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Mary Ann MORGAN [9569]

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Abt 1828 ⁵⁰²⁶ Christening: 31 Aug 1828 - Stepney, Middlesex, England ⁶⁵²¹ Death: Burial:

Parents

Father: Richard MORGAN [3349] (Cir 1806-      ) ²⁴⁵ Mother: Mary HORNING [4062] (Cir 1806-      )

Mildred Edith MORGAN [7862]

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1910 - Sydney, NSW, Australia ⁶⁵²² Christening: Death: 1910 - Sydney, NSW, Australia ⁶⁵²³ Burial:
Events
1. Obituary: Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, 25 Jul 1910, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Parents

Father: Richard David MORGAN [7857] (1881-1966) Mother: Ethel May CURTIN [7860] (Abt 1879-1959)

Notes
General:

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Mon 25 Jul 1910 Page 14 Family Notices
MORGAN.- The friends and family of Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD D MORGAN, are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their beloved infant DAUGHTER Mildred Edith to leave 67 Fitzroy Street for Waverley Cemetery

Richard MORGAN [3349]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1806 - , , England ⁵⁰²⁶ Christening: Death: Burial:

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary HORNING [4062] (Cir 1806 - ) Marriage: 25 Dec 1824 - Limehouse, Middlesex, England ⁵⁰²⁵ Status: Children: 1. Richard William MORGAN [1290] (1825-1888) 2. Mary Ann MORGAN ⁵⁰²⁶ [9569] (Abt 1828-      )

Notes
General:

Richard and Mary Morgan had 2 children baptised at Upper St Martins in the Field in 1839. Richard's occupation is given as Card Maker.

There is a Baptism on 27 Jan 1805 • Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road,St Marylebone, London, England, of a Richard Morgan, whose parents are Richard and Hannah.

Richard may have had a brother b. c. 1811 named Thomas and also a carpenter. At the 1841 census there is a Richard Morgan 35 carpenter, Elizabeth , 30 and Thomas Morgan 30 carpenter living in Bethnal Green. These three were said to have NOT been born the Middlesex. There are also two children named Richard Morgan living at the same address, one is aged 12 , the other is aged 6 as well as a Mary Ann aged 10 and Thomas aged 4. There is no indication which children belong to which adults.

Richard David MORGAN [7857]

Sex: M
AKA: Dave MORGAN
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1881 - Sydney, NSW, Australia ⁶⁵²⁴ Christening: Death: 18 Apr 1966 - Lidcombe, NSW, Australia ( at age 85) ⁶⁵²⁵ ^,6526 Burial: 21 Apr 1966 - Point Clare, Gosford, NSW, Australia
Events
1. Residence: 1 Salisbury Road, 1930, Guildford, NSW, Australia. Occupation railway employee.
2. Residence: 18 Gordon Avenue, 1949, Granville, NSW, Australia. no occupation.
3. Residence: Steyne Road, 1954 to 1963, Saratoga, NSW, Australia. no occupation.

Parents

Father: Richard Thomas MORGAN [3346] (1849-1909) ²⁴⁵ ^,4897 Mother: Sarah Ann HODGSON [7856] (1854-1923)

Spouses and Children

1. *Ethel May CURTIN [7860] (Abt 1879 - 1959) Marriage: 1 Nov 1905 - Sydney, NSW, Australia ²⁷⁷⁸ ^,2779 Status: Children: 1. Richard Thomas MORGAN [7861] (1906-      ) 2. Mildred Edith MORGAN [7862] (1910-1910) 3. John MORGAN [7863] (1912-1912)

Notes
General:

Richard's occupation was said to be porter, on his death certificate and he was buried at the Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery at Point Claire. The death was registered by Richard Thomas Morgan, who was living at 202 Steyne Road Saratoga at the time of his father's death.

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001) Fri 23 Sep 1966 [Issue No.101] Page 3928 IN the matter of the estates of the undermentioned deceased Richard David Morgan, late of Lidcombe, formerly Gosford, N.S.W., retired railway employee, died 18th April, 1966; an election to administer, with the will dated 8th May, 1964, appointing the Public Trustee, sole executor, thereof, was filed on 20th September, 1966.

Richard Thomas MORGAN [3346]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Jul 1849 - Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Christening: 13 Dec 1849 - Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Death: 21 Aug 1909 - Surry Hills, NSW, Australia ( at age 60) Burial: 22 Aug 1909 - Waverley, NSW, Australia ⁶⁵²⁷
Events
1. Residence: 67 Fitzroy Street, 21 Aug 1909, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia.
2. Occupation: Wood carver.

Parents

Father: Richard William MORGAN [1290] (1825-1888) Mother: Ann Elizabeth SWINDON [1289] (1830-1863)

Spouses and Children

1. *Sarah Ann HODGSON [7856] (1854 - 26 Dec 1923) Marriage: 27 Jul 1874 - Sydney, NSW, Australia ⁴⁸⁹⁹ ^,4900 Status: Children: 1. Edith Melville HODGSON [7870] (1875-1950) (Adopted) (Father: Foster ) (Mother: Adopted ) 2. Richard David MORGAN [7857] (1881-1966)

Notes
General:

Richard and Sarah were married at St Michael's Church, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW according to the rites of the Church of England by Hutton Smith King. Sarah Ann Whitehead (apparently remarried), mother of the bride gave permission for the marriage. At the time of the marriage Richard was living at Newtown and Sarah Ann was living at Riley Street Sydney. Fathers of the bride and grooms' occupations were given as wood carver and sawyer respectively. Witnesses to the marriage were Henry Evans and Elizabeth Spilsted.

Death certificate states that Richard's occupation was wood carver and that his father was Richard "Thomas" Morgan, a wood carver and that he had lived in NSW for about 40 years.

