23 moments

1. Birth at Queen Alexandra Hospital

   1909-06-20 · Queen Alexandra Hospital, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

   Flynn was born in Hobart, Tasmania, beginning a life that would take him from Australia and New Guinea to Britain, Hollywood, Europe, the Caribbean, and Cuba. The source gives Hobart rather than the hospital; coordinates represent the documented birth hospital identified in the Wikipedia biography.

2. Queen carnival appearance

   1918-01-01 · Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

   

   At age nine, Flynn made an early public appearance as page boy to Enid Lyons at a queen carnival in Hobart. The specific carnival venue is not identified; coordinates represent Hobart.

3. Attendance at Shore school

   1926-01-01 · Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

   After returning to Australia, Flynn attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School, known as Shore, until his expulsion.

4. District-officer training in New Guinea

   1927-01-01 · New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

   Following brief office work with a Sydney shipping company, Flynn began training as a district officer in New Guinea, initiating several years connected with the territory. The source does not identify a district or station; coordinates are a representative point for New Guinea.

5. Purchase of Sirocco in Sydney

   1930-01-01 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

   Flynn bought the cutter Sirocco in Sydney, a vessel central to his early seafaring life and later public persona. The specific harbor or transaction site is not identified; coordinates represent central Sydney.

6. Tobacco-plantation manager at Laloki

   1930-01-01 · Laloki, Central Province, Papua New Guinea

   During his seven-month return voyage to New Guinea, Flynn managed a tobacco plantation at Laloki and wrote about New Guinea life for the Sydney Bulletin. The source ties the Laloki period to the 1930 Sirocco journey but does not provide exact arrival or departure dates.

7. Fletcher Christian role in Sydney

   1932-01-01 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

   Back in Sydney, Flynn played Fletcher Christian in Charles Chauvel's In the Wake of the Bounty, his first leading film role. The source does not identify a particular studio or filming location within Sydney.

8. Departure for England

   1933-01-01 · England, United Kingdom

   Flynn left Australia for England to pursue acting, beginning the British stage and film period that led to his Warner Bros. contract. The arrival point in England is not specified; coordinates are a representative point for England.

9. Northampton Repertory Company engagement

   1933-12-01 · Royal Theatre, Northampton, England, United Kingdom

   Flynn began a sustained professional stage engagement with Northampton Repertory Company at the Royal Theatre, receiving seven months of acting training and experience. December 1933 is supported by the listed Northampton stage performances; the engagement continued into 1934.

10. Move to California

    1934-01-01 · California, United States

    Following Murder at Monte Carlo, Flynn moved to California under the Warner Bros. connection that launched his Hollywood career. The source does not identify the California arrival city; coordinates are a representative point for the state.

11. Murder at Monte Carlo production

    1934-01-01 · Teddington Studios, Teddington, England, United Kingdom

    After returning to London, Flynn was cast in Murder at Monte Carlo, his first substantial film role in Britain. The source dates the casting and production to 1934 but does not give a more precise filming date.

12. Malvern Festival performances

    1934-07-01 · Malvern, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

    Flynn appeared at the Malvern Festival during his British repertory-theatre period. The stage-performance list dates the Malvern festival appearances to July-August 1934.

13. Glasgow stage engagement

    1934-08-01 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Flynn performed in Glasgow after the Malvern Festival, extending his British stage work beyond Northampton and London. The stage-performance list places A Man's House in Glasgow from August to September 1934; the precise theater is not identified.

14. Marriage to Lili Damita

    1935-06-19 · Yuma, Arizona, United States

    

    Flynn married actress Lili Damita in Yuma, Arizona, his first of three marriages.

15. Spanish Civil War correspondence

    1937-01-01 · Spain

    Flynn traveled to Spain as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and expressed sympathy for the Republican side. The source does not identify a city or front; coordinates are a representative point for Spain.

16. Virginia City location shooting

    1940-01-01 · Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

    

    Flynn worked on location near Flagstaff during production of Virginia City; the difficult weather contributed to his physical illness during filming. The filming location is described as near Flagstaff rather than at a precisely named site.

17. Marriage to Nora Eddington

    1943-01-01 · Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

    Flynn married Nora Eddington in Acapulco after the end of his marriage to Lili Damita. The authoritative biographical source gives an unresolved marriage year of 1943 or 1944; 1943 is used as the earliest supported year.

18. Departure for India to film Kim

    1949-11-01 · India

    

    Flynn left for India after a London screening of That Forsyte Woman to undertake location work for MGM's Kim. The source provides month-level precision but does not identify Flynn's initial Indian destination; coordinates are a representative point for India.

19. Residence in Port Antonio

    1950-01-01 · Port Antonio, Portland Parish, Jamaica

    After withdrawing from Hollywood in the early 1950s, Flynn lived with Patrice Wymore in Port Antonio and participated in the area's tourism development. The source gives only 'the early 1950s'; 1950 is used as the earliest supported year.

20. Marriage to Patrice Wymore

    1950-10-23 · Monte Carlo, Monaco

    Flynn married actress Patrice Wymore in Monte Carlo; she remained his wife until his death.

21. Cuban Revolution reporting and filming

    1958-01-01 · Cuba

    In late 1958, Flynn went to Cuba to film Cuban Rebel Girls, met Fidel Castro, and documented his time in Cuba in newspaper and magazine articles. The source gives only late-1958 timing and does not identify a single Cuban locality; coordinates are a representative point for Cuba.

22. Flight to Vancouver for yacht negotiations

    1959-10-09 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Facing serious financial difficulties, Flynn flew to Vancouver to negotiate leasing his yacht Zaca to businessman George Caldough.

23. Death at Vancouver General Hospital

    1959-10-14 · Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    

    While preparing to return to Los Angeles, Flynn became critically ill in Vancouver, was transported to Vancouver General Hospital, and was pronounced dead that evening.