Friday August 23 1935 – Obituary – Mr. W. H. Moon.
On Wednesday night at the Maryborough Hospital, to which he was admitted on the previous Saturday, there died a well-known identity and highly esteemed resident in the person of Mr. William H. Moon in his 80th year.
He was an Australian native – one of the oldest members of the local branch of the ANA – having been born at Smith Street Collingwood on October 26 1855. When a very young boy he came to Navarre with his parents George and Emma Moon of whose family of four sons and one daughter Mrs. A. Challacombe of Maryborough who is the only surviving member.
In his youth the deceased conducted a night school at Alma; later on was a traveller; afterwards worked on mines at Majorca and other parts of the district surrounding Maryborough. For 21 years following the decline in mining he was employed in the railway department chiefly as a skilled labourer attached to the works department at Maryborough.
Mr. Moon who invariably wore a small flower in the lapel of his coat took an exceptionally keen interest in politics – he was a staunch Labourite and was a very active figure locally at election time. He was an excellent conversationalist and penman. Even after he had passed the allotted space of life his calligraphy was such as would have done credit to one 50 years his junior.
In his younger days he was an ardent sportsman. Mr. Jack Worrall in an article in the Argus, republished in the Advertiser on May 7 1930, paid the following tribute to the deceased. “Billy Moon with the rosy cheeks, played with Inkerman in his younger days but made his name as a football umpire though I have also seen him officiating in that capacity at cricket. He filled his part with distinction and was a well-known figure in sporting circles.”
His wife predeceased him on June 4 1915. He leaves a family of 5 to mourn their loss. They are as follows Myrtle (Mrs. G. Lee of Maryborough); Florence (Mrs. A. Wilmot of Sydney); Walter (Richmond); George (Maryborough) and Maud (Mrs. Brown of Sydney).
The remains were interred in the Church of England portion of the Maryborough Cemetery this morning. Archdeacon F. E. Lewis read the burial service at the graveside. The coffin bearers were
Messrs A. C. Thomas, C. Stevenson, and A. L. Stone (representing the ANA) and W. F. Richards,
R. Craige, J. Ley. Hubble Brothers, Funeral Directors.