Message from Facebook Group Australian Genealogy: Anne Hickey: First name(s) RICHARD THOMAS Last name MORGAN Age 59 Denomination Anglican Birth year 1850 Death year 1909 Death date 21 Aug 1909 Inscription husb of Sarah A. Morgan Cemetery Waverley Cemetery row 3 Number of graves 2 Section 19 Select Plot number 4050,4051 State New South Wales Country Australia Record set Waverley and South Head Cemeteries

8354/1881 MORGAN RICHARD DAVID RICHARD THOMAS SARAH A WATERLOO

Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Sat 21 Aug 1909 Page 16 Family Notices
MORGAN. - The Friends of the late Mr. RICHARD T. MORGAN (Wood Carver) are kindly Invited to attend his Funeral; which will leave his late residence. 67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Hills, TO-MORROW (Sunday) AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, for the Waverley cemetery. JOSEPH METCALF, Undertaker, Redfern.

MORGAN. - The Friends of Mrs. R. T. MORGAN and RICHARD (DAVE) are kindly Invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved HUSBAND and FATHER; which will leave his late residence, 67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Sills, TO-MORROW (Sunday) AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, for the Waverley Cemetery. JOSEPH METCALF, Undertaker. Redfern.

MORGAN - The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES WATSON, of Schimel-street. Waterloo, are kindly Invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved BROTHER-IN-LAW, Mr. Richard T. Morgan; which will leave his late residence, 67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Mills, TO-MORROW (Sunday)AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, for the 'Waverley Cemetery.

Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930) Sun 22 Aug 1909 Page 2 Advertising
MORGAN. - The Friends of the late Mr. RICHARD T. MORGAN (Wood Carver) are kindly invited to attend his Funeral ; which will leave his late residence, 67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Hills, THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, for the Waverley Cemetery. JOSEPH METCALF, uundertaker, Redfem.

MORGAN. - The Friends of Mrs. R. T. MORGAN and RICHARD (DAVE) are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved HUSBAND and FATHER ; which will leave his late residence, (67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Hills, THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, for the Waverley Cemetery. JOSEPH METCALF, Undertaker, Redfern.

MORGAN. - The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES WATSON, of Schimel-street, Waterloo, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved BROTHER-lN-LAW, Mr. Richard T. Morgan ; which will leave his late residence, 67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Hills, THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock, for the Waverley Cemetery, JOSEPH METCALF, Undertaker, Redfern.

U.A.O.D. - ROYAL OAK LODGE No. 78 - The OFFICERS and MEMBERS are requested to attend the Funeral of our late PAST-ARCH., Bro. R. T. Morgan, to move from his late residence, 67 Fitzroy-st., Surry Hills, THIS AFTERNOON, at 2.30, for Waverley Cemetery. Dray leaves Balmain Post-office at 1.30 p.m.
F. V. POOLE, A.D. THOS. J. GIBSON, Secretary
.
The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1903 - 1910) Sun 22 Aug 1909 Page 6 Advertising
MORGAN.- The Members of the Furniture Trades Society are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late member, RICHARD MORGAN (Carver); to leave his late residence, 67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Hills, TO-MORROW, SUNDAY, at 3 o'clock, for Waverley Cemetery. E. W. CUTLER, Secretary

Richard Thomas MORGAN [7861]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1906 - Sydney, NSW, Australia ⁶⁵²⁸ Christening: Death: Burial:

Parents

Father: Richard David MORGAN [7857] (1881-1966) Mother: Ethel May CURTIN [7860] (Abt 1879-1959)

Spouses and Children

1. *Beryl BEGGS [13105] (Abt 1927 - 27 Sep 1991) Marriage: 1948 - , NSW, Australia ⁹⁰¹ Status: Children: 1. Denise MORGAN [13106]

Richard William MORGAN [1290]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 10 Sep 1825 - Stepney, Middlesex, England ²⁴⁵ ^,5026 ^,6529 Christening: 27 Nov 1825 - Stepney, Middlesex, England ⁶⁵³⁰ ^,6531 Death: 20 Jul 1888 - Sydney, NSW, Australia ( at age 62) ⁶⁵³² Burial: 23 Jul 1888 - Rookwood, NSW, Australia
Events
1. Residence: Baker Street, 1841, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England. possible data requires further verification.
2. Residence: 18 Wilmot Street, Dec 1850, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England. Occupation carver. Father Richard William Morgan Carpenter. Witnesses to marriage where Thomas Swindon and Elizabeth Swindon.
3. Residence: 7 Mount Street, 1851, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England. Occupation carver.
4. Immigration: leaving Southampton, England and arriving, 14 May 1858, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. on the ship the Parsee.
5. Residence: 8 Norton Street, 1875, Parramatta, NSW, Australia. occupation woodcarver.
6. Residence: 25 Park Street, 1877, Waterloo, NSW, Australia. occupation woodcarver.
7. Residence: Elizabeth Street, 1877, Waterloo, NSW, Australia. occupation woodcarver.
8. Occupation: wood caver in Australia Street - east side, Newtown,, 1880, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
9. Residence: Church Street, 1884, Balmain, NSW, Australia. occupation - Turner.
10. Residence: 12 Tudor Terrace, Church Street, 1886, Balmain, NSW, Australia. occupaton wood carver.

