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William John Francis SOPER (1918 - 1982)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	William John Francis SOPER (1918 - 1982) + Margaret Helen BACKHAUS	William George SOPER (1894 - 1985)	John SOPER (1857 - 1944)	Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)
				Grace HEMMANT (1829 - 1905)
			Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953)	William PORTER (1837 - 1887)
				Mary SLATER (1838 - 1920)
		Hilda Maud MCLELLAN (1894 - 1964)

b. 1918 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia

m. 1938 Margaret Helen BACKHAUS at Queensland, Australia

d. 1982 at Queensland, Australia aged 64

Near Relatives of William John Francis SOPER (1918 - 1982)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John SOPER	abt 1857	Meeth, Devon, England	16 Feb 1944	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Grandmother	Margaret Sarah PORTER	1869	Queensland, Australia	06 Apr 1953	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	84
Father	William George SOPER	25 Mar 1894	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1985	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Mother	Hilda Maud MCLELLAN	abt 1894	Queensland, Australia	01 May 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Self	William John Francis SOPER	1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	64
Wife	Margaret Helen BACKHAUS
Aunt	Mary Grace SOPER	16 Jun 1886	Queensland, Australia	12 May 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	92
Uncle	Arthur RUTHERFORD	1879	Queensland, Australia	18 Feb 1935	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	56
Uncle	John SOPER	1888	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	02 Jul 1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Aunt	Ada Jean GILMOUR	abt 1895	Charleville, Queensland, Australia	21 Aug 1996	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	101
Aunt	Sarah Jane SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	04 Oct 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	90
Uncle	George Alfred PAGE
Aunt	Ellen SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Ethel SOPER	1899	Queensland, Australia	26 Apr 1970	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Uncle	George Edwin GIDDY	abt 1897		27 Dec 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Aunt	Emily Margaret SOPER	1903	Queensland, Australia	1903	Queensland, Australia	0
Uncle	Henry Samuel SOPER	1904	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	22 Sep 1987	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Aunt	Ellen Jessie GRAY	1906	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	24 Oct 1992	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Uncle	Herbert Francis SOPER	1906	Queensland, Australia	22 Feb 1976	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Aunt	Nellie Birkmans SHEEHAN
Uncle	Arthur Frederick SOPER	27 May 1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	30 Jun 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Uncle	Walter James SOPER	1910	Queensland, Australia	16 Dec 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	54
Aunt	Possibly Cynthia Jean DARWEN
Cousin	Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD	27 Dec 1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	16 Mar 1998	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89
Cousin	Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD	1911	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD	14 Feb 1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	31 Dec 1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	75
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased

Events in William John Francis SOPER (1918 - 1982)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1918		William John Francis SOPER was born	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 1
1938	20	Married Margaret Helen BACKHAUS	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	18
01 May 1964	46	Death of mother Hilda Maud MCLELLAN (aged 70)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	59
1982	64	William John Francis SOPER died	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18

Note 1: Military records - WW2 nominal roll Name SOPER, WILLIAM JOHN FRANCIS Service Australian Army Service Number Q218304 Date of Birth 7 Apr 1918 Place of Birth AYR, QLD Date of Enlistment 15 Aug 1942 Locality on Enlistment HOME HILL, QLD Place of Enlistment HOME HILL, QLD Next of Kin SOPER, MARGARET Date of Discharge 5 Nov 1945 Rank Private Posting at Discharge 16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (QLD) WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No

Note 2: 1938 C1323 William John Francis Soper Margaret Helen Backhaus

Note 3: Burdekin cemetry records - age 69 grave no 3682

Note 4: 1982 52155 William John Francis Soper William George Soper Hilda Maud McLellan

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 1982 52155 William John Francis Soper William George Soper Hilda Maud McLellan

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: 1938 C1323 William John Francis Soper Margaret Helen Backhaus

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