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William James Brightwell 1899 - 1981

William James Brightwell of Hillside Rd - Forbury, in Dunedin, Otago New Zealand was born in 1899 in Stawell, VIC Australia to John George Brightwell and Elizabeth Ada Sumner Brightwell. He had siblings Richard Edmund Jerrard Brightwell, John George Bertram Brightwell, Gilbert Sydney Brightwell, Robert Felix Brightwell, Edward Albert Brightwell, David Arthur Brightwell, Charles Sampson Brightwell, Allen Leslie Brightwell, Kenneth Sumner Brightwell, and Lucretia Emma Brightwell. William Brightwell died at age 81 years old on September 22, 1981 in Dunedin, Dunedin City County, Otago New Zealand.
William James Brightwell
Fulton Home Care Hillside Rd - Forbury, in Dunedin, Otago 9012, New Zealand
1899
Stawell, VIC, 3380, Australia
September 22, 1981
Dunedin, Dunedin City County, Otago, New Zealand
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  • 1899

    Birthday

    1899
    Birthdate
    Stawell, VIC 3380, Australia
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    European
  • Nationality & Locations

    Australia & New Zealand
  • Early Life & Education

    Weston School, Oamaru
  • Military Service

    WW1
  • Professional Career

    Freezing Worker
  • 09/22
    1981

    Death

    September 22, 1981
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Dunedin, Dunedin City County, Otago New Zealand
    Death location
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In 1899, in the year that William James Brightwell was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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In 1914, when he was merely 15 years old, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.
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