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Thompson Crematorium officially opened on Sunday 9 September 1934. The first cremation service was held on the morning of 11 September 1934. A religious service for Neil Richmond Rose of Wynnum, Queensland was held at 10.30am followed by a non-religious one for Ernest Charles Fletcher of
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