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David was transferred to
the Royal North Shore
Hospital in Sydney, where
on admission he fell into a
coma and was pronounced
dead just over 2 hours
after he was admitted into
hospital.

David Whitfield sitting in his dressing room,
preparing for another performance.

He was cremated at
the Northern Suburbs
Crematorium in Sydney,
and his ashes were then
returned back to Hull.

Between 1954 and 1980,
his travels took him to
places such as the Far East,
South Africa, New Zealand David’s ashes were carried
on the frigate, HMS Sirius
and Australia.
out into the North Sea, and
scattered at a point 5 miles
David also returned to
south-west of Spurn Point,
North America, where his
at the mouth of the River
worldwide career started,
and there was also a Forces Humber.
tour taking in Malta, Libya
and Cyprus.
It was on one of these
tours, that David became
unwell. On 15 January
1980, part way through
his 13th tour of Australia,
that he suffered a cerebral
haemorrage.

HMS Sirius, named after the brightest star in
the sky, took David Whitfield’s ashes to sea.