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207847
Surname: Stapleton
First Name: Dr. Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 12 April 1899
Place: Lambton
Source: Newcastle Morning Herald
Details: A public meeting of the friends of Dr. Joseph Stapleton who was about to leave on a tour of America and England was held in Jameson s Hall. Visitors came from Waratah, New Lambton and Wallsend
207848
Surname: Stapleton
First Name: Dr. Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 18 May 1900
Place: Wallsend
Source: Newcastle Morning Herald
Details: Dr. Joseph Stapleton thanked for his action in placing a steriliser at the disposal of the committee of the Wallsend Hospital for hospital use
207846
Surname: Stapleton (obit)
First Name: Dr. Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 28 December 1901
Place: Wallsend
Source: Freemans Journal
Details: Death of Dr. Stapleton, Wallsend. The most profound regret was felt throughout the district on the 12th inst when it became known that Dr. Stapleton of Wallsend, was dead. That feeling was intensified by the sudden and lonely character of the sad event. A timber-getter following his usual occupation in the bush hod come upon the body of the doctor in a gully about a mile from the old Cooranbong-road, and about three miles from Wallsend. Near the body the doctor s well-known chesnut horse was quietly grazing. There were no marks of violence upon the body, and the cause of death was discovered to be congestion of the brain, the supposed result of sunstroke. Dr. Joseph Stapleton. was born in Ireland in the year 1855, and was therefore 46 years of age. With his parents he arrived at Kilmore, Victoria, two years later. He passed the Melbourne University matriculation examination in 1874. About a year after this he came to Wallsend, and was employed as dispenser with the late Dr. Andrew Nash. His employer took a kindly interest in him, and assisted him in his study of medicine, and in 1877 sent him with Mr. (now Dr.) J. B. Nash to Edinburgh. After completing his four year course he returned to this district with the degrees M.B., CM., and M.R.C.S. On arrival here he became assistant to Dr. John Harris, with whom he remained until 1885. In the (latter year he commenced practice on his own account at Lambton, and continued there until 1899. In that year he took Dr. J. B. Nash s practice at Wallsend. Throughout Newcastle Dr. Stapleton was known as a first-class physician and a most charitable man. The funeral, which took place on Friday, was very largely attended by all sections and creeds. The medical profession were particularly well represented, the remains being buried in the Catholic portion of the Sandgate Cemetery. The impressive burial prayers were read by the Rev. Fr. J. Flynn, ,Lambton. R. I. P.