Walter Hermann von Dechend

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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About Walter Hermann von Dechend

Mr. Walter Von Dechman Dies

Mr Walter von Dechman, for 14 years a lecturer in German literature at the Melbourne University, has died at his home in Mathoura Road, Toorak,

Mr von Dechend, who was born in Berlin, was the son of the late Mr Hermann Alexander von Dechend, a former president of the Imperial Bank of Germany which was organised soon after the foundation of the German Empire. He came to Australia about 30 years ago, and lived practically all the time in Melbourne.

A year after ware began he retired from the University, and had since been teaching. Hed has left a widow and daughter.

Source: Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Monday 2 March 1931, page 5 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242875680?searchTerm=von...]

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Walter Hermann von Dechend's Timeline

1867
September 5, 1867
Brandenburg,Preussen
November 3, 1867
Stadt, Brandenburg, Prussia

Name: Walter Hermann Dechend
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 5 Sep
Baptism Date: 03 Nov 1867 (3 Nov 1867)
Baptism Place: Sankt Marien,Berlin Stadt,Brandenburg,Prussia
Father: Hermann Friedrich Dechend
Mother: Adelgunde Auguste Wilke
FHL Film Number: 70055

1911
1911
South Yarra, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Event: births
Registration number: 32133 / 1911
Family name: VON DECHEUD
Given name(s): Adelgunde Margt Beat
Place of event: SOUTH YARRA, VIC, Australia
Mother's name: , Margt Payten
Mother's family name at birth: CURRAN
Father's Name: , Walt Hermann.

1931
February 27, 1931
Age 63
[Residence] 58 Mathoura Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Registration number: 54 / 1931
Family name: VON DECHEND
Given name(s): Walter Hermann
Place of event: ARMADALE, Australia
Mother's name: , Adelgunde
Mother's family name at birth: WILKE
Father's Name: , VON DECHEND Herman Alexander

February 27, 1931
Age 63
Burial Details Unknown