notes on individuals

In this page, I will have a short biography on those individuals of historical interest, with links to the various sources on this web site. Individuals are listed in alphabetic order.

This page is still in its elementary stages, thus I have not yet attempted to write biographies, but have only links to documents.

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Campbell, Robert Tertius 1811 - 1887

Robert Tertius Campbell is frequently mentioned as being in business with George Campbell Curlewis, taking up much land together. There is little if no information from family members, letters etc about this partnership or the relationship between them. It is not known how the partnership was wound up after George's death, and Robert is not mentioned in his will. It is also not known if there was any family connection between the two, given that George's middle name was Campbell.    

He was born in Sydney in 1811, father Robert Campbell, with some connection to the Campbell's of Duntroon, in what is now Canberra. There are sources on the internet relating to him, but mainly detailing his activities in England where he arrived in 1859. These mainly relate to Buscot Park which he purchased and turned into an industrial farm, www.buscot-park.com

"The new owner was Robert Tertius Campbell, an Australian tycoon whose wealth was founded upon gold trading in Australia. Like Loveden before him, he made major improvements to the estate, and he borrowed prodigiously to do so. A man of large and original ideas, that were much in advance of their time, he proceeded to turn Buscot into the most highly industrialised farm in the country. Campbell is said to have been an enlightened employer, but there were miscalculations and misfortunes, and his grandiose projects consumed capital. His most ambitious project, a distillery set up to create spirit alcohol from sugar beet, was closed in 1879, and Campbell died in 1887, leaving the estate heavily in debt

Campbell and his wife, Ann Orr, had seven children. Their eldest daughter, Florence, married Charles Bravo, as her second husband. His death from antimony poisoning in 1876 led to a sensational inquest. Mrs Bravo was wrongly accused of murdering him, and became famous overnight as the central figure in one of the most dramatic causes célèbres of the nineteenth century (How Charles Bravo Died (1956), by Yseult Bridges, discusses every aspect of the case and offers a dramatic solution to the mystery".
  

 

Collins, Maria Anne 1822 - 1907

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[image as young girl]

 

Wife of Septimus Lord Curlewis. She met her husband when he returned to England in 1841, and was visiting relatives of his sister in law, Matilda Birnie Hall wife of George Campbell Curlewis. Her first cousin through her mother was Frances Jane Hall who was also first cousin, through their fathers, of Matilda Hall wife of George Campbell Curlewis . She travelled back to Australia with him, and wrote several letters which give background to early Curlewis history in Australia.

Curlewis (town, NSW)

Curlewis (town, Victoria)

Curlewis, origin of name

Curlewis, Adrian Herbert 1901 - 1985

[image] as adult

[image] as child with family
l-r Frederick Charles, Ethel Curlewis (nee Turner), Adrian, Jean Alfred Curlewis, Sunday Picnic on Middle Harbour

His Honour Judge Sir Adrian Curlewis Kt. C.B.E. He was later awarded a C.V.O. for his services to the Royal Family

Curlewis, Alfred Charles 1905 - 1971

[Image] as baby

(l-r standing: Charles Herbert, William, Frederick, Arthur
l-r sitting Lottie Speed, Alfred Claribeaux, Ellen Jessie, with Alf on knee)

[image] as adult

[image with sisters Elizabeth and Jean]
l-r Jean, Charles, Elizabeth

Attended Hambledon State School, Queensland in 1912

 

Curlewis, Alfred Claribeaux 1841 - 1913

[image] as young man

[images] as an adult

[Image] (with family in later life)
(l-r standing: Charles Herbert, William, Frederick, Arthur
l-r sitting Lottie Speed, Alfred Claribeaux, Ellen Jessie, with Alf on knee)

[image] in later life with family of brother Frederick Charles
l-r Frederick Charles, Ethel Curlewis (nee Turner), Adrian, Jean Alfred Curlewis, Sunday Picnic on Middle Harbour

According to Terry King, he "Dabbled in land speculation of the late 1880's - early 1890's. In 1894 he petitioned for liquidation of his financial affairs by composition - the so called "secret composition" practised by those rogues listed in Cannon's The Land Boomers . He, according to documents I've now found, had debts in the order of (pounds)8700 and assets of only (pounds)1600 or so. A meeting of the representative of the only three of 15 debtors invited who turned up resolved that he should pay 2/- in the pound on his debts. One of the three debtors present was Susan Maria Curlewis (his wife's spinster sister?), from whom he had borrowed (pounds) 122 in 1872. The other two debtors represented were firms already in the process of liquidation."

