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I am searching for any infomration on Charles Ernest Cubit (born 2 November 1851 in Westbury) who married Emma Grigg (born 13 April 1850 in Campbelltown) on 31 January 1878 in Westbury.

Hi Jim
You might like to add this one to your list of links.

www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080

I found it accidentally whilst googling for something else!  Of course, you may already know of it.

Hi Darrell
I guess your father was  #258 Pte. Robert Lyth REVELL ?
He also served in WW2 as you'll know, but I've been unable to find any details of his second term of service.
Do you have any photos of him in uniform?
I have one of A company at the end of the war, he may be in it.

Jim

I am writing in to make enquires about my father who served in the 40 th battalion. I think he joined up in 1916 aged 16years 9 months. I think his number was 258 or 358. He was born in Penguin on the NW coast. After he came back from active service he joined the Tasmanian Police Force & married my mother, Emelia Donath in 1920.  They had 6 children. Dad died 10-12-82 Mother died 18-3-83. I can remember Dad saying if we wanted to know anything to start asking questions, but this was not done. I hope this information can be of some use to you, Darrell.

     

Hi Caroline

I can certainly help you, but what do you want to know?
If you check out www.40th-bn.org you'll find quite a bit of info on the battalion and if you search the forum you'll discover a link to a chapter of the battalion history.
Let me know what exactly you want & I'll help you as best as I can

Regards

Jim

My grand father was a 40th battalion member.  His name was Clarence Thomas Fleming from Bothwell region.  He enlisted 18/3/1916.  He was wounded and hospitalised in England.  I have photos of him and his medals.  He served 3years and 6 months.  He died in 1962 of cancer I think.  He had  schapnel still in healed wounds. I was 2 years old when he died, so I cant really remeber him. I am interested in finding out more about this battalion. Can you help?

Hi,

Apologies for losing your login & posts, it appears you joined and posted just as we were moving to another server!
Murphy's Law indeed :-)

Regarding your query about Legacy 7.0 and "indented descendant charts"
I'm unsure what you mean by that, it does descendant charts but nothing is indented.
See image:

Hello Faye

I am very interested to learn that kin of GAVIN HAMILTON settled in Tasmania. GAVIN HAMILTON (1751-1805) of Mauchline and good friend of Robbie Burns, is my wife's 3 X great grand uncle. She is descended from Gavin's sister, JACOBINA HAMILTON (1750-1838) who married PATRICK REID in Mauchline in 1775.

Hi Jim
A personal thanks for your very interesting talk at THFS hobart Branch the other night.  It inspired mr to check my database for 40th-ers.  Here are relatives of mine who might fit your researches.

104 ALLANBY, John Roy  40 Infantry Battalion 1 July 1916
5329 ALLANBY, Norman Wolseley  7 Infantry Battalion 4 April 1916
2725 SPAULDING, Bertram James MM 12 Infantry Battalion 10 September 1915
7325 SPAULDING, Cecil Francis  12 Infantry Battalion 10 February 1917
2391 SPAULDING, Douglas Edgar  40 Infantry Battalion 21 October 1916
38211 SPAULDING, George Thomas  Field Artillery Brigade 9 November 1917
7802 SPAULDING, Milford  12 Infantry Battalion 4 August 1917
2916 TANNER, Harold James 26 Infantry Battalion 27 October 1915

I have more information on all of these, so let me know if you want stories, details, etc on any of them.

Robert Tanner

Hi,  looking for any contact or information of descendants of:
William DIXON  born 1834/35  Attleborough, Norfolk and
married Annie Agnes McKay in 1866 in Tasmania
and
same for his brother:
John DIXON born 1839 Attleborough, Norfolk and having three wives:
1.  Amelia Mortlock   2.  Emma Lyall and  Jane Hotmer nee Sharples.

many thanks.
Beth