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At first I thought it looked like an Edwardian Rolls Royce, but the rad doesn't look right (top angle too steep?)
The 'chapel windows' in the body intrigue me - I know there were lots of bespoke body builders around then, but these look very unusual

Phil

Hello
Can anyone identify the Car in the photos please?
No particular connection with direct family research, but I came across it and would like to know what it is

Thanks
Phil

Hello all, to bring you up to date
I'm pretty sure now that Tom was Thomas Pierce, son of William and Alice Pierce (sometimes spelled PIEARCE, confusingly)
Alice died in 1915 while my Grandfather was in Australia, which ties in with his diary.
William Piearce died in 1944.
I'm now contacting a descendant of William and Alice (in Aus) who have done extensive research and may be able to fill in more gaps.

Thanks for all your help
Phil   

I now have a little bit more information.

It is possible that 'Cousin Tom' was Thomas Pierce, son of William and Alice Pierce, who emigrated from the Oswestry area of Shropshire in the early 1900's

I am hoping to meet a decendant of the Pierce family next week who may have more information

Many thanks
Phil

Many thanks for your replies both

Hi!
There is a death for a  Tom  Kynaston in 1946 at Wagga Wagga
parents shown as John Edward and Annie.
Might be your Tom, can you check family history for parents details
Mariona

Not immediately helpful I'm afraid, but here we have some background on Willeroo and original owners (before the Osbornes) who were the Coopers.  Article published in 1914 on death of Robert Cowley Cooper.
The Coopers were pioneers of district (not recent immigrants) and no mention of a Tom   

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31401025

regards,
   Ros

Ros
I have researched a little of the history of Willeroo, but hadn't seen this article. At the time Grandad was there, Pat Hamilton Osborne had Willeroo, and during this period went off to War. I have been in touch with the present owners, but unfortunately records from that time have gone.

Mariona
Many thanks for taking the time on this - I'm not even sure at this stage who his cousin was!, I need to do a bit more research at my end to fathom out who Tom could have been.
Later in his diary, Grandad noted that his Aunty had died suddenly, leaving his Uncle and Cousins, unfortunately no names once again. At this time they lived in Glebe, Sydney.
Later on, he visited his Uncle, who had moved and was building a house in Kingswood (nr Sydney?).
Grandad worked for a short time as a shunter at Penrith Railway station.
Obviously 'Cousin Tom' and Aunty/Uncle had gone out to Australia sometime before 1914, so I could trawl through passenger lists for a family with a Tom likely to have come from the Oswestry area I would think.
Thanks for finding the record re Tom Kynaston. I see that Wagga Wagga is in NSW, so I'll look up his ancestors in UK to see if that's a possibility.
I assume you have access to Australian records - is there any way I can do the same?
I remember reading somewhere that a lot of Australian census?? records were destroyed by the Government - is this the case?
Obviously I have a lot more work to do.
Many thanks so far
Phil

Photo of George Edwards, possibly at Willeroo: