Valerie Barbara LAUGHTON [5722]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Jun Q 1945 - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 5941
Christening:
Death: 12 Jan 2018 - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 72) 280
Cremation: 24 Jan 2018 - Kettering Crematorium, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 5942
Spouses and Children
1. *David Robert DARLOW [3007] (10 Oct 1938 - Oct 2023) 3116
Marriage: 14 Mar 1964 - Broughton, Northamptonshire, England 3133,3135
Status:
Children:
1. Andrew D DARLOW [5723]
2. Anita Lavinia DARLOW [5724]
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Northamptonshire Telegraph Notices
DARLOW Val
Passed away peacefully at Kettering General Hospital on 12th January 2018 aged 72 years. Devoted wife of David (Chuff), loving mum of Andrew, Anita and their partners Catherine and Bob, loved grandma of Ben, Karl and Jack and a dear sister. Sadly missed by all her family and friends. Funeral service to be held at the Edgar Newman Chapel of Kettering Crematorium on Wednesday 24th January at 12.00 noon. Family flowers only please but donations if desired for Cancer Research UK may be given on the day, made online at averilphillips.co.uk or sent to: Averil Phillips and Family, Independent Funeral Directors, Northhampton House, Station Road, Kettering, Northants, NN15 7HH, Tel. 01536 511197. Published in Northamptonshire Telegraph on Jan. 18, 2018 Read Less
Read more at: http://announcements.johnstonpress.co.uk/obituaries/northantstelegraph-uk/obituary.aspx?n=val-darlow&pid=187886265&fhid=39216
James LAURANCE [5977]
Sex: M
AKA: James LAWRANCE,
James LAWRENCE
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1. *Rebecca HEWITT [3510] (1874 - 6 Aug 1939)
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1. Myrtle Eileen Eva LAURANCE [5978] (1894-1959)
Myrtle Eileen Eva LAURANCE [5978]
Sex: F
AKA: Myrtle Eileen LAWRANCE
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1894 - Norwood, South Australia, Australia 2172,5943
Christening:
Death: 16 Apr 1959 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ( at age 65) 2172
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Parents
Father: James LAURANCE [5977] ( - )
Mother: Rebecca HEWITT [3510] (1874-1939)
June LAURIE [11953]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Ollie LAURIE [5019]
Mother: Teagan Mary Anne ROBERTSON [3130]
Ollie LAURIE [5019]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Teagan Mary Anne ROBERTSON [3130]
Children:
1. Shelby LAURIE [3071]
2. June LAURIE [11953]
Shelby LAURIE [3071]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Ollie LAURIE [5019]
Mother: Teagan Mary Anne ROBERTSON [3130]
Catherine LAVEN [8866]
Sex: F
AKA: Catherine LAFFAN
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1828
Christening:
Death: 1923 - South Yarra, Victoria, Australia ( aged about 95)
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Parents
Father: Patrick LAVEN [8868] ( - )
Mother: Sarah SHORT [8869] ( - )
Spouses and Children
1. *Patrick RITCHIE [8865] (Abt 1828 - 1905)
Marriage:
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Children:
1. Charles RITCHIE [8871] (Abt 1856-1928)
2. Ann RITCHIE [8870] (Abt 1858-1860)
3. Mary RITCHIE [3526] (1860- )
4. Patrick RITCHIE [8867] (1865-1938)
Patrick LAVEN [8868]
Sex: M
AKA: Patrick LAFFAN
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1. *Sarah SHORT [8869] ( - )
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1. Catherine LAVEN [8866] (Abt 1828-1923)
Christopher LAW [2261]
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Ian LAW [2258]
Mother: Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943-1995)
Felicity LAW [2260]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Ian LAW [2258]
Mother: Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943-1995)
Ian LAW [2258]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943 - 9 Sep 1995)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Miriam LAW [2259] ( -Bef 1995)
2. Felicity LAW [2260]
3. Christopher LAW [2261]
Maureen Patricia LAW [7472]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas William JONES [7449]
Children:
1. Taomi Narelle JONES [7473]
2. Andrea Margaret JONES [7476]
3. Steven Thomas JONES [7480]
Miriam LAW [2259]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date:
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Death: Bef 1995 5944
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Parents
Father: Ian LAW [2258]
Mother: Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943-1995)
Melva Lillian LAWLER [2111]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Maxwell Robert BONHAM [2108]
