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Australia / Re: The disappearing cousin -- Arthur James Walter DENING
« on: Wednesday 08 May 24 12:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jestina,
It would be great to exchange information with you and hopefully fill in the gaps and add to our trees.   I am on Ancestry if that is of any help. 
Looking forward to connecting and sharing our histories.
Tracy

 
Quote from: jestina_d on Tuesday 07 May 24 17:20 BST (UK)
Hi Christine

Thank you for the link.  When I was originally writing here that file was not open.  When I looked at it this evening i could not believe it!  The negative of his i/d photo is so badly damaged that there is not even a hint of an image.  How elusive can one man get?

Thank you also for drawing my attention back to this post -- I see that I have received a message nearly a year ago and have not replied.

AND

Hi Tracy

I must begin by apologising for not have seen or replied to your message earlier.   
 
I'm related through the Smiths, but Ella was my great aunt by marriage as well as being a blood relation on the other side on my mother's family (weird, but nothing inappropriate).

My Dening section of the family tree is a bit sparce, but I'm sure I can help you out with the rest of the Smiths.  I would love to be able to see if we can exchange information and help each other out.  Are you on any online family tree sites through which we could communicate less publicly?

Cheers

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Australia / Re: The disappearing cousin -- Arthur James Walter DENING
« on: Wednesday 08 May 24 12:21 BST (UK)  »
Hi Christine,
Thank you for your response.   I do have his WWII records and he has been very hard to track.  After 1946 he just vanished!!
many thanks
Tracy

Quote from: Christine Cramer on Tuesday 07 May 24 08:54 BST (UK)
Here is a link to his WW2 record but I don't think it helps.  I have searched without any luck so far.

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6377651

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Australia / Re: The disappearing cousin -- Arthur James Walter DENING
« on: Wednesday 08 May 24 12:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi Gillian,
Thank you for your reply and I am very interested and a little excited to explore the Arthur James Walter Dening from  your husbands history.   Arthur was in WA where he enlisted in WWII in 1942 at Claremont.  When he was demobbed in 1946 he went back to Kingston in SA looking for family.  This is where my dad met him and had stories of gold.  When he left Kingston to back to WA to his gold mine there is no record of him ever contacting family again.
I would like to look into the documents that relate to your husbands possible grandfather and hope your husband and other family members would be ok with my searching. 
Again thank you for your response.
Tracy

 
Quote from: gilly1952 on Monday 06 May 24 01:14 BST (UK)
Tracy.
There is a Arthur James Walter Dening in my husbands native welfare history
He was here in WA in the 30s and was thought to be the father of my father in law Norman William Little born in Cue Western Australia.
Arthur James Dening left WA and went to South Australia the family never met him he only appears on documents from the Native Welfare
Gillian

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Australia / Re: The disappearing cousin -- Arthur James Walter DENING
« on: Wednesday 21 June 23 09:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi my name is Tracy Harris nee DENING - Hoping someone is still monitoring this thread regarding Arthur James Walter DENING.  I am his great niece (my gfather is Arthurs brother John (Jack)) and have been searching for him since the 80's !
I have learnt over the decades that never give up on finding a disappearing ancestor - surprises do happen.  Having said that - Arthur is elusive.  I have followed the DENING name in Cenduna and the Northern Territory linked with the Aboriginal communities there -no luck.  I am hesitant to do a genealogy DNA test yet  although I think this may be the last option to try and find a connection with Arthur.  I did think at one time he may have been the Somerton Man in SA as his disappearance was around the time the Somerton man was discovered.
My Dad said that Arthur showed him some gold nuggets when he visited the family in 1946 and told him he was heading back to his claim in WA.   I am trying to navigate the WA mining leases to see if that will give me something.
I have checked out the WA newspapers as I assume that he went to WA sometime in the 20's as he had an Aunty Anna Newton and cousins there.  I have also searched with a plethora of possible name variations I can think of including Arthur using Smith as a surname. 
Thank you for your time
Tracy

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