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Birth: 27 June 1841, at Ravenswood Argyle, baptised Nov 15 1843 by Rev. G Wood.

Student class lists, exhibitions, Melbourne University

Married "on the 15th Inst., at Christ Church, St Kilda, by the Rev. J. Stanley Lowe, Alfred Claribeaux Curlewis, Barrister-at-Law, or Lincoln's Inn, to his cousin, Ellen Jessie Curlewis, youngest daughter of Captain Curlewis R.N..
Ref. The Age, Feb. 16, 1869

As one of the early inspectors of the Victorian Education Department.

Lisitings in Mel bourne Directories (an incomplete list)

Councillor, Bellarine Shire Council, 1873 -4, Shire President 1874-5

Justice/Territorial Megistrate for Geelong General Sessions District 1868-9.
Ref: Vic Gov't Gazette

 

Curlewis, Alfred William 1860 - 1932?

Curlewis, Annie Victoria 1866 - 1956

[image] with husband Oduardo and eldest son Enrico and maid

[image] with husband Admiral Eduardo flores

Married Odoardo Isidore Vincenzo Flores, and Italian naval officer and moved to Italy where she died in Rome

Curlewis, Arthur Claribeau 1878 - 1958

[image] in uniform

[Image]
(l-r standing: Charles Herbert, William, Frederick, Arthur
l-r sitting Lottie Speed, Alfred Claribeaux, Ellen Jessie, with Alf on knee)

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Curlewis, Arthur Grenville ? - 1915

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Curlewis, Athelstan Burnham 1876 - ?

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Curlewis, Brian Burnham

[image] as child
l-r Judy, Brian, Richard, Jack, Peggy


Curlewis, Charles Herbert 1881-1958

[Image]
(l-r standing: Charles Herbert, William, Frederick, Arthur
l-r sitting Lottie Speed, Alfred Claribeaux, Ellen Jessie, with Alf on knee)

Curlewis, Claire Constance 1909 - 1996

[image] [biography]

Curlewis, Claude Campbell 1874-1937

[image] as young man

[image] with son Nigel Uwin and wife Muriel

Curlewis, Clive Pemberton 1875 - 1940

[image] [biography]

Curlewis, (Mary) Constance 1864 -1944

Curlewis, Edgar (1846-1933)

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In Sydney, lived at 40 Phillip Street Newtown

Curlewis, Edgar Burnham (1873- ?)

Curlewis, Edward (1738- 1766)

Father of Steavons Luptons, from whom most if not all Curlewis's alive today are descended.

Apprenticed to his father William, 27 September 1753, Ironmonger's Company.(London
City Apprenticeships Abstracts)

Curlewis, Elizabeth Jessie 1909 - 1940

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[image with brother Charles and Jean]
l-r Jean, Charles, Elizabeth

 

Curlewis, Ellen Frances Jane b 1844

[image] as young woman

[image] as young woman

[image] in middle age

daughter of Septimus Lord Curlewis. Married Carl Moller.

Curlewis, Ellen Jessie 1835 - ?

Daughter of William Edward Curlewis, she married her cousin, Alfred Claribeaux Curlewis

[Image] (with family in later life)

[Image as young woman in London]

Curlewis, Ethel (nee Turner)

[image] in with family
l-r Frederick Charles, Ethel Curlewis (nee Turner), Adrian, Jean, Alfred Curlewis, Sunday Picnic on Middle Harbour

 

Curlewis, Eyre D 1882 - 1938

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known in the family as "Dolly"

Curlewis, Florence Burnham 1892-1973

Curlewis, Frederick Charles 1846-1893

Curlewis, Frederick Charles 1842 - 1923

[image] as young man

[image] in later life with family and brother Alfred Claribeaux
l-r Frederick Charles, Ethel Curlewis (nee Turner), Adrian, Jean, Alfred Curlewis, Sunday Picnic on Middle Harbour

[image] as a older man

Son of George Campbell Curlewis

Curlewis, Frederick Charles 1876-1945

[Image]
(l-r standing: Charles Herbert, William, Frederick, Arthur
l-r sitting Lottie Speed, Alfred Claribeaux, Ellen Jessie, with Alf on knee)

Curlewis, Frederick David 1913-1981

Curlewis, Fulke

Research commissioned by Maurice Piscone Curlewis in the 1950's gives him as living between 1574 and 1622 as a farmer in Standon/Stondon, E Hert. The IGI has him dying c. 1577, so his death around 1622 does not seem likely. Further research shows that he was married to Joan Crouche in 1567. He was named as executor on his mother Isabel's will (follow link for transcription), in 1591. His wife, Joan died in 1619 and her will has been transcribed (follow link). So far no direct link has been established between him and current generations.