Children:
1. Michael Raymond BONHAM [2112]
2. Brian William BONHAM [2113]
3. Denise Ann BONHAM [2114]
4. David John BONHAM [2115]
Anastasia LAWRENCE [4654]
Sex: F
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1. *Herbert BROWN [4653] ( - )
Marriage:
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1. Arthur Joseph BROWN 1811 [4620] (Abt 1905-1978)
Aubrey Malcolm LAWRENCE [12832]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1896
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Death: 1930 - ( at age 34)
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Spouses and Children
1. *Victoria May COUBROUGH [4411] (6 Jul 1893 - Sep 1928) 2521
Marriage: 1919 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Status:
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Northam Advertiser (WA: 1895-1955) Wed 19 February 1930 page 2
Lawrence - On February 17 1930 at Northam Hospital, Aubrey Malcolm Lawrence, late 28th Batt AIF, loving husband of the late Victoria Lawrence and fond father of Aubrey, Gladys, Leslie Mavis, Francis, Pearl, Helen and Marjory. Aged 34 years.
Glorija LAWRENCE [12719]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Gavan Herbert GROSSER [9191]John LAWRENCE [9688]
Sex: M
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1. *Mary [9692] ( - )
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1. Mary Ann LAWRENCE [5517] (1845-1933)
Mary Ann LAWRENCE [5517]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1845 - Bermondsey, London, England 84
Christening: 21 May 1845 - Bermondsey, London, England 5945
Death: 1933 - Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England ( at age 88) 84,5946
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Parents
Father: John LAWRENCE [9688] ( - )
Mother: Mary [9692] ( - )
Spouses and Children
1. *George Castleman BROOM [5516] (Jun Q 1850 - 1932)
Marriage: 2 May 1869 - Newington, Surrey, England 84,1787
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Mary Ann BROOM [9693] (1873-1964)
2. George Castleman BROOM [9695] (1877-1965)
3. Alice Jane BROOM [9694] (1881-Abt 1977)
4. Albert BROOM [5493] (1889-1961)
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Newspaper article with no date or banner attached
Mrs M A Broom
Passing of Wimbledon Octogenarian
A year after the death of her husband, Mrs. Mary Ann Broon [m] died on Saturday at 34 Evelyn Road, the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. A. Wyatt.
Mrs. Broon [m] was 87 years of age and her youthful appearance was the wonder or her friends. She and her husband, Mr. George Broon [m], were familiar figures in Wimbledon. They celebrated their Diamond wedding in 1929.
Only a fortnight before her death Mrs Broon [m] was wheeled in her bath?????? , to Wimbledon Cemetery to lay a wreath on her husband's grave, on the anniversary of his death.
She is survived by two sons and two daughters.
The funeral took place on Wednesday at Wimbledon Cemetery, and was arranged by Mr. E. Knox, of High Street, Merton. The Rev. A. Thompson, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, officiated.
Mary Emma LAWRENCE [12958]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1856 - Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
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Death: 1952 - Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 96)
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Spouses and Children
1. *George DARLOW [1508] (Mar 1854 - May 1885)
Marriage: 12 Oct 1872 - Raunds, Northamptonshire, England 3175
Status:
Children:
1. Florence Beatrice DARLOW [14414] (1878-1918)
2. Edith Alberta DARLOW [14416] (1881-1921)
3. George William DARLOW [14418] (1882-1972)
2. John Edward BARRINGER [12959] (1850 - 1921)
Marriage: 1888 - , Northamptonshire, England
Status:
Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [11336]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Louisa Phyllis GRAYDON [11335] (1903 - 1976)
Marriage:
Status:
Rijana LAWRENCE GRAY [13045]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: GRAY [13044]
Mother:
William LAWRY [8503]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1845
Christening:
Death: 1893 - Daylesford, Victoria, Australia ( aged about 48) 2113
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Elizabeth PEEL [7236] (1856 - 1914)
Marriage: 1888 - , Victoria, Australia 5947
Status:
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Thursday 21 September 1893 Page 1
LAWRY.- On the 18th September. at Daylesford, William Lawry, the beloved husband of Mary A. Lawry, aged 48 yours. "A patient sufferer at rest."
