George Austin Lockwood
- Born: 26 Feb 1881, Granville, NSW, Australia 71
- Marriage (1): Mabel Elizabeth Barber on 3 Sep 1903 in Methodist Church, Parramatta Rd, Granville, Nsw, Australia 71
- Marriage (2): Eunice Vane Deschowe in 1935 71
- Died: 24 Aug 1945, 807 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW, Australia at age 64 71
- Buried: Cn52, North Ryde Crematorium Rose Garden 71
 General Notes:
Educated in NSW.
Apprenticed as a Metalworker, Blacksmith, Boilermaker.
After their wedding George and mabel moved to New Zealand, initially for their honeymoon. They moved back to NSW after the birth of their first child.
1905 lived in various parts of Sydney.
The return voyage from New Zealand was on the S.S. Wanganui. The trip was very rough. Mabel refused to ever set foot on a boat again, as a result of this trip. She would not even go on the Manly Ferry.
17 Feb 1908 George joined the NSW Government Railways as an Angle Ironsmith, stationed at the Railway Workshop at Eveleigh, to the western side of Redfern. George was instrumental in forming the Australian Railways union.
14 Aug 1917 George was dismissed from the Railways due to his involvement in the "Great Strike". His brother William, also working for the Railways stayed working for them (he was not so heavily involved in the union). This caused a lot of friction between the two brothers, they rarely spoke from then on.
George married Mabel Elizabeth Barber on 3 Sep 1903 in Methodist Church, Parramatta Rd, Granville, Nsw, Australia.71 (Mabel Elizabeth Barber was born on 3 Oct 1882 in Burwood, NSW, Australia,71 died on 28 May 1976 and was buried in Ashes Scattered- Memorial, Woronora Cemetery Crematoria book of Rememberance 71.)
George next married Eunice Vane Deschowe in 1935.71
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