Curlewis, George fl 1598

Most likely son of Fulke and his wife Joan (as mentioned in her will). Vital Records has George's wife as Grace Newman, marrying in 2 July 1598, in Thundridge, Hertfordshire. He is referred to in his mother's will written in 1611 and according to the IGI he was born in 1568. So far no direct link has been established between him and current generations.

Curlewis, George d 1674

Piscone says that this George is one and the same as the above and that he was born at Standon/Stondon, Herts, later weaver and Citizen of London, then returned to nearby Waltham Abbey.

Research suggests that they can not be the same, as we have a birth date for the above George as 1568, and a death date of this George as 1674. How he is related to the current family is as yet, unknown.

Record of administration relating to this George is in the Guildhall Library and states as follows:

"On 9th September 1674 Maria Curlewes the relict (ie widow) of GeorgeCurlewes of Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, deceased, appeared before the court and was granted the administration of his goods" (Guildhall Library Ms 9168/22 fo 177v)

Curlewis, George Campbell (1801- 1847)

The first Curlewis brother to come to Australia. He arrived in the "Hope" in 1824," commanding a capital of five hundred pounds and upwards". He spent his first years in Sydney, possibly in business with a Robert Campbell tertius In 1831, Governor Darling granted him 2560 acres at Krarwarree on the headwaters of the Shoalhaven River where he proceeded to"expend large sumes of money in clearing, fencing, cultivation, and building thereon.." In 1835 he married Matilda Martha Birnie Hall, a daughter of Edward Smith Hall. Initially they lived at the property at Krawaree, but after a year or so and the death of their first child, they seem to have moved to Ravenswood, Bungonia in 1837 where he settled for some years, becoming a Justice of the Peace. In the following years, he purchased/settled land in a number of locations around South Eastern Australia, including Tilba Tilba, Swan Hill, the Snowy River run, Strathbogie, the Heart (Gippsland) and finally Hermsley near Geelong Victoria. He died suddenly in Melbourne, 1847.

It is not known is there was any relationship between him and Robert Tertius Campbell or why he was given the middle name "Campbell". The only clue is in a letter from maria Ann Collins who says that Steavons Luptons Curlewis"bought a share in a mill not far from London and entered into partnership with a Mr Campbell". It seems as though at least one of his other children (Septiumus Lord) was given the middle name of family friends, so this may be the case here as well.

Ref:

OVERVIEW

EARLY HISTORY AND ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA

MOVE TO THE LAND: KRAWAREE, RAVENSWOOD AND SNOWY

TILBA TILBA

VICTORIA

 

GEELONG/HERMSLEY

According to family legend, this was due to blood poisoning. This is quite possible, his will was written on 26th June 1847 and he died on the 4th July after a "short and severe illness" indicating that he was anticipating his death.

Curlewis, George Campbell b 1854

Born at Hermsley, County of Grant, Colony of Victoria. Son of Septimus Lord Curlewis, and nephew of the above George Campbell Curlewis. Incidentally, the name of George Campbell was continued down this line and also appears in the South African lines, but did not continue in the descendants of George Campbell Curlewis 1801-1847

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Curlewis, George Campbell b 1890

Son of the above George Campbell Curlewis

Curlewis, George Edward (1837- 1862)

Oldest son of George Campbell Curlewis (1801-1847). Killed by aborigines whilst exploring New South Wales near the Paroo River.

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Curlewis, Gordon ? - 1915

Killed at Galipoli, World War 1

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Curlewis, Harold Burnham 1874-1968

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[image] newspaper article from the West Australian, Tuesday June 10, 2008

Curlewis, Harry Carr 1844-?

One of the English Curlewis's, son of Henry Charles Curlewis

Son of Steavons Luptons Curlewis b 1800.

Curlewis, Henry Charles

Record in Mutch Index (Australia) as marrying a Elizabeth Bates, Maitland in 1849 and having a child born the following year. Nothing else known about them, and unable to place him within the family.

Curlewis, Henry Charles 1823-1863

Son of William Edgar and Caroline. Born 1823 Plymouth and died from dysentry in 1863 on the ship "Napoleon". Could be the same as the above.

Curlewis, Herbert Raine 1869-1942

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On 19th June 1917 Herbert Raine Curlewis was appointed a Judge of the Industrial Arbitration Court. He was later made a Judge of the District Court.

Curlewis, Ivan ?- 1939

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A Judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. It was the first time in South African history that a father appointed a son to the Bench of the Supreme Court.