Alex Selkirk LAWSON [9426]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1912 - Yarrawonga, Vic, Australia 852
Christening:
Death: 1994 - Geelong, Vic, Australia ( at age 82) 852
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Jean Wandless HERBERT [9425] (1912 - 1989) 852
Marriage:
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Children:
1. Dr Robin LAWSON [9427]
Dagmar LAWSON [14278]
Sex: F
AKA: Dagmar LARSON
Individual Information
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1894 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Christening:
Death: 17 Nov 1986 - Noble Park, Victoria, Australia ( at age 92) 5948,5949
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Spouses and Children
1. Angelo ORLANDI [14279] (4 Sep 1884 - 29 Aug 1954)
Marriage: 1922 - , Victoria, Australia
Status:
Children:
1. Clara Roma ORLANDI [14301] (1922-2006)
2. Frances Dagmar ORLANDI [14303] (1930-1967)
3. Ruth Maria ORLANDI [14305] (1931-1931)
2. *Albert Dawes MORGAN DAWES [1834] (20 Sep 1890 - 7 Feb 1962)
Partnership:
Status: No evidence this couple married
Children:
1. Louis Angelo ORLANDI 55 [14280] (1927-2001)
Notes
General:
The Orlandi's lived in Jefferson Road, Garfield. After Angelo died, Dagmar moved to 6 Bruce Street Dandenong.
Clare is likely to be Angelo and Dagmar's biological child. Louis is the biological child of a Dawes proven by DNA matches of descendants.
Dulcie May LAWSON [11167]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Leonard Dunlop JACKSON [9241] (Abt 1930 - 25 Nov 2008) 2162
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James LAWSON Lt. Col. DSO [6819]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1884 - Halifax, Yorkshire, England 5950
Christening:
Death: 1965 - Brighton, Vic, Australia ( at age 81) 5951
Burial:
Events
1. Immigration: arrived in Melbourne on the ship Ormuz, Aug 1908, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Parents
Father: James LAWSON [9225] ( - )
Mother: Elizabeth [9226] ( - )
Spouses and Children
1. *Effie Maud FRANKLIN [6816] (1889 - 1969) 10
Marriage: 1912 - , Victoria, Australia 4294
Status:
Children:
1. James Franklin LAWSON OBE 10 [6820] (1913-2003)
2. Patricia Elizabeth LAWSON 10 [6821] (Abt 1928-1992)
Notes
General:
Enlisted in WW1 in 1914 Sern V26144. Mentioned in dispatches and awarded the DSO. By the time James returned home in 1919 after the end of WW1 he had risen to the rank of Major and in around 1927 he was awarded the rank of Lt. Colonel.
Rupanyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon and Lallat Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) View title info Thu 2 Dec 1915 Page 2
THE Rupanyup Spectator
The many friends of Lieutenant James Lawson will be pleased to hear that he has been recommended from the firing line at
Gallipoli for promotion to captain.
It will be remembered with pride that Lieut. Lawson, with his troop of Rupanyup Light Horse, were in the first expeditionary force in 1914 to leave Australia for active service at the front. After some months' training in Egypt the Light Horse were ordered to the Peninsula as infantry, and Mr Lawson was "promoted from 2nd to 1st ' lieutenant. He and his company, "many of whom, alas, have been killed and others wounded or incapacitated through illness, have had six months of solid trench: fighting in the-front firing line, with only four days' leave during, that period; and it is with pride we record his recommendation for promotion to captain, which will be equally rejoiced' in by his troops; at the front, with whom he particularly popular and by our local soldier boys.
Rupanyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon and Lallat Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) View title info Thu 16 Mar 1916 Page 3
Our Boys In Egypt.
Captain James Lawson of the 4th Light Horse writing from Heliopolis, Egypt, encloses a programme with the results of a tourney by the Third Australian Light Horse Brigade and Fourth Light Horse Regiment to commemorate Australia's Anniversary Day, January 26, 1916, at Heliopolis. It will be remembered that when the Fourth Light Horse (of which the Rupanyup troop were a part) were in camp at Egypt going into active service on the Peninsula, they were successful in almost every competition against the other troops in camp.
It is pleasing to note that after the rigors of the Gallipoli campaign our boys, are still fit and more than held their own out of a camp of over 4000 troops in the tourney on Australia Day-securing first and second in the rescue race; first and second in the Anzac Sheffield second in the obstacle event; first in tug-of war (bare back); first wrestling on horse back (bare back); and fourth in sections of four race.
The following letter was received during last week from Sergeant Burton of the Fourth Light Horse, who is in hospital at Ghezireh, Egypt, concerning Captain James Lawson .... " Being on the Peninsula six months under Captain Lawson we had many opportunities of witnessing the great work done by him, the coolest of cool under fire, nothing daunted him-it was this that made us all have such implicit faith in him-for when things looked blackest he never failed us. He was an officer who would stick to his men, lead them, cheer them when things, looked hopeless and praise them, when success was attained. We all hope he will be spared to return, receiving the praise he richly deserves, and would like all the boys at home to know what a great name Captain Lawson has made for himself amongst the boys who served under him on the heights of Gallipoli."
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/121050896
Hopetoun Courier and Mallee Pioneer (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) Fri 1 Jun 1917 Page 2 Personal Pars.
Personal Pars.
Mrs. Lawson, of Rupanyup, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, of Hopetoun, received a cable message from her husband last week, forwarded from Palestine informing her that he had been promoted to the rank of major. The cable also mentioned that Lieut. Phillips and Private Dunlop were in good health. Mrs Lawson has been the recipient of hearty congratulations on her husband's promotion,
Rupanyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon and Lallat Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) View title info Thu 13 Dec 1917 Page 2
Major LAWSON D.S.O.
Major LAWS0M, D.S.O.
Major James Lawson, mentioned in Sir Archibald Murray's dispatches in June last has now been awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Major Lawson volunteered as a 2nd Iieut. with the Rupanyup troop of 4th Light Horse in August 1914 and is now serving with the4th Light Horse in Palestine.
The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) View title info Fri 2 Aug 1929 Page 2
LIGHT HORSE DISBANDS.
The 49th Light horse Regiment of which Lieut Col. J. Lawson, of Rupanyup is commanding officer has been disbanded in accordance with the economy proposals of the Defence Department and instructions have been issued to trainees to return all equipment accept uniforms. The troops affected are Natimuk, Dimboola, Rupanyup, Skipton and Horsham, the last named being under the control of Major Faux.
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lawson-james-7119
Lawson, James (1884-1965)
by J. P. Haldane-Stevenson
This article was published:
in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10 , 1986
online in 2006
James Lawson (1884-1965), stock and station agent and soldier, was born on 16 February 1884 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, son of James Lawson, police officer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Dickinson. Educated at Heath Grammar School, Halifax, he became a clerk at the Todmorden branch of the Manchester and Liverpool Bank. He came to Australia in 1905. Fair-haired, of powerful build and commanding presence, he had the traditional Yorkshireman's directness of manner and character and a dry sense of humour-qualities liked by his neighbours in the Wimmera district of Victoria. By 1912 he was a hotelkeeper at Rupanyup, and that year on 6 March he married Effie Maude Franklin at St Peter's Church, Melbourne.
