second son of Skender Schlesinger, accountant, and his wife Emilie, née Kohn. Wilhelm studied electrical engineering at the Technische Hochschule (later Technical University of Vienna) and graduated in 1922. After working as a lighting engineer, he took a job with the French railways at Marseilles. In 1926 he joined the Mecox engineering company, which manufactured power tools. Lacking a permit to work in Paris, he moved to Switzerland and then to Berlin where he assembled electric-power and automotive tools. He changed his surname to Sher and used it on his products. On 3 September 1928 he married Elsa Rabinovicz in Vienna. Fearing persecution by the Nazis, they migrated to Australia in 1939. William was to be naturalized in 1944.
After arriving in Melbourne, Sher was employed by Richardson Gears Pty Ltd at Footscray. His engineering experience, enthusiasm and drive were matched by his alertness to business opportunities. World War II restricted supplies from abroad and created an urgent need for power tools in Australia. In 1940 Sher formed a partnership with Alexander Faill and set up a small workshop in Little William Street, Melbourne. The firm soon produced a three-eighth-inch (9.5 mm) portable electric drill which Sher claimed was the first hand-held power tool to be manufactured in Australia. Problems arising from the unavailability of basic components, such as switches and commutators, were swiftly overcome. Sher and Faill incorporated their venture as the Red Point Tool Co. Pty Ltd and moved to Prahran, where they produced power tools and alarm sirens for the war effort. Eliza Tinsley Pty Ltd was their main supporter and distributor.
In the years of postwar suburban expansion Sher realized that large manufacturers were not meeting the needs of a growing number of home handymen. Returning from a visit to Japan in 1951, he designed the small and light quarter-inch (6.4 mm) Drillmaster. The partners bought a new factory at Collingwood in 1952 and changed the firm's name to Sher Power Tools Pty Ltd in 1957. A two-speed drill, the Shermatic—intended for industry, farm and home use—was marketed in 1958. The rapid development of the Sher range reflected the increasing demand for 'do-it-yourself' tools. With a net profit of £101,464 in 1962, the company had become the largest manufacturer of portable power tools produced wholly in Australia.
On 13 March 1963 Sher Tools Australia Ltd was incorporated as a public company to acquire the whole of the issued capital of Sher Power Tools Pty Ltd. A subsidiary, Malvern Non-Ferrous Foundries Pty Ltd, bought Malvern Brass Foundry in September 1964 and began to manufacture castings for its parent company's products. Sher believed that tools imported from the United States of America were designed with 'inbuilt obsolescence'. He was determined that his products would continue to provide years of service for the home handyman. In 1967 the American Skil Corporation took over Sher Tools Australia, buying every share except those owned by Sher and Faill. Sher remained a director and chairman until 1972 when he and his son Ronald quit the firm and formed Ronald Sher Pty Ltd. They manufactured electric bench-tools (which Skil-Sher Pty Ltd did not make) to avoid competing with their former company.
In 1977 Sher was appointed A.M. He belonged to the Institute of Machine Tool Makers, to the Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne and to Rotary. Survived by his wife and their son, he died on 26 June 1977 at Prahran and was cremated with Presbyterian forms.
Select Bibliography
Australian Hardware Journal, 15 Sept 1968, p 66
Herald (Melbourne), 13 Mar 1963, 5 Dec 1972
Age (Melbourne), 11 Apr 1968
Sher Tools Australia Ltd records (University of Melbourne Archives)
private information.
Citation details
Fay Woodhouse, 'Sher, William Peter (1902–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Biography - William Peter Sher - Australian Dictionary of Biography, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 22 October 2022.