Parents

Father: Richard MORGAN [3349] (Cir 1806-      ) ²⁴⁵ Mother: Mary HORNING [4062] (Cir 1806-      )

Spouses and Children

1. *Ann Elizabeth SWINDON [1289] (9 Apr 1830 - 21 May 1863) Marriage: 30 Dec 1850 - Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England ²⁴⁵ ^,6533 ^,6534 ^,6535 Status: Children: 1. Richard Thomas MORGAN ²⁴⁵ ^,4897 [3346] (1849-1909) 2. Jane MORGAN [3210] (1851-      ) 3. John MORGAN [3347] (1854-1925) 4. Henry MORGAN [3348] (1855-1863) 5. Elizabeth Ann MORGAN [1281] (1857-1932) 6. Louisa MORGAN [1277] (1859-1946) 7. Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932)

Notes
General:

Richard and Ann were married at Bethnal Green, the witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Swindon and Elizabeth Swindon.

At the 1851 Census, Richard & Ann lived at 7 Mount Street, Bethnal Green and Richard's occupation was given as Carver. On the birth certificate of Elizabeth Ann, Richard's occupation was given as "cabinet carver master".

Richard, Ann and 5 children left Southampton on 17 February 1858 on board the "Parsee" and arrived in Melbourne on 14 May 1858. They went to Emerald Hill (now known as South Melbourne) on their own assistance on 19 May 1858.

Very little is known of Richard and his older children. Following the death of his wife it is thought that Richard may have kept his 2 older children, whilst the younger children were placed in an orphanage, however this is not certain. When Richard married i England, his occupation was given as carver, and that was also the occupation recorded in the shipping records when he and his family came to Australia. I have now found a Richard Morgan, whose occupation was recorded as wood carver, living in Australia Street, Newtown in Sydney in 1880 (Sydney and New South Wales, Sands Street Index, 1861-1930).

From handwritten notes of Theadora Morgan Dawes comes the following information:- Information I have is that, after the mother died, the three younger first were put in a home and the father went to Sydney, taking Jack, and, presumably Jane, with him. When old enough the three girls were put out to service and, I understand never heard from the others again.

Richard W Morgan died at the Macquarie Street Asylum. First listed as a Government Institution in June 1884, the Macquarie Street Asylum, Parramatta was formerly known as The Erysipelas Hospital, and "gradually merged into an Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute". The premises had originally been built as stables and barracks for convicts, before being converted into a Military Hospital in 1843. After the Military Hospital closed in 1851, the premises were utilised by The Erysipelas Hospital.

Although functioning primarily as an asylum for infirm and destitute men from 1884, wards for infectious conditions were still maintained and used for cases refused admission to Sydney Hospital, the Macquarie Street Asylum reputed to be "one Hospital whose doors are open to cases of all kinds of disease." The Government Asylums generally included medical wards, and Macquarie Street became the centre for treatment of serious eye conditions, with 342 ophthalmic cases treated at Macquarie Street in 1893. After administrative responsibility for Government Asylums transferred from the Department of Charitable Institutions to Public Health in 1913, Macquarie Street Asylum became known as the State Hospital and Asylum for the Blind and Men of Defective Sight and Senility, Macquarie Street, Parramatta.

Richard W Morgan died of throat cancer and his death certificate shows parents names unknown, occupation unknown and details of marriage also unknown but it is thought that this is the correct Richard as all other Richard Morgan deaths have been ruled out at this stage. His age was given as 60 years on the death certificate, although he would have been 62 at the time of his death. He was buried at the Rookwood Cemetery.

Cemetery Anglican & General Cemetery Trusts
Area AN
Section MM
Row N/A
Block/Plot N/A
Grave No. 0000067
Cemetery AddressHawthorne Ave, Rookwood
Cemetery Phone 9746 2177
Cemetery Fax 9764 2689
Cemetery Email administration@rookwoodcemetery.com.au
Cemetery URL http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au/
Grave Image No Image

The Sydney Daily Telegraph (NSW : 1879 -1883) Thu 5 May 1881 Page 3 FIRE IN CASTLEREAGH-STREET.
Shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday evening a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. E. G. Grace, upholsterer and French polisher, No. 222 Castlereagh-street, opposite the Gaiety Theatre. The fire, which evidently originated on the ground floor, entirely destroyed the building - a two-storied wooden one - owing to the inflammable nature of its contents. There were five occupants of the building, all of whom have suffered serious loss.

On the ground floor, besides Mr. Grace, there were two other persons carrying on business, viz., Messrs. Stenberg and Russell, electro-platers and gilders; and W. H. Hentsch, a surgical instrument maker. The upper storey of the building was occupied by Edward Williams, as a carpenter's workshop, and by Richard Morgan, a carver [is this father or son?]. It would appear that no one was on the premises at the time of the occurrence. Owing to the fortunate circumstance that two engines were located, one on either side, very near the place, the fire was confined to the building in which it originated, and was not allowed to spread to the adjoining premises, but these, nevertheless, were in considerable danger of being destroyed. A very few minutes after the first alarm was given, the City Fire Brigade from Park-street, and the No. 3 Company's engine from Castlereagh-street were on the spot, followed by the Insurance Companies' engine in charge of Superintendent Bown. A plentiful supply of water was then obtained from the main. The hook and ladder and fire escape, with their appliances, also very speedily arrived on the scene, and rendered good service under the guidance of their Superintendent, Mr. L. McGuinness.

Three large ladders having been hoisted against the adjacent house, the firemen, rapidly mounting, were from this commanding situation enabled to pour a well-directed stream of water into the burning building. A large crowd speedily gathered, and for some time the street was completely blocked, but the police, who quickly arrived on the scene, maintained order, and the firemen were by this means not impeded in their efforts to subdue the flames, and save the premises on either side threatened with destruction. Next to the building, on the northern side, stands the shop of Mr. Oatley, plumber, and there are several Chinese tenants who occupy the premises on the other side, all of whom had a narrow escape. One of Mr. Grace's men was seen to leave the building at about half-past 5 o'clock - the usual hour the workmen left off work, but at this time there appeared no sign of any fire on the premises. As far as is known, Messrs. Stenberg and Russell are the only tenants who have effected an insurance.