In England Lawson had served in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Imperial Yeomanry and in 1912 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the 19th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Victorian Mounted Rifles. On 20 August 1914 he joined the Australian Imperial Force in the same rank and embarked for Egypt with the 4th Light Horse Regiment. They served dismounted at Anzac from 20 May 1915 until the evacuation; Lawson had been promoted lieutenant in February and in January 1916 in Egypt he became commander of 'C' Squadron. In 1916-18 his regiment served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under General Sir Edmund Allenby in Sinai and Palestine. Lawson was promoted major in May 1917 and from then commanded 'A' Squadron.
On 31 October 1917 Allenby, planning his main advance through the heavily fortified Gaza area, made a diversionary thrust at Beersheba. British infantry on the south-west formed the guard, while Australian cavalry charged the Turks from the south-east. Lawson's squadron and a squadron of the 12th Australian L.H.R. led the attack, storming the enemy trenches with wild and spectacular success; the official historian, (Sir) Henry Gullett, noted that the 'enemy had been beaten rather by the sheer recklessness of the charge than by the very limited fighting powers of this handful of Australians'. Lawson's leadership and personal valour in this key operation won him the Distinguished Service Order. After the fall of Gaza his regiment joined Allenby's advance into Syria, linked up with a force under Lawrence of Arabia and took part in the capture of Damascus in September 1918. Lawson was mentioned in dispatches twice in 1917-18.
He returned home in January 1919 and his A.I.F. appointment ended in April. He became a stock and station agent at Rupanyup, reverting to part-time soldiering with the Australian Military Forces as a major in the 19th L.H.R.; he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and commander of the regiment in 1927. In 1931-33 he commanded the 5th Cavalry Brigade as a temporary colonel and in 1929 received the Volunteer Officers' Decoration. During World War II, with the acting rank of brigadier, he held administrative command of a training brigade based at Geelong. He was placed on the retired list, A.M.F., as an honorary colonel in November 1943.
Never a man to pull his rank, Lawson was active in civic affairs, was master of his Masonic Lodge in 1922-23, sat for many years on the Wimmera League Football Tribunal and supported the local Anglican Church and volunteer fire brigade. In 1952 he retired to Melbourne where he was a member of the Naval and Military Club. Survived by his wife, son and daughter, Lawson died on 29 September 1965 at his daughter's home at Brighton and was cremated. He is depicted in George Lambert's painting of the battle of Beersheba at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Select Bibliography
H. S. Gullett and C. Barrett, Australia in Palestine (Syd, 1919)
H. S. Gullett, The A.I.F. in Sinai and Palestine (Syd, 1923)
T. E. Lawrence, Revolt in the Desert (Lond, 1927)
London Gazette, 6 July 1917, 15 Jan, 14 June 1918
Herald (Melbourne), 29 Sept 1965
records (Australian War Memorial)
private information
James LAWSON [9225]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date:
Christening:
Death:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth [9226] ( - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. James LAWSON Lt. Col. DSO 10 [6819] (1884-1965)
James Franklin LAWSON OBE [6820]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1913 - Warracknabeal, Vic, Australia 5952
Christening:
Death: 29 Mar 2003 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ( at age 90) 5953,5954
Cremation: 1 Apr 2003 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Parents
Father: James LAWSON Lt. Col. DSO [6819] (1884-1965) 10
Mother: Effie Maud FRANKLIN [6816] (1889-1969) 10
Notes
General:
LAWSON James Franklin : Service Number - O3132 : Date of Birth - 08/02/1913 : Place of Birth - Warracknabeal, VIC : Conflict - WW2 National Archives of Australia
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1565586
Honors and Awards (Recommendation)
James Franklin Lawson
Name: Lawson, James Franklin
Award: O.B.E. Reg. No. 1059 Rank W/Cdr. Service R.A.A.F.
Recommended by Governor General on 29/3/44
Promulgated in London Gazette on 16/644
Promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22/6/44 G.H. File R.A.A.F. O/A 25
Citation (G.H.File RAAF O/A 25 Distinguished service and devotion to duty N.Western A.
