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Re: Edgar Moon Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #9 on: Friday 15 July 11 12:12 BST (UK) »
William Martin Gibson
Died   29 Mar 1887    Queensland
Father David Gibson - Mother Helen Flight
Registration Number:   003126 - Page Number: 5334

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Re: Edgar Moon Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #10 on: Friday 15 July 11 12:21 BST (UK) »
Hi,
     Thanks everyone for all your replies . I have moved over to my Queensland Gibsons and came across the birth of Edgar to
 
Ann and Alfred the other day at out local FHS on Ancestry have just been updating tree and mentioned my latest find to a friend

and she being a tennis fanatic recognised the name right away so I wondered if he could be the same  Edgar Forest Moon

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Re: Edgar Moon Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #11 on: Friday 15 July 11 12:30 BST (UK) »
Hi again,
            I have had a quick look at trove and I do think it is him as it says in one piece that he got his middle name from Forest Hill  which is according to the piece in the paper is  approx. 5o miles south of Brisbane .

Have to go out for a short while but will be back soon.
Whow if this is true this is yet another fantastic piece for the family tree.

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Re: Edgar Moon Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #12 on: Friday 15 July 11 12:33 BST (UK) »
Trove Newspapers can often provide the missing link, Suzilad.......   :D



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Re: Edgar Moon Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #13 on: Friday 15 July 11 12:51 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Some electoral roll info on Edgar and his parents.

1903 Electoral Roll
Queensland, Moreton, Forest Hill.
Moon Alfred James, Forest Hill, farmer.
Moon Annie Louisa, Forest Hill, home duties.

1913, 1919
Queensland, Lilley, Caboolture.
Moon Alfred James, Caboolture, farmer.
Moon Annie Louisa, Caboolture, home duties.

1925
Queensland, Caboolture, Wide Bay.
Moon Alfred James, Caboolture, farmer.
Moon Annie Louisa, Caboolture, home duties.
Moon Edgar Forest, Glengarie, Caboolture, farm hand.

1936/1937/1943
Queensland, Caboolture, Wide Bay.
Moon Alfred James, Caboolture, farmer.
Moon Annie Louisa, Caboolture, home duties
Moon Edgar Forest, Glengarie, Caboolture, farm hand.

1949/1954
Queensland, Petrie, Kedron.
Moon Alfred James, Huet St Wavell Heights, no occupation given.
Moon Annie Louisa, Huet St Wavel Height, home duties

1949
Queensland, Fisher, Caboolture.
Moon Edgar Forest, Glengarie, Caboolture, farm hand.
 
and

Queensland, Lilley, Toombul.
Moon Edgar Forest, 34 Norman Pde, Eagle Junction, sports promoter.

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Re: Edgar Moon Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #14 on: Friday 15 July 11 12:55 BST (UK) »

Edgar Forest Moon enlisted in the Army in WW2.

http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp

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Re: Edgar MOON Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #15 on: Friday 15 July 11 13:09 BST (UK) »
After having spent many enjoyable hours over many decades as a volunteer tennis administrator, (and former competitive player) this is the first time I have used my tennis referee’s handbook for family history purposes.  I am delighted.

As at 31 March 1930, E F Moon of Qld was ranked Number 1 in the Rankings of Male tennis players in Australia (No. 2 was J Crawford from NSW, and No. 3 was H Hopman from NSW)
31 March 1931 E F Moon was ranked # 3
31 March 1932 E F Moon was ranked # 7 (equal with R O Cummings of Qld)
31 March 1933 E F Moon # 7
31 March 1934 E F Moon # 6
31 March 1935 E F Moon # 7
31 March 1936 E F Moon # 8

Australian Davis Cup Players
E F Moon represented Australia in 1930 .... Also in that year : J H Crawford, H C Hopman, J Willard. 
In 1930 the Davis Cup Finals were in Paris and France defeated USA 4 rubbers to 1

Australian Championships (Lawn Tennis)
Mens Singles Winner 1930 E F Moon
Mixed Doubles Winners 1929 Miss D Akhurst and E F Moon
Mixed Doubles Winners 1934 Miss J Hartigan and E F Moon

Miss D Akhurst won the Womens Singles in 1925, 26, 28, 29, 30
Miss J Hartigan won the Womens Singles in 1933, 34, 36

Miss D Akhurst name also appears on the winners lists for various years in that era in Womens Doubles.


Australian Championships (Hardcourt)
E F Moon’s name does not appear on my list of winners of that title, perhaps because my earliest records for that event start at 1938.

Australasian Veterans Championships
E F Moon’s name does not appear on my list of winners at those titles; my lists start from 1971

Queensland Championships (my records go back to 1889)
Mens Singles Winner 1932 E F Moon.

As E F Moon represented Queensland, it is very likely that Tennis Queensland would have information about him.  Here is the link to that organisation.  http://www.tennis.com.au/qld/         

Now, should I put my book that gave me that info back on my shelves for tennis, or find a place for it among my family history books !  What a wonderful dilemma.  (it will go back with the tennis)

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Re: Edgar MOON Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #16 on: Friday 15 July 11 13:12 BST (UK) »
You just never know where you'll find required information, JM!   

What a delight for you!   :D
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Re: Edgar Moon Australian Tennis Champion
« Reply #17 on: Friday 15 July 11 13:16 BST (UK) »
Queensland PO Directory 1894-95 (Wise)
There are a few Thomas Moons in the directory but this might be him.

Moon Thomas, JP. dairyman, Brookfield.


Brookfield Cemetery, Brisbane.
Plot 33
 Susan Margaret MOON d. 14 Dec 1905 aged 63. Also her husband Thomas, d. 14 Dec 1930 aged 91.

There are other family members buried there as well in 33.

Gerry