They have a policy for £300 in the Australian Mutual Insurance Company, but they state that they have lost at least £700 by the fire, the cause of which is not known.

Rodney MORGAN [14193]

Sex: M

Parents

Father: MORGAN [14192] Mother: Patricia SILBURN [14191] (1919-2020)

Sarah Ann MORGAN [11227]

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. *William Henry ALGER [11226] (Abt 1875 - 1924) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Ellen ALGER [11154] (1907-1995)

Scott MORGAN [3271]

Sex: M

Parents

Father: MORGAN [3270] Mother: Leonie WILSON [3269]

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Jaden MORGAN [4275]

William James MORGAN [10196]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 25 Nov 1876 - Steglitz, Geelong, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵³⁶ Christening: Death: 18 Aug 1968 - Geelong, Vic, Australia ( at age 91) ⁶⁵³⁶ Burial:

Spouses and Children

1. *Beatrice Emma WILKS [5703] (20 Mar 1883 - 7 Oct 1968) Marriage: 16 May 1906 - Saint Lukes, Fyansford, Geelong, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵³⁶ Status: Children: 1. William James MORGAN ⁶⁵³⁷ [11529] (1921-      )

William James MORGAN [11529]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 7 Nov 1921 - Geelong, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵³⁷ Christening: Death: in Geelong, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵³⁷ Burial:

Parents

Father: William James MORGAN [10196] (1876-1968) ⁶⁵³⁶ Mother: Beatrice Emma WILKS [5703] (1883-1968)

Spouses and Children

1. *Isabel Amelia RANTHE [11530] (23 Dec 1920 - 2016) ⁶⁵³⁸ Marriage: 14 Nov 1942 - Geelong, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵³⁸ Status:

Albert Dawes MORGAN DAWES [1834]

Sex: M
AKA: Albert DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Sep 1890 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵³⁹ Christening: Death: 7 Feb 1962 - Warragul, Victoria, Australia ( at age 71) ⁶⁵⁴⁰ Burial:
Events
1. Military: World War 1 SERN 736, 1914-1918.

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Louisa MORGAN [1277] (1859-1946)

Spouses and Children

1. *Rose Harriet Myrtle JOLLEY [1902] (1900 - 1979) Marriage: 13 Nov 1916 - Bunyip, Vic, Australia Status: Children: 1. James Gladstone DAWES [4587] (1917-1979) 2. George DAWES [4588] (1918-1980) 3. Myrtle Jean DAWES [4589] (1921-2002) 4. Alma Rose DAWES [1554] (1923-2004) 5. Leonard Albert DAWES [4590] (1929-1966) 2. Dagmar LAWSON [14278] (2 Sep 1894 - 17 Nov 1986) Partnership: Status: No evidence this couple married Children: 1. Louis Angelo ORLANDI ⁴⁶ [14280] (1927-2001)

Notes
General:

Albert enlisted in WW1 on 20 October 1914. He was in the 8th Australian Light Horse. He was wounded at Gallipoli in November 1915 by shrapnel in the left thumb and wrist and was discharged to return to Australia in February 1916. His Service number was 736.

surname DAWES

DNA matches down the Dawes line has shown the likelihood that Albert was the father of an additional child, to a married woman in the local area. The child was born in 1927.

Alfred Thomas MORGAN DAWES [1817]

Sex: M
AKA: Alfred DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1873 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁴¹ Christening: Death: 1876 - , Victoria, Australia ( at age 3) ⁶⁵⁴² Burial: in , Victoria, Australia

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Elizabeth Ann MORGAN [1281] (1857-1932)

Arthur Morgan MORGAN DAWES [1845]

Sex: M
AKA: Arthur DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1901 - Bunyip South, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁴³ Christening: Death: 9 Sep 1982 - Wentworth, NSW, Australia ( at age 80) Burial:

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932)

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Florence BROWN [3365] (1909 - 1974) Marriage: 20 Sep 1933 - Wentworth, NSW, Australia ¹⁶⁸⁸ Status: Children: 1. Kevin Henry DAWES [3780] (1934-1976) 2. Allan Roger DAWES [3781] (1935-1985) 3. Terence Gladstone DAWES [3782] (1939-2001) 4. Clifford Gordon DAWES [3783]

Notes
General:

Like many of the Dawes men, Arthur was a tall straight man all his life. He lived in New South Wales as long as I can remember. I remember visiting him at his little home at Curlwaa several times. The first time I can recall was around 1961.

After Flo died, Arthur lived alone for some time. In around 1979, Arthur's son Cliff and his family were living with Arthur whilst they were between homes. They had purchased a block of land close to Wentworth and would later build a home there.

Arthur always had birds, including chooks and parrots, at his house and in later years there were many trophies scattered on top of those cages deteriorating in the sun. He had many many ribbons inside the house, prizes from poultry shows. Arthur was a keen poultry fancier until his later years when he was unable to care for his beloved fowls. He passed his fowls onto his son, but he did not have such an interest in the birds as Arthur had done.

Charles Edward Daws MORGAN DAWES [1818]

Sex: M
AKA: Charles DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1875 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁴⁴ Christening: Death: 4 May 1951 - Frankston, Vic, Australia ( at age 76) ⁶⁵⁴⁵ Burial:

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Elizabeth Ann MORGAN [1281] (1857-1932)

Spouses and Children

1. *Lilla Eliza Lucy HUTCHINS [3350] (1882 - 1965) Marriage: 10 Aug 1904 - Catamaran, Tas, Australia Status: Children: 1. Sydney Charles DAWES ⁵⁶³ [4536] (1905-1997) 2. Edith Adelaide DAWES ⁵⁶³ [4537] (1907-1920) 3. Iris Emma Elizabeth DAWES ⁵⁶³ [4538] (1910-1975) 4. Pearl Alexandra DAWES ⁵⁶³ [4539] (1915-1976) 5. Birdie DAWES ⁵⁶³ [4540] (1917-1919) 6. Charles Herald DAWES ⁵⁶³ [4541] (1919-1981)

Notes
General:

Charles wife Lilla was raised at the Port Arthur Lighthouse, where her father's name is on a plaque.

