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Mark Gosling (1886–1980)

Mark Gosling

Mark Gosling (1886-1980) house painter, politician and building contractor  Birth: 7 August 1886 at Smethwick, near Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, youngest child of Samuel Gosling (1840-1916), screw works labourer, and Hannah, née Nelms (b.1851). Marriage: 26 April 1913, at All Saints Anglican church, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wale, to Florence Thorneycroft (1892-1977), born at Wolverhampton, England. They had three sons. Death: 31 May 1980 in a convalescent home at Bexley, Sydney. Religion:...

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