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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: SandraC on Saturday 10 March 07 12:42 GMT (UK)
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Hi to all
I followed up a family story about my mother's second cousin running away to Australia before WW2 & thanks to Trish251 I have now received his service records from NAA.
I wondered if there is any way I can try to chase this relative up through BMD after the war?
Richard Pearce Threlfall b 2/10/1912 England
Enlisted 23/7/1941 at Claremont WA in the AIF & gave his address as Salmon Gums, WA.
Discharged 26/10/1944 as a Sapper in RAE & gave his address as 1111 Hay St, W Perth.
I'd really love to find out if he ever married / had children. I'm researching him partly for my own interest but more specifically for my mother's second cousin [his nephew] and my grandfather's remaining cousins [his sisters] who are still alive aged 81 & 91 respectively.
I believe the family tried to get in touch with him in the 1960s when his parents celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary but I don't think they knew where he was by then.
Although I don't anticipate he will still be alive, the men in his part of the family do tend to be long-lived. His grandfather [whose name he shared] died in 1949 aged 94, his uncle was 76 when run over in a car accident & his father survived being gassed in WWI & died aged 90.
I'd be very grateful for any pointers or advice, for sites to search - anything at all to try to take this further, if possible.
Thanks
SandraC
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Hi Sandra,
I just sent you a personal pm - please ignore it. All seems fine now.
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Hi SandraC,
Have a look at www.whitepages.com.au where there are 17 Threlfall's listed in Western Australia. Good chance they are related.
It's also worth looking at the Perth DPS (Dead Person's Society) webiste at http://www.perthdps.com/
The Electoral Rolls might also help but thay are nor online. You would need to find someone to look them up for you.
Hope this helps
Helen