Clifford Gordon Doyle MORGAN DAWES [1844]

Sex: M
AKA: Cliff DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 17 Aug 1898 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁴⁶ Christening: Death: 6 Aug 1972 - Prahran, Vic, Australia ( at age 73) ⁶⁵⁴⁷ Cremation: 8 Aug 1972 - Springvale, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁴⁸
Events
1. Military: World War 1 SERN 5086, 1914-1918.

2. General Info: Wounded Postcard to Australia 1, 20 Jan 1917, Colchester, Essex, England. Colchester 20^th Jan 1917
Dear *Aunt Fan
Just a few lines to let you know that I am getting on alright. The Nurse is going to ask the doctor can I get up and sit in a chair in a week or so if I get on as I am now. I wrote to you and **Ray about a fortnight ago you would not have the letter yet. I set to the Base Depot and told them to sent my mail on here. I have had three letters, on from Wall***, Vic****, and Rich*****. Vic I alright now, in camp in Eng. Wall did not know that I was wounded when he wrote but he might now before he gets my letter. ?? Wall got a letter from him he said he saw Ray in Eng.
That is all I can write now so I will close with
Love from Cliff

Mary Ann Morgan who was the mother of Clifford Gordon DoyleMorgan Dawes - the children called their mothers by their first names and Elizabeth Dawes (nee Morgan) was called Mother by her nieces and nephews
**Probably Raymond Oswald Dawes [4492] - 1889-1965 - 1^st cousin once removed to Cliff
***Walter George Dawes [1843] - 1893-1965 - full brother of Cliff
**** Victor Dawes [1827] - 1896-1966 - ½ brother of Cliff
*****Richmond Dawes [1842] - 1890-1967 - full brother of Cliff.

3. General Info: Wounded Postcard 2 from Hospital to Australia, 2 Feb 1917, Colchester, Essex, England. Colchester 9/2/1917
Dear Aunt Fan*
Just a few lines to let you know that I am getting along alright. I get up and sit in a chair now but cannot stand at all as my ankles are stiff and weak yet. One of the nurses took me to the pastures the other day and I might go again tomorrow.
I got a letter from Vic** the other day and one from Wall***. Vic said ……….. his letter ……………. Would be on his way to France so he will be there now. Wall's ……………. Had a letter from you the other day ……..he said. This card was taken when I was at ??? (Commando??? Or possibly town name) school in France. There was about 30 (??) of us doing the trench bayonetting bags of straw and the king ………. Of …….. watching us. They are at the Aust. ………………… and our brigadier.

I had a letter from you the other day dated ??? 9^th Nov and one from Rich**** 6^th, that is all
Love from Cliff.

*Francis Mary Ann Morgan who was the mother of Clifford Gordon DoyleMorgan Dawes - the children called their mothers by their first names and Elizabeth Dawes (nee Morgan) was called Mother by her nieces and nephews
**Victor Dawes [1827] - 1896-1966 - ½ brother of Cliff
*** Walter George Dawes [1843] - 1893-1965 - full brother of Cliff
**** Richmond Dawes [1842] - 1890-1967 - full brother of Cliff.

4. General Info: wounded postcard 3 to home, 20 Feb 1917, Colchester, Essex, England. Colchester 20 Feb 1917
Dear Aunt Fan*
Just a few words to let you know that I am alright. I can stand a bit now on one foot so I will be able to go about on crutches soon the wounds are heeled (sic) up now except one on the knee. I have been out two or three times in the chair.
I have not got much news to tell you. I have not heard from Wall** or Vic*** since I wrote last. Ray**** is in Eng. The last time I wrote to Wall I asked him to send me Ray's address. He sent it but whoever censored the letter cut it out. I will sent (sic) you a card every week to let you know how I am as I cannot think of enough to put in a letter. That is all this time so I will close hoping you are all well
With best love from Cliff

*Francis Mary Ann Morgan who was the mother of Clifford Gordon DoyleMorgan Dawes - the children called their mothers by their first names and Elizabeth Dawes (nee Morgan) was called Mother by her nieces and nephews
**Walter George Dawes [1843] - 1893-1965 - full brother of Cliff
***Victor Dawes [1827] - 1896-1966 - ½ brother of Cliff
**** Probably Raymond Oswald Dawes [4492] - 1889 - 1965 1^st cousin once removed to Cliff.
5. General Info: Wounded Postcard 4 from Cliff to home, 3 Apr 1917, Colchester, Essex, England. Colchester 3/4/1917
Dear Aunt Fan*
Just a few lines to let you know that I am alright. I can get about alright now so I go out every day from 2pm until 6pm. I will be getting my photo taken before I leave here so I will send you one. I have not heard from you since I wrote last or from Rich** either. I have not heard from Vic*** or Glad**** for a good while. The last from [him] he was going to France the next about a week ago. Heard from Wall*****, he was alright.
That is all this time hoping you are all well best love from Cliff

Francis Mary Ann Morgan who was the mother of Clifford Gordon Doyle Morgan Dawes - the children called their mothers by their first names and Elizabeth Dawes (nee Morgan) was called Mother by her nieces and nephews
** Richmond Dawes [1842] - 1890-1967 - full brother of Cliff
*** Victor Dawes [1827] - 1896-1966 - ½ brother of Cliff
****Gladstone Dawes [1836] -1898-1918 - ½ brother of Cliff
*****Walter George Dawes [1843]- 1893-1965- full brother of Cliff.
6. Occupation: munitions worker, 1943, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
7. Residence: 8 Cromwell Road, 1943, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
8. 1963: cooper, 1954-1972, Armadale, Vic, Australia.
9. Residence: 86 Chatsworth Road, 1954-1972, Armadale, Vic, Australia.

