Notes
Trove clipping (nla.news-article41808369), Cairns Post 8 Jun 1937 p. 6, 'PIONEER PASSES ON. MR. RICHARD ALFRED TILLS. USEFUL CAREER ENDS.' Obituary published the day after his death in the Cairns District Hospital: evidences the 7 Jun 1937 death (event 32058), the alderman terms 1886 and 1898-1908 with three mayoralties (events 134996, 134997), the 1887 Cairns Garrison Battery lieutenancy (event 134998) and the surviving children of Richard Alfred Tills #15887. Quoted by citations 49344, 49345, 49347, 49348, 49349.