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Wilfred John Dovaston 1912 - 1979

Wilfred John Dovaston of Ararat, Ararat Rural City County, VIC Australia was born on December 5, 1912 in Ararat to Selina Watts Dovaston and Alfred Ernest Dovaston. He had siblings Lucy Mary Ann (Dovaston) Madex, William Samuel Dovaston, Alfred George Dovaston, Lillian Selina Dovaston, Annie Dovaston, Sydney Joseph Dovaston, and Madge Jessie Dovaston Shalders. Wilfred Dovaston married Jean Botherwell Cock in 1939, and died at age 66 years old on July 3, 1979 in Ararat.

Wilfred John Dovaston
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In 1912, in the year that Wilfred John Dovaston was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1938, Wilfred was 26 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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Dovaston, Eve (Dec 24, 1879 - Jan 1974) Dovaston, Gerald (Aug 8, 1944 - Jun 20, 2011) Dovaston, Selina (Jun 10, 1870 - Mar 29, 1947) Madex, Lucy (Nov 9, 1891 - Feb 19, 1931) Dovaston, William (Oct 12, 1893 - Apr 6, 1929) Dovaston, Alfred (Jul 22, 1895 - May 26, 1977) Dovaston, Lillian (Aug 24, 1898 - Mar 17, 1982) Gardiner, Annie (Feb 28, 1901 - Feb 27, 1974) Dovaston, Sydney (Aug 24, 1907 - Nov 10, 1999) Shalders, Madge (Oct 12, 1910 - Aug 22, 1997)
Dovaston, Alfred (Dec 18, 1869 - Jul 21, 1952) Dovaston, Ethel Dovaston, Lillian (Born 1917) Dovaston, Phyllis Cora Dovaston, Beryl (1922 - 1923) Dovaston, William (1913 - 1947) Dovaston, Vivian (1923 - 1972) Dovaston, Alfred (1938 - 1974) Dovaston, Maude Dovaston, Claud (1915 - 1974)
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