Curlewis, James b 1804 - 1876

[image] Original held by Ian Curlewis, Perth

Curlewis, Rev James Frederick 1833-1902

Curlewis, Jean Carlyle 1907-1964

[image with brother Charles and sister Elizabeth]
l-r Jean, Charles, Elizabeth

 


Curlewis, John

The earliest Curlewis we have been able to trace. He died in 1574, and his wife Isabel died in 1591.

 

Curlewis, John

born c 1674?, died 1700
According to Maurice Piscone Curlewis, he was a weaver in London born at Waltham Abbey Essex, returned to St Olaves ?? Southwark, Horsley Down. He has uncovered a record for his marriage to Mary Wayman/Wyman, from St James Church, Clerkenwell, London, 1 August 1695. This entry says she is from St Dunstan's, Stepney. There is a record in the LDS site for a Mary Wyman christened at Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London in 1682 aged 1 year. This would make her 15 years of age when married. He is the earliest Curlewis that we have been able to positively identify as a direct ancestor. When his will was made, his parents were still alive.

Curlewis, John Burnham 1904 - 2001?

[image] as child
l-r Judy, Brian, Richard, Jack, Peggy

Curlewis, John Claribeux 1920-1997

Curlewis, John Pike Campbell 1917 - 1987

Curlewis, John Stephen 1863 - 1942

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Judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Also appointed Judge President of South Africa.

Curlewis, Kathleen Burnham

[image] as child
l-r Judy, Brian, Richard, Jack, Peggy

Curlewis, Kenneth 1893 -1915

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Educated State School Dandenong and Technical College Melbourne. Enlisted 1914, killed in Action Gallipoli 8 August 1915

Curlewis, Lila May

Curlewis, Margaret

Third wife of Steavons Luptons Curlewis

Curlewis Margaret Burnham

[image] as child
l-r Judy, Brian, Richard, Jack, Peggy

Curlewis, Margaret Matilda 1849 - 1919

Note in family bible:

Curlewis, Mary Caroline 1824 - 1846

Daughter of William Edward Curlewis

Curlewis, Mary Steavons 1796 - ?

Sister to George Campbell and Septimus Lord. Seems to have stayed in England all her life. Mentioned in the will of Susanna Dodson Lord "I give to my dear friend Mary Steavons Curlewis, Nineteen guineas"

 

Curlewis, Matilda Emma 1844 - 1911

Only daughter of George Campbell Curlewis and Matilda Martha Birnie Hall

[image as young girl]

[image with young family]

Curlewis, Maude

married Russell Neff

Curlewis, Maurice Piscone 1912? -

[image] taken in Rome, 1985

An Italian living in Rome, descended from William Edward via Argentina. Adopted the surname of his grandmother, Annie Victoria Curlewis, spelling in Italian as "Curlevis: .

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Curlewis, Nigel Unwin 1913 -

[image] with his father Claude Campbell Curlewis and mother Muriel

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Curlewis, Ray

Curlewis, Richard Jeffries Burnham 1917 - 2002

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[image] as child
l-r Judy, Brian, Richard, Jack, Peggy

Curlewis, Ritchie 1826 - 1868

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Master mariner, born in Brighton, England, married Adelaide Keen in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Died of pneumonia in Buenos Aires

Curlewis, Ritchie Arthur 1863 -

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I'm only presuming that this is an image of Ritchie. It was found in a collection of Curlewis photos, with no annotation and no clues except for the Spanish name at the bottom of the photo, presumably of the photographer.

He was based in Argentina. Contact was lost in the early 1900's it is not known if his descendents are still there. It is understood that his nephew Enrico Flores moved from Italy to Argentina c 1908 to work with him.

Curlewis, Robert Gray 1873 - 1948

 

Curlewis, Sarah Isabella

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Curlewis, Selwyn Lord - 1915

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Curlewis, Selwyn Lupton 1900 - 1982

Curlewis, Septimus Lord 1812-1878

[image] as young man

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Curlewis, Steavons Lupton 1763-1851

[image] (original held by Ian Curlewis, Perth)

(I am now not sure if this is an image of Steavens Luptons, or rather of his son James. Ian Curlewis of Perth now holds the original of this image, and was given to him on the understanding that it was James)

Photo of Family Bible, c 1720's, held in a private collection in Melbourne

Inside page of family bible

Born 26 October 1763, birthplace St John's Southwark : "Stevens Lupton's of Edward Curlewis and his wife Mary d of Benjamin Bryant was born in Shad Thames near Horsleydown, St John's Southwark. Witnesses Mary Curlewis and Susanna Curlewis."
Also, recorded on Vital Records as "collection Dr William's Library, non-conformist".