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932)

Spouses and Children

1. *Marie Doreen MONGER [3364] (20 Nov 1902 - 16 Feb 1992) Marriage: 15 May 1923 - Elsternwick, Vic, Australia ⁶⁴⁹⁴ Status: Children: 1. Marie Cecelia DAWES ³²⁸⁴ [3776] (1924-2010) 2. Beryl Frances DAWES [3777] (1925-2018) 3. Doreen Jean DAWES [3816] (1928-1928) 4. Yvonne Doreen DAWES [3778] (1932-2017) 5. Noelle Michelle DAWES [3779] (1944-1997)

Notes
General:

Cliff served in WW1. His service number was 5086. He served in France and was wounded in action early in 1917. See postcard transcriptions and photos in stories.

Florence MORGAN DAWES [1835]

Sex: F
AKA: Florence DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 4 Apr 1893 - Melbourne South, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁴⁹ Christening: Death: 3 May 1989 - Glenhuntly, Vic, Australia ( at age 96) Burial:

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Louisa MORGAN [1277] (1859-1946)

Spouses and Children

1. *Silas Albert THORN [3359] (11 Aug 1890 - 10 Jun 1968) Marriage: 28 Apr 1917 - Elsternwick, Vic, Australia Status: Children: 1. Albert Gladstone THORN ⁶⁵⁵⁰ [11817] (1919-1919) 2. Olive Gwen THORN [5004] (1920-1999) 3. Jean Thelma THORN [5005] 4. Joan Beryl THORN [5006] 5. Silas Albert THORN [5003] (1928-1990) 6. Leslie Joseph THORN [5007] (1931-2019)

Francis Charles MORGAN DAWES [1838]

Sex: M
AKA: DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 16 Jan 1881 - Castlemaine, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁵¹ Christening: Death: 25 Jun 1973 - Lilydale, Vic, Australia ( at age 92) ⁶⁵⁵² Burial:
Events
1. Occupation: butcher, 1900-1973, , Victoria, Australia.

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) (Relationship: Step ) Mother: Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932) (Relationship: Biological )

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Eliza STEPHENSON [3361] (1882 - 1970) Marriage: 14 Apr 1923 - Lilydale, Vic, Australia Status: Children: 1. John Francis DAWES [5008] (1926-2017) 2. Beryl Ann DAWES [5011]

Notes
General:

raised with the surname DAWES

George MORGAN DAWES [1832]

Sex: M
AKA: George DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 29 Apr 1886 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁵³ Christening: Death: 1971 - Broken Hill, NSW, Australia ( at age 85) ⁶⁵⁵⁴ Burial:
Events
1. Residence: 333 Hebbard St, 1930-1949, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.
2. Residence: 352 Piper St, 1954-1968, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Louisa MORGAN [1277] (1859-1946)

Spouses and Children

1. *Ethel Gertrude HOSKING [4978] (Abt 1887 - 26 Aug 1960) Marriage: Abt 1950 Status:

Gladstone MORGAN DAWES [1836]

Sex: M
AKA: Gladstone DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 9 Oct 1898 - Melbourne South, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁵⁵ Christening: Death: 17 Jun 1918 - , , France ( at age 19) Burial: Jun 1918 - Ribemont, , France
Events
1. Military: World War 1 SERN 4178, 1914-1918.

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Louisa MORGAN [1277] (1859-1946) Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

Gladstone was in the AIF, 58th Battalion. He enlisted in July 1915, and was killed in action on 17 Jun 1918. He is buried at the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, III, AA 6. His service number was 4178.

In July 1916 he was wounded in action and in 1917 he was absent without leave several times and was also charged with drunkenness and resisting arrest on one of these occasions. He was sent back to England as he was in early in 1918.

Ribemont is in the Department of the Somme, about 8 kilometres south-west of Albert. The Communal Cemetery is a little north of the village, on the west side of the road to Baizieux; and the Extension is on the south-west side of the Communal Cemetery.
Historical Information: This sector of the front was taken over by the Commonwealth forces in the early summer of 1915, when Mericourt-Ribemont Station, on the railway line from Amiens to Albert, became a railhead. However, it was not until the German advance at the end of March 1918 that the first burials were made at Ribemont, initially in the communal cemetery itself. The extension was begun in May and used until August 1918, when 68 burials were carried out by units engaged in the defence of Amiens. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields of 1918 east of Ribemont and from other cemeteries, including:- HEILLY BRITISH CEMETERY No.2 (so called in relation to Heilly Station Cemetery), which was in the grounds of Heilly Chateau. It was made by units in April-August 1918, and it contained the graves of 79 soldiers from Australia and 24 from the United Kingdom. HENENCOURT WOOD CEMETERY, was about 800 metres West of Henencourt, in the Wood. It was used by units and Field Ambulances from June 1916 to August 1918, and it contained the graves of 71 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 34 from Australia, one from Canada, one from South Africa, and one of an unknown unit. HENENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY contained one British grave and one Australian, and the Extension 26 British and nine Australian, all of 1918. POINT 106 BRITISH CEMETERY, BRESLE, nearly 1.6 kilometres North-West of Bresle village, contained 25 graves of March-May 1918, 24 Australian and one British. In 1929, the burials in the communal cemetery were also moved into the extension. The extension now contains 498 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 36 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to two soldiers whose graves in the communal cemetery could not be found, and to 16 buried in other concentrated cemeteries whose graves were destroyed in later battles. The extension was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
No. of Identified Casualties: 462

In memory of Gladstone, Alfred built a house in the main street of Garfield, Victoria, next door to the post office. He named the house Pozieres' House. This house burned to the ground sometime in the 1990's.

