July 2014 blog posts (6)

After years of looking for my father, I think I have just discovered that he emigrated to Canberra, Australia on Oronsay from Tilbury, London, on 29th April 1966.  The records state that he was with Joyce Clarrie (nee Abbot) and her date of birth was 11th November 1921.

I am desperate to find out more about my father.  Can anyone help please?  What do I do next?

Can anyone tell me please if all soldiers in WW1 had an official photograph taken. I have been able to find my Grandfather Walter Reginald Snow, but have not been able to locate one for his brothers, Frank Snow Service No: 920(not to be confused with Frank Noel Snow).

Thanks to your help earlier I was able to see a photo of another brother William Arthur Snow in a Trove Newspaper.

Would very much like to see one of Frank.

Di

Are there no records available for ship passengers arriving from USA/Canada to Melbourne (not via Fremantle) during the war years?

The Cave family, Samuel, Ethel ( father and mother)  James Terrence, Eraina, Philip,Stuart and Michelle (children) emigrated from Ipswich, England in August 1959 and arrived in Adelaide Australia  on the ship " STRATHAIRD" they were last heard of in the Port Augusta area.

Samuel Cave was  Yorkshire born and served in the RAF as a tail gunner in WW2. He later worked as a Electrical Fitter in UK Power Stations. Ethel, his wife, I believe had previously been a…

Michael McLaren was on the assisted passage scheme for ex-servicemen. His service number was RA 1509253.I can find no record of him other than on the passenger list for the Orion and classified as  'Labourer 111). Do records exist  which shows where passengers went after they disembarked? I've checked Electoral rolls, Marriage records but have not found any answers.