Alfred James William Pocock.

[Sandiehawk]

Presuming that Alfred Pocock married twice.
I have him on the Electoral Roll in Melbourne with his wife Agnes until 1937.
In 1942 there is an Alfred James Pocock at an address in Glenferrie Rd, Melbourne.
 On a different Electoral Roll for 1942 there is a Margaret Edna Davis Follet at the same address.
From then until 1975 Alfred and Margaret (who is now Pocock) are on the same electoral Roll entries.
There is a marriage for them in 1947.
In 1977 Alfred is at the same address but on his own.
Margaret Pocock died in 1975.
I presume Albert and his first wife Agnes divorced as she died in 1977.
Where could I find out about a divorce?

[maddys52]

I'm assuming the death you mean is Agnes Mary ANDERSON in 1977, aged 72, parents Archibald and Janet. And her birth 1904 at Rushworth.

Do you have the marriage certicate of Alfred POCOCK and Agnes ANDERSON - is the above the correct Agnes?

Victorian divorce records (up to 1946) are on PROV
https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/divorce-files-and-cause-books

I had a very quick look, but couldn't see a divorce for POCOCK, probably good to double check.

[Sandiehawk]

I don't want to purchase any certificates. Just hoping to get as much information as I can without the expense.

[maddys52]

I know it can be very expensive.

Some thoughts:
Alfred James William POCOCKs army file is available to view:
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8018169
In 1951 (or is it 1941, a bit hard to tell) his address is 29 Shepherd St, Surrey Hills (the same as the 1937 electoral roll with Agnes Mary), and in 1963 it is 749 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn (the same as the 1963 electoral roll, with Margaret Edna).

The 1954 electoral roll has his address 104 Glenferrie Rd (with Margaret Edna). His mother's death notice has her address in 1941 as 104 Glenferrie Rd.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8207613

So it's definitely the same chap, just can't find a divorce between c1937 and 1947.

[Sandiehawk]

I have searched for marriages for both Agnes Mary Anderson and Margaret Follet and a divorce from Agnes Anderson and cannot find any records apart from the entries I have read on Ancestry.
I wondered if Agnes and Alfred didn't marry but she took his surname.
 I don't know where else to search.
Any suggestions will be very helpful.

[maddys52]

The marriages are both on the Victorian BDM (free to search):
https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

Alfred James POCOCK and Agnes Mary ANDERSON (5337 / 1925)

Alfred James William POCOCK and Margaret Edna Doris FOLLETT (4420 / 1947)

You can order both certificates $22 each.

Modified to add: it would be interesting to see if his marital status is "divorced" on the 1947 marriage.