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Of the five sisters, Jane, Mary, Lizzie (Elizabeth), Margaret and Ann, I only met Auntie Ann once that I can remember. I knew Auntie Lizzie quite well as she lived in later life with my Father's cousin and we visited regularly. All these people are long gone and I have no knowledge of later family except for information gleaned from a relative who lived in Auckland  at the time but had only met once as a child. And she would probably be deceased by now, being of my Father's generation. If I remember correctly they were scattered throughout New Zealand and some overseas in America I believe. But they would be further down the DNA ladder wouldn't they?
James Lowther Mason was my Grandfather's brother and my Father's uncle. Two generations removed. I don't know if there are any male line out there of our generation. I have neither the money nor the inclination to go on a possible wild goose chase trying to find any such person.
I feel disinclined to take this correspondence any further as it is unsettling me. I will content myself with what I learned of Great Uncle James when doing my family research back in the 90s.

Beryl (aka Connie) McKenzie nee Mason

Hello Marg, 

What do you have in mind? I had given up any hope of finding out if my Great Uncle was indeed one of the soldiers discovered in the mass grave.

Ozkiwibird

I stumbled across this site the other day and was excited to see that there had been some interest in James Lowther Mason. However, as there doesn't seem to have been much posted since May I thought I'd start a new topic as I registered my interest in the Fromelles Project in 2008 when the mass grave was brought to public attention.
James Lowther Mason was my great uncle. Lowther William Mason (as he was known despite being registered as William Lowther Mason) was my father and John (Jack) Mason was my grandfather. Logan Fred Mason was my father's half-brother and I was thrilled to see a posting re his and his wife's grave and that they had had children and a grandchild.
Recently I was asked to furnish a family tree to the Project to determine whether I would be a suitable candidate for DNA testing, but being twice removed from James and a female, male family members are preferred for DNA testing. However, even though born and growing up and living in New Zealand for a large part of my life, I never knew many relatives and those I have knowledge of are on the female side. I have lived in Australia for some 22 years on and off, and never had any contact with Mason relatives during that time except for Mina Ekberg (on the female side). I now live on the Isle of Skye. I would be very pleased to learn if there are any male relatives who would be willing to submit their DNA for testing, thereby possibly identifying our relative and enabling me to do an inscription for his headstone which the Project are providing for families. If we could identify James I would hope to travel to France for the official opening of the memorial cemetary in July next year.
I look forward to any positive responses.