Family background
Sidney William Newton was born on 17 April 1894 at Sydney, NSW, the son of William Alfred Moore and Mary Ann Murray. He married Eileen Cecelia Amelia Gallimore (1899-1968) on 18 January 1919 at Sydney, and they had two sons and two daughters. Newton died at Alexandria, on 8 July 1966, aged 68 years; he was cremated at Woronora Cemetery. He lived at 159 Laurence Street, Alexandria.
Occupation & interests
Sidney Newton was a member of the first Labor controlled Alexandria Council in December 1928. He was explicitly anti-Communist, social conservative with close links with the trade union movement.
Local government service
Sidney Newton was an alderman on Alexandria Council 1928-31 representing the South Ward.
References
‘Advertising’, The Daily Telegraph, 4 December 1928, p.13. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246826896