Harry Dawes MORGAN DAWES [1837]

Sex: M
AKA: Harry DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1902 - Melbourne South, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁵⁶ Christening: Death: 5 May 1971 - Dandenong, Victoria, Australia ( at age 69) ⁶⁵⁵⁷ ^,6558 Burial: 7 May 1971 - Springvale, Vic, Australia

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Louisa MORGAN [1277] (1859-1946)

Spouses and Children

1. *Doris HALE [3360] (1916 - 22 Dec 1999) Marriage: 10 Dec 1960 - Oakleigh, Vic, Australia ⁴⁴⁹⁵ ^,4496 Status:

Notes
General:

Artist in water colours

Hilda Maud MORGAN DAWES [1841]

Sex: F
AKA: Hilda DAWES, Maud DAWES, Maude HILL
Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Feb 1888 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁵⁹ Christening: Death: 22 Nov 1925 - Warragul, Victoria, Australia ( at age 37) ⁶⁵⁶⁰ ^,6561 Burial: 24 Nov 1925 - Bunyip, Vic, Australia

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932)

Spouses and Children

1. *Samuel Abner Simpson Edward HILL [3362] (15 Dec 1884 - 30 Jul 1925) Marriage: 15 Dec 1909 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia Status: Children: 1. Maude Charlotte Edith HILL [5012] (1910-1976) 2. Edward John Abner HILL [5014] (1913-1989) 3. Hilda Francis Rose HILL [5016] (1915-1987) 4. Adelaide Ivy HILL [5017] (1917-2006) 5. Rowland Clifford HILL [9395] (1920-1920)

Notes
General:

surname DAWES.

From an undated (probably 1925) and unknown newspaper, a clipping of which I have a photocopy the following:

A sad death occurred in the West Gippsland Hospital on Sunday last, when Mrs Maude Hilda Hill (relict of the late Mr Abner Hill who died about 3 months ago) passed away, at the early age of 37 years. The deceased (who was a daughter of Mr A. Dawes, Garfield) had lived in the district practically the whole of her life, being highly esteemed by all who knew her. Sincere sympathy has been expressed for the bereaved relatives and family of four children (Maude, Edward, Hilda and Adelaide), who have lost a loving and devoted parent. The funeral took place to the Bunyip cemetery on Tuesday last. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. E. H. Eldridge, and Mr A Fennis carried out the funeral arrangements.

Richmond Dawes MORGAN DAWES [1842]

Sex: M
AKA: Richard DAWES ⁶⁵⁶², Richie DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1890 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁶³ Christening: Death: 27 Dec 1967 - Manangatang, Vic, Australia ( at age 77) ⁶⁵⁶⁴ Burial:

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932)

Spouses and Children

1. *Emily MACAULEY [3078] (1893 - 1977) Marriage: 7 Jul 1915 - Bunyip, Vic, Australia ⁵⁹⁵⁴ Status: Children: 1. Alma Rose DAWES [3080] (1915-2001) 2. Richard Henry DAWES [3079] (1917-2009) 3. Walter George DAWES [3081] (1923-2004) 4. Francis Raymond DAWES [3082] (1930-2016)

Notes
General:

Surname DAWES

Theadora MORGAN DAWES [241]

Sex: F
AKA: Dora BLACKWELL, Dora DAWES, Theadora DAWES, Dora FENN
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1906 - Iona, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁶⁵ ^,6566 Christening: Death: 21 May 1979 - Warragul, Victoria, Australia ( at age 73) ⁶⁵⁶⁷ ^,6568 Burial: 23 May 1979 - Bunyip, Vic, Australia ⁶⁵⁶⁹
Events
1. Residence: 1906-1920, Iona, Vic, Australia. approximate date of leaving.
2. Residence: 52 Garfield Road, 1920-1979, Garfield, Vic, Australia.

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932)

Spouses and Children

1. *Douglas Lancelot BLACKWELL [242] (27 Apr 1905 - 13 Oct 1942) ¹⁰¹⁸ Marriage: 1 May 1926 - Bunyip, Vic, Australia ⁵⁶³ ^,1101 Status: Children: 1. Gwendoline Pax Maud BLACKWELL [1610] (1926-1995) 2. Pearl Gladys Doreen BLACKWELL [1611] (1929-2005) 3. Douglas Geoffrey Francis BLACKWELL [186] (1933-2024) 4. Clifford Arthur Bernard BLACKWELL [1612] 5. Alan Walter Gilbert BLACKWELL [1613] 6. Beryl Edyth Ethel BLACKWELL [1614] 7. Eve Lillith BLACKWELL [1615] (1943-2001) 2. Arthur William James FENN [272] (6 Aug 1891 - 17 Jan 1964) Marriage: 30 Apr 1949 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ³⁸⁰⁰ Status: Separated

Notes
General:

Birth registered as Morgan. Always known as Dora.

Dora lived at Iona with her family and started school at the Iona State School in about 1913. They lived about 1/2 a mile from the Iona Post Office. They moved to Garfield in about 1916 and she attended Garfield State School Number 2724 until at least 1919.