Insignia received from London 19/1/45 PN London 35/5/45 G.H.File L/40
Insignia presented by The Governor General, at Government House, Melbourne on 10/5/45 G.H. file Melbourne/5
Address of recipient on presentation date: Rupanyup, Victoria.
Australian War Memorial
http://www.rafcommands.com/
1944-06-13OBE(M) Wg Cdr James Franklin LAWSON (1059) HQ NW RAAF
The KING has been graciously pleased, on the advice of His Majesty's Australian Ministers, to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in recognition of conspicuous service1 in operations against the Japanese London Gazette No. 36566, Dated 1944-06-13
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) View title info Thu 27 Jul 1950 Page 10
Sydney's Talking About
* INFLUX of eligible bachelors from Melbourne and Tasmania for the Hughes-Ditchfield wedding on Saturday. Wing
Commander Jim Lawson (Melbourne), John Steer, James Ramsay, and Rod O'Connor, all of Tasmania, will brighten the local scene.
The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) View title info Sat 30 Dec 1950 Page 25
To have new best man
Wing Commander Jim Lawson, who was to have been best man at the wedding on Thursday of Cynthia Ponder and Keith Nicol, has been recalled to England, leaving on Friday, and won't be able to come from Melbourne for the wedding.
Dr. Dick Pellew will take his place.
The wedding will be held in Scots Church, North terrace. Cynthia is the daughter of Mr. Gilbert Ponder, of Walkrtrville. and Keith is the son of Mr. and Mrs Walter Nicol, of Unley Park. Keith came from Melbourne, where he is working, last week to spend Christmas with his parents. Cynthia's bridesmaid, Valda Fisher, who is secretary of the Victorian Dental Board, will arrive from Melbourne on Wednesday for the wedding. The newly-weds will live near Melbourne
The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) Sat 14 Jun 1947 Page 24
Intimate Jottings
NEWS of Australian colony in London pops into my letter-box via Lancastrian only three days after being written - so different from the old sea mail days when we kept track of our friends in the past tense instead of in the present.
Hear the Percy Spenders, who arrive in Orion, say they haven't yet been worried by rationing. This tent surprising as, preparatory to taking off for Holland, Belgium, Spain, and possibly Greece, they stay at Grosvenor house, Park Lane which still manages to produce a pretty good meal.
While Percy visits Germany, Jean Spender plans to stay in Paris. On June 25 they sail for America in Good Queen Liz, returning to Sydney by air in August.
. . .
FOOD parcels from home raided to provide supper titbits for gathering of Australians at Joan Lyttle's Kensington flat. The social season for Australians in England is not any particular time, like August in Scotland-it's every time a batch of food parcels arrives. Then there is a great pooling of resources.
GUESTS at Joan's party include Ruth Sanger, of Armidale (suntanned from a recent Switzerland jaunt), who is studying pathology at Lister Institute; Dr. Marie Hill, of Pennant Hills, who has just begun duty as assistant anaesthetist at Luton and Dunstable Hospital; Peter Walcott, of Lindfield, and Jim Lawson, R.A.A.F., of Melbourne.
Peter Walcott is returning in the Asturias after studying legal procedure at the Houses of Parliament for the past year. Peter and Jim, who've been sharing a flat in London, write that it's amazing what can be run up from a tin of Australian cheese and some toast for a snack.
http://angustrumble.blogspot.com/2008/12/jim-lawson.html
The Tumbrel Diaries
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Jim Lawson
Wing Commander James Franklin Lawson, O.B.E. (1913- 2003) was born at Warracknabeal in Victoria on February 8, 1913.
His father was commissioned in the Army in 1912, and fought in World War I in the 4th Light Horse Regiment of the A.I.F. Major Lawson led the famous cavalry charge at Beersheba in October 1918, was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O., although he was in fact recommended for the Victoria Cross.
Jim went to Ballarat Grammar School, where he did very well and was primed to metricmatriculatetudy law at university. However, the onset of the Great Depression made it necessary for him to abandon that plan and leave school early.