London City Apprenticeship Abstracts "Curlewis, Steavens Lupton, son of Edward (deceased) to Thomas Middleton, 29 Oct 1777, Glovers Company

He is the most likely ancestor of all Curlewis's today, although I have come across records of one family in Australia (late 1800's, early 1900's) and one in the UK (mid 1800's) for which I have no details connecting them with our family.

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Curlewis, Susan

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Curlewis, Tom Burnham 1919-1989

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Curlewis, Walter 1804 -

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Curlewis, William b ? d 1776

Steaven's Lupton's grandfather. Mentioned in the will of (presumably) his fatherJohn Curlewes, 1705. Evidence of marriage to Maria Steavens, St Peter's Cornhill, City of London (IGI) in 1726. (all city registers are deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ)
Mary Steavens parents were Richard Steavens (1674-1726) and Sarah ? . According to Maurice Piscone Curlewis of Italy, Mary's stepfather was called Luptons, hence the middle name carried on to the next generation.
His will was proven on 29 July 1776. (see transcript). Note reference to the "Thursday Night Society Meeting". Was this a Quaker meeting?
Listed in Kent's Directory for the Year 1771. 39th edn., 1771 as:
Address: no 6, Thomas's Street, Black's Fields, Southwark London
Occupation: timber merchant, wood/furniture/carriage trades.
Address also St Swithins Lane, London, according to Piscone Curlewis.
Apprenticed to Lambert Lance 6 Mary 1719, Ironmonger's Company, son of John, Stepney, Middlesex, weaver deceased. (London City Apprenticeships Abstracts.)

Photo of Family Bible, c 1720's, held in a private collection in Melbourne

Inside page of family bible

Curlewis, William Edward 1789 - 1847

[image] original held by Jenny Temby

[image] desk and sword

Curlewis, William Edgar 1872-1933

[Image]
(l-r standing: Charles Herbert, William, Frederick, Arthur
l-r sitting Lottie Speed, Alfred Claribeaux, Ellen Jessie, with Alf on knee)

[image] with dog

Curlewis, William Henry b 1829

Son of William Edward, died in South America "of the fall from his horse" as recounted in family bible.

 

Curlewis, William Pike Campbell

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Born 1920's?

Flores, Enrico 1888 -

Born in Naples Italy to Annie Victoria Curlewis who had married Oduardo Flores, a commander in the Italian navy. Shipping records show that he emigrated to Agentina in 1908, where he took on the activites/assetts of his uncle Ritchie Curlewis

[image] with mother and father and maid

[image as child] with brother Francesco. Enrico on left at 11 years

 

Flores, Francesco 1893 - 1933

[image as child] with brother Enrico, Francesco on right 7 yrs

[image as adult]

[image of wedding]

Biography

HALL, Matilda Martha Burnie 1815 - 1853

Wife of George Campbell Curlewis, daughter of Edward Smith Hall

 

Hermsley: property owned by Curlewis family near Geelong, Victoria

 

Jauncey, John

Convict servant, later partner with George Campbell Curlewis

King, Frederick Ernest

Moller, Alfred Julius Rowe 1876 - 1956 "Alf"

[image] with siblings c. 1945

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Moller, Carl Christian 1887 - 1962 "Chris"

[image] with siblings c. 1945

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Moller, Ellen Frances Jane b 1844

Moller, Caroline 1883 - 1956 "Carrie"

[image] on the left

[image] with siblings c. 1945

 

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Moller, Fannie Aiten

[image] with siblings c. 1945

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Spent time as a missionary in Africa

Moller, Frederick Campbell 1885 - 1974

[image] with siblings c. 1945

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Moller, Gretchen Jessie 1880 - 1948 "Gretta"

[image] with siblings c. 1945

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Moller, Margarita 1885 - 1967 "Daisy"

[image] on the right

[image] with siblings c. 1945

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Moller, Nellie Christina 1879 - 1951

[image] with siblings c. 1945

back row l-r Carl Christian, Caroline, Alfred, Frederick
front row l-r Gretchen, Fannie, Margarita, Nellie

[image] family picnic c 1945

Neff, Roderick (1923 - 1945)

[image of gravestone]

died in the Second World War in Egypt

O' Brien, Eric Norman (1877 - 1970)

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O'Brien, John Ormond (1919 - 1942)

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The Swan Hill runs

Young, Arthur Curlewis

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