Tony.Gilpin's Page

"Tony,  I will send you a friends request as I want to post some info offsite for privacy reasons Elizabeth"

"Thank you so much He obviously had three children with Betty and they are quite possibly in Melbourne. Cheers Tony"

"Tony,  His war record is online but unfortunately no photo that I can see https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5375536 Elizabeth"

"Tony,  Just found this which will answer your question obituary for Betty Margaret http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/betty-carnell-obituary?pid=167037325&view=guestbook Elizabeth"

"Tony,  He was in Sydney as he married after the war to a Betty Margaret STEVENS Registration number 5398/1945  Groom's Family Name CARNELL Groom's Given Name(s) RONALD CECIL Bride's Family Name(s) STEVENS Bride's Given…"

"Hi Elizabeth Sorry I did not realize that I had WW!  I had meant 2  and that is Definitely the right person I wonder if he had any family. I had thought him to be in Sydney. Cheers Tony "

"Tony,  If this is the correct one he is listed on the Nominal Roll at the Australian War Memorial http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1042770 He died in 2008 in Melbourne, Victoria - I can check further for you if…"

"Tony,  The only record I can find is of a Ronald Cecil CARNELL who was in the Air Force but that was in World War 2 are you sure about the spelling? Elizabeth"

"Hi Sylvia Thank you so much I ended up contacting War Graves  through your contact and they have sent me a Photo of Alex's Head stone and some Information. Thanks so much for your help I have been trying to find out some Information for…"

"There are war graves listed among other graves on this site: http://www.eggsa.org/librarySearch/searchGraves.htm"

"Thank you I have tried the first one but that was a while ago and I think they have been updating boar war info so I will try again. Cheers Tony"

"Have you tried Veterans' Affairs?:https://www.dva.gov.au/commemorations-memorials-and-war-graves/remembering-our-war-dead/our-war-dead-other-conflictsIt includes some info on the Boer war and a contact page for "Australia's war…"

"Hi Sylvia, I was hoping that the actual spot might might be marked with a stone or something. But I wasn't sure if the actual graves location would even be known. I have asked at the war memorial in Canberra a couple of times and have not been…"

"Hi Tony, What do you mean by marked? Do you mean marked with a gravestone? Or, remembered/acknowledged via a list of graves? Sylvia"