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In April 1984 my brother Brian Griffin attended the Muster of the descendants of Mary Wade, held in Campbelltown, NSW. Over 400 people came to hear the story of their remarkable ancestor and her family! A few years later, when Brian came to visit me…

The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has been presented with a two-volume compendium on his family links to petty criminals, including an English street urchin sentenced to death for fleecing an eight-year-old of her dress and underwear in a toilet.
The…

Our sacrifice, at home and abroad

Sydney Morning Herald
April 25, 2007
The story was powerful enough: a tale of a mother's love and her son's courage in war. But much more is now known about the family behind Australia's first World War II…

Nathaniel Boon, husband of Sarah Wade, identified Fisher's Body.

The Fishers Host website is http://www.fishersghost.com.au/ and on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher's_ghost

Illawarra Mercury - 22nd December 1859

Service Number - VX122008
Date of birth - 25 November 1923
Place of enlistment - Foster, Victoria

A search of the family tree shows the following descendants of Mary Wade died during wars:


Bonnell, John Maxwell died on 21 April 1943 in Papua New Guinea during WW2
Boon, George died in 1917 during WWI
Cooper, Henry Ebernezer died on 5…

Probably George Ray son of Oswald "Ossie" Ray and Selina Pickles. Oswald Ray was the brother of Percival Ray (who was married to Gertrude Mason) and Ethel Ray (my grandmother) who owned the photo.