signature on a photograph

[shanreagh]

Yes I think it is the same man.  Before Neale1961 asked about the possibility of him being a Dr I had already made up a lovely story about them meeting when he was wounded, head wound, and how they had these nicknames for each other........Josee and Texas but.....

The Dr aspect is worth looking at.

Also have you checked the records to see where she might have been posted, are you sure she did not go overseas?  Or perhaps she was a military nurse based in Sydney?  Also patients were coming from to this hospital from where?  Any chance of seeing the photo with the different soldiers in it?   

[maddys52]

Thanks neale and shanreagh, good to have a second opinion that confirms my own. 

A doctor is an interesting possibility. Indeed - a snappy dresser!

I don't think it was intended to be romantic in any way ... Jessie was married on 12 March 1918, so a few months before this photo was signed. (to Donald McIntyre MacKENZIE) She was born 1880 and died in June 1923.

Here is the photo, it's not very clear I'm afraid.

[sparrett]

Mmm...So do we think the gentleman at the front with the cross on his sleeve is Texas?

Sue

[Neale1961]

I don’t think the well dressed man in the 2 photos was ever in military uniform - so not in photo three of the service men.
He gives the impression of being quite wealthy, and he has a very confident pose.
Do you think his age in the first photo (dated 1918) iis about 40?

This is a wild shot ….. but …..
There was a “Texas” Green who was a member of Parliament.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103802969?searchTerm=“Texas%20green”

[Karen McDonald]

This is a wild shot ….. but …..
There was a “Texas” Green who was a member of Parliament.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103802969?searchTerm=“Texas%20green”

With photo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Green_(Australian_politician)

[maddys52]

I don't think the man in the 1918 photo is in the one with the service men. (Does anyone else think the man on the right looks a bit like Peter Falk ?  )

Thanks for investigating "Texas" neale - have just discovered there is a town in southern Queensland named Texas.  Though whether it's something to do with the name on the photo, if indeed it is "Texas" I think will remain a mystery. Jessie lived in Brisbane (actually she was born at sea and the family lived a few years at Maryborough), then Chambers Flat (near Brisbane) and Toowoomba before coming to Sydney. So she did move around a bit.

Thanks again everyone for your interest and help.