Instead, with characteristic determination he studied accountancy by correspondence and, not surprisingly, came top of the state. Jim then worked as an accountant for various local councils in country Victoria, and for the City of Hawthorn in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
In 1935, the Royal Australian Air Force advertised for officer recruits. Jim was one of only five successful applicants, something that must have made his mother and father very proud. He rose rapidly in the R.A.A.F., in due course attaining the rank of Group Captain.
During World War II, Jim was involved in the Empire Air Training Scheme, which made such a crucial contribution to allied victory, and in 1943 served on the staff of the R.A.A.F. Allied Air Liaison Office in Ottawa, where he played tennis with Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, among other distinguished V.I.P.s temporarily sheltering at Rideau Hall.
The journey by ship to Canada was dangerous, and the risk of encountering enemy ships and submarines in the Pacific Ocean was high. In June 1944, with the rank of Wing Commander (N.W. area H.Q.), he was made an officer in the military division of the Order of the British Empire.
In November 1958, Jim left the Department of Air and the R.A.A.F., and joined Hawker Siddeley, the large British firm of aeronautical engineers and defence contractors. He worked for Hawker in Australia, and in England.
Earlier in the same year, Jim met John Borthwick in Melbourne. In about 1963, Jim and John travelled extensively in England, Ireland, France, and Greece.
Settling in England in the 1960s and 1970s, towards the end of which time John was working for the Wend End antique dealer Roy Barling, Jim and John lived variously in a sixteenth-century thatched cottage at Welford-on-Avon, at a partly restored fortified castle in Hunsdon, a flat in Porchester Place, Mayfair, a cottage near Cirencester in the Cotswolds, and, later on, above another antique business (called Grace and Favour) which John ran for Lady Joseph in Bute Street, South Kensington. At times, Jim assisted Barling with his considerable accounting skills.
In the 1980s, when semi-retired, they spent the northern winter months in Cannes, in the south of France, where after several years Jim's appalling French showed no signs of improvement.
They returned to Australia in 1969, purchased and ran a motel and restaurant in Coffs harbor, aiming to bring French Provencal cookery to the northern coast of New South Wales.
When in England or France, Jim and John entertained many visiting Australians with supreme generosity, including many members of both their families. We remember those visits, which were frequently hilarious, with immense gratitude.
John's nephew, my brother Simon, recalls Jim enthusiastically suggesting to him and Mary Ann, on the occasion of their first visit to London in 1984, that they attend a soccer friendly between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at White Hart Lane. John was somewhat less enthusiastic.
In any event, during the game a riot took place, and Simon and Mary Ann barely escaped with their lives. Jim was unapologetic, observing cheerfully that this would for them be an unforgettable experience of daily life in the capital.
Jim was naturally gregarious and, at other times, to the mortification of young or merely shy companions, he did not hesitate to strike up conversations with complete strangers at the next table, wave his handkerchief to people in the theater, stop London traffic by holding out his walking stick, and sing songs.
Jim and John finally returned to Australia in 1988, and lived for some years in Sydney and Melbourne.
In 1996, Jim entered the War Veterans' Home at Myrtle Bank (in Adelaide) as a patient and, though frail, remained mentally alert. No-one who knew them in happier times can easily forget the great care and devotion with which John looked after Jim in those last years, and with which Jim's niece, Ann Pietsch, looked after both of them in Adelaide.
Jim Lawson died peacefully on Saturday morning, March 29, 2003. John died in Melbourne three years later.
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Patricia Elizabeth LAWSON [6821]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1928
Christening:
Death: 29 Mar 1992 - , Victoria, Australia ( aged about 64)
Cremation: 3 Apr 1992 - Springvale, Vic, Australia 5955
Parents
Father: James LAWSON Lt. Col. DSO [6819] (1884-1965) 10
Mother: Effie Maud FRANKLIN [6816] (1889-1969) 10
Spouses and Children
1. *Colin Ernest FINKEMEYER [6822] (24 Nov 1920 - May 2009) 10
Marriage: 1950 - , Victoria, Australia 4144
Status:
Children:
1. Geoffrey Colin FINKEMEYER [6823]
2. Ann FINKEMEYER [6824]
3. David FINKEMEYER [6825]
4. Helen FINKEMEYER [6826]
5. Michelle FINKEMEYER [11294]
Notes
General:
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 22 Apr 1950 Page 9
Country couple
PATRICIA, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawson, Rupanyup, was married to Colin, only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Finkemeyer, Horsham, in St. Andrew's, Brighton, yesterday.
