Jack Stretch

[5] On Saturday 20 June 1896, he officially opened St Alban's Anglican church in Cunnamulla.

Stretch was injured on his way to Cunnamulla, as he shot at a turkey from his buggy, frightening the horses, resulting in a crash with a tree stump.

[9][10][11] His body was taken to Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle, where his funeral service was conducted on Monday 21 April 1919 by John Wright (Archbishop of Sydney).

Stretch was buried in the Anglican section of Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle with the burial service conducted by Archbishop Wright.

[12][13] Two of his sons, John Carlos William and Cliffe Maurice Osmond, were also Anglican clergy.

Bishop Jack Stretch on his consecration as Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, 1906
Bishop Stretch of Newcastle sitting on a porch, Dubbo Region, New South Wales, circa 1910