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Alfred Henry Cave
Family Name: Cave  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Alfred Henry
DOB 1843 approx.
DOD 2 April 1882 
Place of Birth:
Place of Death: Brompton SA 
Age at Death: 39
School:
University:  
Qualifications: LSA 1872
MRCS 1872
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Eliza Ann d. 1881 Brompton, SA aged 35
Children: Two children survived him
Voyages: "Northampton" from London arr. Sydney 28 April 1873
  • "Rangatira" dep. Sydney for Melbourne 3 May 1873
  • "Aldinga" dep. Melbourne for Adelaide 6 May 1873
  • Came out as:  
    Date Settled Aus: by 1874
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered: 1874 SA
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: Barking, Middlesex, England 1872 (Medical Register)
  • Kooringa, SA 1873-1877 (SA Register, Chronicle)
  • North Adelaide, SA 1878
  • Brompton, SA 1878 onwards (newspapers)
  • Positions Held:
    Publications: Case of Richard Owens [letter]. South Australian Register 31 October 1876 [signed Alfred Cave, Surgeon to the Burra Mines, Kooringa]
    Notes: On leaving Kooringa he evidently intended settling at Jamestown, but instead went briefly to North Adelaide before moving to Brompton
  • His advertisement placed in 1881 after his wife's death sought the return of her underclothing and linen, which had been "extracted from her wardrobe" while he lay unconscious in bed due to illness
  • Acknowledgments: This record was updated in March 2004 with information supplied by Reece Jennings of North Plympton, SA
    References: Jennings R. Annotated list of registered medical practitioners South Australia 1844-1918. Adelaide, 1994 [registered 3 July 1872 (sic) LSA and MRCS 1872]
  • Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1874 [Alfred Cave registered 1872 Barking Middlesex LSA 1872 MRCS 1872]
  • Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883
  • Shipping intelligence. Empire (Sydney) 29 April 1873 [Dr. Cave, Mrs Cave and family on "Northampton" from London]
  • Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 5 May 1873 [Dr. and Mrs. Cave and child on "Rangatira" for Melbourne]
  • Shipping. Weekly Times (Melbourne) 10 May 1873 [Dr Cave, Mrs Cave and infant on "Aldinga" for Adelaide]
  • Death resulting from intemperance. South Australian Chronicle 17 May 1873 [evidence from Dr. Alfred Cave MRCS]
  • Dr Alfred Cave [advertisement]. Adelaide Observer 1 November 1873 [Government Vaccinator, Kooringa]
  • Banquet to Mr P Lane JP and Dr Cave at Kooringa. South Australian Chronicle 15 December 1877 [Dr. Cave leaving Burra district and moving to Jamestown]
  • News item. Express and Telegraph (Adelaide) 11 February 1878 [evidence at inquest from Alfred Cave, surgeon, North Adelaide]
  • Loyal Hindmarsh Lodge [advertisement]. Express and Telegraph (Adelaide) 31 August 1878 [Dr. Alfred Cave at Brompton]
  • Deaths. South Australian Register 26 November 1881 [at Brompton, Eliza Ann, wife of Alfred Cave, surgeon, aged 35]
  • Ten pounds reward [advertisement]. Evening Journal (Adelaide) 10 December 1881 [during my late wife's illness, death and burial, also while I lay unconscious in my bed for days...][see note]
  • Death of Dr. Cave. South Australian Register 6 February 1882 [formerly Burra and North Adelaide, died Brompton, leaving 2 little children]
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