The bride wore a magnolia brocaded satin frock and a fingertip veil with a pearl-studded Juliet cap.
Miss Nan Dyer was bridesmaid, in blue organdie, and Dianne Schmidt was flower girl in pink organdie.
Mr. Keith Collins was best man. A reception was held at Tudor Court.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22823951
Pearl Agnes LAWSON [11369]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *William Arthur MITCHELL [11360] (1879 - 1952)
Marriage:
Status:
Robert Thomas LAWSON [14350]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary YAPP [11383] (Abt 1831 - Jan 1900)
Marriage:
Status:
Dr Robin LAWSON [9427]
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Alex Selkirk LAWSON [9426] (1912-1994) 852
Mother: Jean Wandless HERBERT [9425] (1912-1989) 852
Kylie Louise LAYCOCK [1993]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Karl James FERGUSON [1200]Alison A LAYWOOD [5737]
Sex: F
AKA: Alison BURTON SHEPHERD
Individual Information
Birth Date: Apr 1965 - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 5956,5957
Christening:
Death: 17 Jun 2020 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England ( at age 55)
Burial:
Parents
Father: Brian C LAYWOOD [5736]
Mother: Dorothy DARLOW [5719]
Spouses and Children
1. *BURTON [11991] 2. Christopher J SHEPHERD [11992]
Notes
General:
Alison was a nurse and travelled the world lecturing at nursing schools. Alison was diagnosed with cancer in approximately 2018.
https://funeral-notices.co.uk/national/death-notices/notice/burton+shepherd/4855337
BURTON SHEPHERD Alison Passed peacefully away on Wednesday 17th June 2020, aged 55 years. Beloved wife of John, step mum to Rosie and much loved daughter of Brian and Dorothy Laywood. Will be sadly missed. Funeral Service on Friday 3rd July at 10am. Family flowers only please, donations if desired to LOROS c/o A. J. Adkinson & Son Funeral Directors, 12 London Road, Oadby, LE2 5DG Tel: 0116 2712340 or online at www.ajadkinsonandson.com
Published in: Leicester Mercury.
Published from: June 24, 2020.
Home town: Leicester
Brian C LAYWOOD [5736]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorothy DARLOW [5719]
Children:
1. Alison A LAYWOOD [5737] (1965-2020)
Edwin LE GROS [11808]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1848 - Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands 5445
Christening:
Death: Sep 1917 - Dover, Kent, England ( at age 69) 5445
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Emma HUSK [9617] (21 Aug 1858 - ) 732
Marriage: 6 May 1879 - Saint Luke, Jersey, Channel Island 5445,5446
Status:
Janet Ellen LE LIEVRE [1202]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Ronald Richard LE LIEVRE [898]
Mother: Valerie Rosemary ROLFE [897]
Spouses and Children
1. *Adrian MASTROPASQUA [3847]
Children:
1. James Adrian MASTROPASQUA [3848]
2. Thomas Charles MASTROPASQUA [7934]
3. Matthew Jacob MASTROPASQUA [7935]
Murray Ronald LE LIEVRE [1204]
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Ronald Richard LE LIEVRE [898]
Mother: Valerie Rosemary ROLFE [897]
Nola Rae LE LIEVRE [1203]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Ronald Richard LE LIEVRE [898]
Mother: Valerie Rosemary ROLFE [897]
Spouses and Children
1. *Luke HILL [8724]
Children:
1. Jessica Lynda Mae HILL [8725]
2. Mason Luke HILL [11971]