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Family: Walter Charles Dunk / Mary Lavercombe (F2099)

• Father | Male Walter Charles Dunk

  
  

  Born	6 Jun 1866	Wivenhoe, Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia
  Died	22 Sep 1935	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
  Buried		Camden, New South Wales, Australia
  Married	6 Jul 1898  [1, 2]	St Luke's, The Oaks, New South Wales, Australia  [1, 2]
  Father	William Henry Dunk | F2147 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eliza Barker | F2147 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Lavercombe

  
  

  Born	9 Mar 1870	Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
  Died	20 Jul 1946	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
  Buried	22 Jul 1946	Glenmore, New South Wales, Australia
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• Sources

  [S2012] Camden News, Camden, New South Wales (print edition), 25 July 1946, pg 86. Mrs Mary Dunk, wife of the late W C Dunk, died suddenly on Saturday last 20th July, at the age of 76 years. Mrs Dunk was a long resident of Camden, formerly Miss Mary Lavercombe, daughter of the late John Lavercombe, of The Oaks. She married Walter Charles Dunk, son of the late William and Eliza Dunk of Bobs Range, some fifty years ago. Mr and Mrs W C Dunk took up residence on the Cawdor Road on the property now owned by Mr Lloyd Smart. Later Mr Dunk opened refreshment rooms in the town, but in 1928 retired, seven years later Mr Dunk passed away at his residence in Elizabeth Street. Mrs Dunk had many local connections and was widely known throughout the district. She leaves a grown family of four, two sons and two daughters; Messrs Hobart and Syd, Eva, Mrs S Allen, and Dulcie, Mrs A (Bon) Sinclair, all of Camden; one brother and five sisters survive, Mr Lavercombe of Mount Hunter, Mrs Kemmish, of Orchard Hills; Mrs Lockett, The Oaks; Mrs G Eldred, Strathfield; Mrs J Roberts, Camden; and Miss Grace Lavercombe, The Oaks. The funeral took place at Glenmore on Monday, and deep sympathy is expressed to the family. [S2014] Details: #6231 of 1898.