Looking for address Duke Street, Kensington NSW

[Neale1961]

Attestation record is at Aust national archives.
Not sure if this link will work
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=9704167

[janjim]

Thank you, can read the two pages, but seems he never took up duty, would that be correct?
Jan

[Neale1961]

Don’t know; but 38 may have been too old.

Added

 "In 1914, recruits had to be 18 to 35 years of age and at least 167.6 centimetres tall with a chest measurement of 86.3 centimetres."

- He would have been too old, and not accepted into the AIF.

[janjim]

So maybe he was a Warden in the village of Bankstown at that time.
Jan

[Neale1961]

Why do you think he was a warden?
He was working as a bricklayer at that time.

[janjim]

Sorry, made a mistake, this was WWI, was thinking my Father was a Warden during WWII.  Australia wasn't affected then. 

[maddys52]

I found this notation about Charles E New living at "Braeside" Duke Street, Sydney as a Hint on Ancestry, and assumed this was my Grandfather.   

Looking at Ancestry now, I can see the entry you are referring to. However, looking at the 1913 Sydney Sands Directory I can't find the entry Ancestry has referenced. As I mentioned earlier, there is a Charles E NEW, but at Albert St, Strathfield. And there are 20 listings when you search for "Braeside" none of which come up as "Duke Street". It does you make you wonder where some of their transcriptions come from. Maybe I missed it somewhere.  Fortunate in Australia that many useful references are free to access.

https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/

[sparrett]

Don’t know; but 38 may have been too old.

Added

 "In 1914, recruits had to be 18 to 35 years of age and at least 167.6 centimetres tall with a chest measurement of 86.3 centimetres."

- He would have been too old, and not accepted into the AIF.

I think it was a dental issue.

Something like "Refused to have teeth attended"??

[janjim]

Yes, agree with you, makes one wonder where Ancestry gets this ijnformation from.   

Jan

I found this notation about Charles E New living at "Braeside" Duke Street, Sydney as a Hint on Ancestry, and assumed this was my Grandfather.   

Looking at Ancestry now, I can see the entry you are referring to. However, looking at the 1913 Sydney Sands Directory I can't find the entry Ancestry has referenced. As I mentioned earlier, there is a Charles E NEW, but at Albert St, Strathfield. And there are 20 listings when you search for "Braeside" none of which come up as "Duke Street". It does you make you wonder where some of their transcriptions come from. Maybe I missed it somewhere.  Fortunate in Australia that many useful references are free to access.

https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/