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"Hi Sylvia have sent a friend request , so i can give you a bit of back ground. to save you searching over known information.. Sue "
"BTW I can't find a death for him among the commonwealth war graves ..."
"1931 - fuzzy pictures of the 2 brothers:
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/malayansatpost19310919-1.2.68
1947 – mainly about Frankie, but also a bit about…"
"Yes this is the person i am looking for . his brother is F.W.Weber who migrated to Australia 1960s where did you find he was running a farm? we had information he was possibly killed in 1944. having joined the RAAF or…"
"A bit of luck for you:
Sydney passenger list for the Merkur - Arrival 2 Feb 1940 for the 22year old student John W WEBER:
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=ID&Number=32825680&i=149"
"I can see that the Merkur was refloated on 22 January 1940 and that it was going to resume her voyage to Melbourne. Unfortunately the NAA does not seem have a listing for a Merkur Jan/Feb 1940 passenger list, but you could always contact the NAA to…"
"Thanks Syliva the one i am searching for was born in Penang 1918 British subject destined to . arrive in Melbourne 1940 have a record of him being in Darwin and the ship running aground. .
I was wondering about the 3…"
"There are 3 JW Webbers on the nominal rolls, but only one seems to have been in the RAAF:
https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=972512&c=WW2
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5360792
Sylvia"
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missing Family member
have traced J.W. Webber arriving in Darwin aboard the MV Merkur jan 1940. on route to melbourne . where can i find a passenger arrival list.
Also reported to have Enlisted in the RAAF. have found 3 entries not yet examined.
can any one advise me please
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