This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, (Melbourne University Press), 2002
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Sher, William Peter (1902–1977)
by Fay Woodhouse
This article was published:
in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16 , 2002
online in 2006
William Peter Sher (1902-1977), engineer and businessman, was born on 6 November 1902 in Vienna and named Wilhelm Peter Schlesinger, second son of Skender Schlesinger, accountant, and his wife Emilie, née Kohn. Wilhelm studied electrical engineering at the Technische Hochschule (later Technical University of Vienna) and graduated in 1922. After working as a lighting engineer, he took a job with the French railways at Marseilles. In 1926 he joined the Mecox engineering company, which manufactured power tools. Lacking a permit to work in Paris, he moved to Switzerland and then to Berlin where he assembled electric-power and automotive tools. He changed his surname to Sher and used it on his products. On 3 September 1928 he married Elsa Rabinovicz in Vienna. Fearing persecution by the Nazis, they migrated to Australia in 1939. William was to be naturalized in 1944.
After arriving in Melbourne, Sher was employed by Richardson Gears Pty Ltd at Footscray. His engineering experience, enthusiasm and drive were matched by his alertness to business opportunities. World War II restricted supplies from abroad and created an urgent need for power tools in Australia. In 1940 Sher formed a partnership with Alexander Faill and set up a small workshop in Little William Street, Melbourne. The firm soon produced a three-eighth-inch (9.5 mm) portable electric drill which Sher claimed was the first hand-held power tool to be manufactured in Australia. Problems arising from the unavailability of basic components, such as switches and commutators, were swiftly overcome. Sher and Faill incorporated their venture as the Red Point Tool Co. Pty Ltd and moved to Prahran, where they produced power tools and alarm sirens for the war effort. Eliza Tinsley Pty Ltd was their main supporter and distributor.
In the years of postwar suburban expansion Sher realized that large manufacturers were not meeting the needs of a growing number of home handymen. Returning from a visit to Japan in 1951, he designed the small and light quarter-inch (6.4 mm) Drillmaster. The partners bought a new factory at Collingwood in 1952 and changed the firm's name to Sher Power Tools Pty Ltd in 1957. A two-speed drill, the Shermatic—intended for industry, farm and home use—was marketed in 1958. The rapid development of the Sher range reflected the increasing demand for 'do-it-yourself' tools. With a net profit of £101,464 in 1962, the company had become the largest manufacturer of portable power tools produced wholly in Australia.
On 13 March 1963 Sher Tools Australia Ltd was incorporated as a public company to acquire the whole of the issued capital of Sher Power Tools Pty Ltd. A subsidiary, Malvern Non-Ferrous Foundries Pty Ltd, bought Malvern Brass Foundry in September 1964 and began to manufacture castings for its parent company's products. Sher believed that tools imported from the United States of America were designed with 'inbuilt obsolescence'. He was determined that his products would continue to provide years of service for the home handyman. In 1967 the American Skil Corporation took over Sher Tools Australia, buying every share except those owned by Sher and Faill. Sher remained a director and chairman until 1972 when he and his son Ronald quit the firm and formed Ronald Sher Pty Ltd. They manufactured electric bench-tools (which Skil-Sher Pty Ltd did not make) to avoid competing with their former company.
In 1977 Sher was appointed A.M. He belonged to the Institute of Machine Tool Makers, to the Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne and to Rotary. Survived by his wife and their son, he died on 26 June 1977 at Prahran and was cremated with Presbyterian forms.
Select Bibliography
Australian Hardware Journal, 15 Sept 1968, p 66
Herald (Melbourne), 13 Mar 1963, 5 Dec 1972
Age (Melbourne), 11 Apr 1968
Sher Tools Australia Ltd records (University of Melbourne Archives)
private information.
Citation details
Fay Woodhouse, 'Sher, William Peter (1902–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Biography - William Peter Sher - Australian Dictionary of Biography, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 22 October 2022.
This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, (Melbourne University Press), 2002
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So Webb was a Power tool repair man at one stage?
The black dust embedded in the hand brush, may have been just carbon from the commutator brushes.
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Update today confirming that C Webb attended Swinburne, is in the team football photo, and now stronger evidence it is the same person that was found on Somerton beach:
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Far left, front row looks a likely candidate at first glance:
Somerton Man confirmed among faces in Swinburne footy team photo
Newly uncovered records from Swinburne University of Technology indicate that the Charles Webb widely believed to be the Somerton Man enrolled there as a teenager in 1920.
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Far left, front row looks a likely candidate at first glance:
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