George Napier Tomlin [SEP] date of death
George Napier Tomlin
Vice Admiral George Napier Tomlin, CMG, MVO (25 July 1875 – 7 May 1947) was a British naval officer.
Private life.
In 1911, when Commander George Napier Tomlin was with "Medina", his engagement was announced in "The Sketch" to Miss Violet Seymour Osborne.
Career.
George Napier Tomlin went straight to sea from HMS "Britannia", and was in two actions ashore on the west coast of Africa as a 17-year-old midshipman. He was
has been claimed as 10 Aug 1874, however the date of 16 Sep 1866 is evidenced by his official birth record. He was educated to elementary level at Bourke, where his family moved after his father's alleged death when Stuart-Robertson was 4 years old. Despite the rumour that Robert senior had died during the 1870s in Queensland, Robert senior died on 3 July 1899 at George Street Asylum, Parramatta, New South Wales.
Stuart-Robertson undertook a number of unsuccessful retail businesses in Bourke and Cobar. During