John Kennedy Minter

1931 - 2015  (83 years)

• Name	John Kennedy Minter
  Birth	29 Dec 1931	Waverley War Memorial Hospital, Waverley, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	66E04DEE159F4E258D784C9193829D69A5B8
  Death	13 Aug 2015	South Townsville, NSW, Australia   [2]
  Notes	From The Advertiser, Adelaide, Friday 2 November 1951 (via Trove, January 2012): PORT POLICE Before Messrs. G. E. Pryke and A. G. Wanke Remanded. - To enable the police to make further enquiries in Victoria, two Victorian sales men were remanded in custody until November 8 on a joint charge of having been unlawfully in possession at Outer Harbor on Wednesday of a motor car suspected of having been stolen. The defendants were Anthony Thomas Palmer, 21, of Coventry street. South Melbourne, and John Kennedy Minter, 19, of the same address. Prosecuting, PCC R. J. Morrison said that the car bad been recognised by police at Jervois Bridge, Port Adelaide, and followed to Outer Harbor, where the men had been arrested. The car, a sedan valued at about £1.000, had been stolen from Ballarat on October 23. From The Advertiser, Adelaide, Friday 9 November 1951 (via Trove, January 2012): PORT POLICE Before Mr. L. F. J. JOHNSTON Two Men Gaoled Two Victorian salesmen were each sent to gaol for six months on an admitted charge that at Outer Harbor on October 31 they were unlawfully in possession of a motor car suspected of having been stolen. The defendants were Anthony Thomas Palmer, 21, of Coventry street, South Melbourne, and John Kennedy Minter, 19, of the same address. When the hearing was resumed yesterday PCC H. C. Gill, who prosecuted, said that Palmer had told the police that after stealing the car himself in Ballarat on October 23, he and Minter had driven it to Adelaide, via Mount Gambier. They had been selling household goods on time payment on a commission basis. Palmer had said that he and Minter intended to keep the car for a while and then take it back to Melbourne, where it would have been dumped. According to Minter, he had met Palmer by appointment in Ballarat after the car had been stolen. Both had worked and boarded together in Melbourne. Mr. J. E. Kelly, for the defendants, gave evidence of previous good character and made sub missions for leniency. The magistrate said that the valuable car had done 1,250 miles since it was taken and it had also been considerably damaged. No trace of John has been found in Electoral Rolls but a Rosemarie Minter appeared as follows. These entries may or may not refer to John Kennedy Minter's wife. Australian Electoral Roll, 1968 for Coorparoo, Bowman, Queensland at 1/19 McLay Street, Coorparoo: Rosemarie Minter, commercial teacher. Australian Electoral Roll, 1972 for Tarragindi, Moreton, Queensland at 183 Lutzow Street, Wellers Hill 4121: Rosemarie Minter, teacher. Australian Electoral Roll, 1977 for Blackstone, Oxley, Queensland at 13 Tessman Street, Riverview 4305: Rosemarie Minter, teacher. A John K Minter appeared in The World Book of Minters c. 1992, at 2/89a Little Bay Road, Little Bay, NSW. May or may not refer to this person.
  Person ID	I569	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Lewis Edgar Minter,   b. 12 Dec 1899, Canowindra, NSW, Australia d. 25 Jun 1980, Narrabeen, NSW, Australia (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Veronica Josephine HAID,   b. 1904, Redfern, NSW, Australia d. 19 Jun 1936, Randwick, NSW, Australia (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	1924	Taree, NSW, Australia   [3]
  Marital status	Unknown
  Family ID	F207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosemarie HANNAH
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Dec 1931 - Waverley War Memorial Hospital, Waverley, NSW, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16832644, Aug 2010. [S41] Ryerson Index, August 2008 and later. [S28] New South Wales BMD index on-line December 2007 and later.