Fromelles Missing - UK lads in the AIF

[silvery]

4873 Private Joseph SCOTT
Born: South Shields, Durham
NOK: Mrs Margaret MORDUE (sister)
Address: 5 Cornelius Square, South Shields, Durham

Marriages Dec 1906
all with the same index - double wedding?   

MORDUE    John Edward  S. Shields    10a   1295    
MORDUE    William           
SCOTT    Margaret               
STRONG    Mary Ann    

I'll have a look in the 1911      

[fedelmar]

DNA testing has NOT been done of any relative or soldier at this stage as far as I am aware.

Our the primary focus of our research is to compile the family histories and trace living family members preferably down a female line although recently we have seen in media reports that male DNA is useful too.

Bright Blessings
Sandra

[majm]

Umm, Hi Sandra,

Do you know why your research team has Douglas CASWELL's father as deceased when Douglas enlisted?
I ask this because at page 27 of 27 of Douglas' AIF papers, it clearly shows Mr E Caswell, father as signing for the Memorial Scroll on 17/10/21  and as far as I understand it, 17/10/21 is the date.  That would mean Douglas' father was alive in 1921.

Very confusing for me!

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NAME   Caswell, Douglas            
SN   397            
NOK   Father: Eberron Caswell
   deceased on enlistment
      

[fedelmar]

NAME   Grace, Walter Allen            
SN   1537            
RANK   Private            
UNIT   31 Bn            
HONOUR   Standard Entitlements            
BORN   Spondon near Derbyshire England            
OCCUPATION   Farmer            
RELIGION   ??            
               
DOE   20.07.1915 Brisbane Qld            
AGE   22            
               
               
STATUS   KIA            
DATE   20.07.1916            
AGE   23            
BURIED   Unknown            
MEMORIAL   VC Corner Cemetery Memorial panel 3            
   AWM 118            
               
DESCRIPTION   5 foot 5 1/2 light brown hair            
               
NOTES   Arrived in Australia 1912            
               
   Identity disk returned by German authorities            
               
   Mentioned on the Spondon war memorial            
               
NOK   Mother: Mary Grace            
   The Meadows Spondon Derbyshire England            

[fedelmar]

We have a family contact for Robert Courtney Green

Came through last night

Bright Blessings
Sandra

[silvery]

4873 Private Joseph SCOTT
Born: South Shields, Durham
NOK: Mrs Margaret MORDUE (sister)
Address: 5 Cornelius Square, South Shields, Durham

Marriages Dec 1906
all with the same index - double wedding?   

MORDUE    John Edward  S. Shields    10a   1295    
MORDUE    William           
SCOTT    Margaret               
STRONG    Mary Ann    

I'll have a look in the 1911      

possible children of  the Mordue/Scott marriage - but needs a bit more checking

1912 ARthur - S Shields
1914 Thomas
1916 Harriet G
1919 Joseph

[little meg]

Thats brilliant news.  
Wish I could help more but don't have acces to census.
I have been slowly going through the shipping to Victoria but no luck so far.

Margaret

[fedelmar]

I am the one responsible for gleaning information from the service records and compiling the family trees.  However, I have to state that NONE of this work has been double checked.

Having written that the father was deceased on enlistment there must be something in his file to have alerted me to the fact.  I will have to go back and look through it again

Thanks for the heads up

Bright Blessings
Sandra

[fedelmar]

NAME   Dennis, Sydney            
SN   1252                     
RANK    Lance Corporal                  
UNIT   32 Battalion                     
HONOUR   Standard entitlements                     
BORN   London Middlesex England                     
OCCUPATION   Master Butcher                     
RELIGION   Anglican                     
                        
DOE   15.07.1915 Perth W. Aust                     
AGE   31                     
   Residence on embarkation: Dwellingup W. Aust                     
                        
STATUS   KIA                     
DATE   20.07.1916 (19.07.1916)                     
AGE   32                     
BURIED   Unknown                     
MEMORIAL   VC Corner Cemetery Memorial panel 5                     
   AWM 120                     
                        
DESCRIPTION   Height: 5 foot 8 1/4 inches brown hair                     
                        
NOTES   On NAA Archives as Stanley William Dennis                     
                        
   According to his file his body was identified by its marks.  Identity disk was                     
   returned by Germans.                     
                        
   he was killed on his sister Ethel's birthday                     
                        
   Fell in the neighbourhood of Fromelles                     
   According to his sister he was killed by a shell while leading a bombing party                     
   in an attack (AWM Honour Roll)                     
                        
NOK   Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Broad Dennis c/- Mrs D Brown 20 Guildersfield Road Streatham.                     
   London. This was crossed out and his sister was entered with the date 08.08.1941                     
   Mother died 20.12.1916                     
                        
   Father: William Dennis died November 1903                     

   Sister: Ethel B Dennis Winton Bournemouth Hants England born 19.07.1879                     

   Sister: Mrs Dorothy Brown is marked in his file as being another sister.