After Dora and Douglas married, the lived in Dandenong for a short time, but returned to the Dawes family home where Douglas and Dora lived at home with her parents and cared for them until their deaths. She continued to live in the house that her father built, at 52 Garfield Road following her marriage and until her death in 1979. Her son, D Geoff, was born in that house in 1933. This house was sold following the death of Dora in 1979 and has since been renovated and sold several times. The original property was several acres, but part of the land was sold separately to Ken Towt, Dora's son-in-law. This piece of land was sold and a house was later constructed on it. Dora's house was situated at 52 Garfield Road Garfield, her son Geoff's house at what is now 46 Garfield Road, Garfield, Cliff's house at 42 Garfield Road, Garfield, Pearl's across the road on the corner of Barkers Road, and Garfield Road, and Beryl's later homes were in Archer Road in Garfield. Pax lived in Beaconsfield, Eve in Warragul and Alan at Beaconsfield, Upper Pakenham, and later in Drouin, whilst Geoff moved to Wonthaggi in 1973, he has continued to own the house at Garfield as well.

Dora was very family oriented and her home was always the hub of family visits, by both the Dawes and Blackwell families. Even after the death of her husband Douglas, Dora and the Blackwell family kept in touch with each other.

In 1937 Dora was expecting her 5th child and her health was not good. Douglas and Dora decided to hire a housekeeper in the short term to assist with domestic duties. They hired Cecilia Ryan, mother of the infamous Ronald Ryan. Pearl Madden recounted a story of the time when Cecilia's Husband Jack came to the house at 52 Garfield Road, Garfield and knocked on the front door asking to talk to his wife. Mrs Ryan did not want to talk to her husband, but he forced his way into the house and, armed with a bread knife, chased Cecilia around the kitchen table trying to stab her and shouting abuse. Pearl Blackwell grabbed her 2 younger brothers, Cliff and D. Geoff and run to the bedroom where the children hid under the bed until the commotion died down. I am uncertain if the police were called or if Jack Ryan simply calmed down and left. Allan Blackwell was born in 25 September 1937 and it is thought that Mrs Ryan left Garfield sometime after that time.

According to the book "The Hanged Man: The life and Death of Ronald Ryan by Mike Richards, published by Scribe Publications Melbourne in 2002, Cecilia had a son George b. 1915 by her first husband, George Thompson, she and George Thompson separated and she lived with John Ronald Ryan, known as Jack who was the father of Ronald, b. 1925, Violet b. 1927 and Irma b. 1929. Cecilia and Jack married in 1929 and Gloria was born in 1931.

Jack and Cecilia were both alcoholics and Jack was prone to bouts of violence whilst drunk and the children were neglected. Ronald was taken into care in late in 1936 and the 3 girls were taken into care in June 1937.

Following is an excerpt from the book from pages 25 and 26:-

"After losing all her children [Ron, Gloria, Irma and Violet] to wardships, Cecilia [Ryan] made a brave attempt to improve her situation. She had left Jack [Ryan] at Mitcham and taken a position as housekeeper with Douglas and Theadora Blackwell and their family at Garfield in Gippsland on the Princes Highway, some 80 miles south east of Melbourne. Cecilia moved back to Melbourne, where she took a further position as housekeeper for a man named Croaker living at 29 Park Street, Abbotsford. With her living conditions thus improved, Cecilia sought to have her children returned to her, as she had first done whilst at Garfield. In a plaintive letter to the secretary of the Children's Welfare Department, John Henry, Cecilia pointed out that Croaker was willing for her to have all her children with her, as she had been 'caring for his four little children so well':

Mr Croaker here has plenty of furniture and accommodation and as it is better for me to be earning my keep here and having the use of everything I thought I would write and ask if you would please let me have my children now. If not all of them at once surely you will give me little Gloria as she has such a terrible time with abscesses and I know it is only through fretting over me and she will never be well until you let her come to me.

I am away from my husband and got a good position and home and can give you good references from both the people I worked for at Gippsland and this man here to say how well I looked after both homes and children during the mother's absence........"

Mrs Ryan gave Dora and Douglas Blackwell a photograph of herself, Jack, George, Irma, Violet and Gloria, taken prior to the 3 girls being taken into care. This photograph and copies of it are still in the possession of the Blackwell family, with a note on the back about the bread knife incident written by Pearl Madden (nee Blackwell).

Dora was a very good seamstress, making many garments for her grandchildren. She also sewed, knitted and crocheted toys for her grandchildren as well as booties and baby clothes. She made picture scrap books that she gave away as presents.

She collected salt and pepper shakers for many many years, and her collection was divided amongst her 7 children when she died in 1979. She also collected small bottles. This collection was inherited by her granddaughter Coral Jones (Blackwell) who has continued the collection.

She was referred to as Nanna by all her grandchildren. ¹¹¹¹

Thomas MORGAN DAWES [1833]

Sex: M
AKA: Thomas DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 5 Mar 1888 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁷⁰ Christening: Death: 5 Mar 1888 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁷¹ Burial:

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Louisa MORGAN [1277] (1859-1946) Marriage Did Not Marry

Walter George Dawes MORGAN DAWES [1843]

Sex: M
AKA: Wally DAWES
Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Jul 1893 - Richmond, Victoria, Australia ⁶⁵⁷² Christening: Death: 9 Jul 1965 - Cheltenham, Vic, Australia ( at age 71) ⁶⁵⁷³ Burial: Jul 1965 - Drouin, Vic, Australia
Events
1. Military: World War 1 SERN 4093, 1914-1918.
2. Residence: 1914, Iona, Vic, Australia. Occupation - carpenter.
3. Residence: 1924, Newry, Vic, Australia. Occupation - carpenter.
4. Residence: Capital Hill Camp, 1935, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Occupation - carpenter.
5. Residence: Kingston Guest House, 1937-1949, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Occupation - carpenter.
6. Residence: Hillside Hostel, 1958, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Occupation - carpenter.
7. Residence: Jefferson Road, 1963, Garfield, Vic, Australia.

Parents

Father: Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] (1846-1936) Mother: Frances Mary Ann MORGAN [1288] (1862-1932)

Spouses and Children

1. *Bessie [—?—] [3363] ( - ) Marriage: Status:

Notes
General:

A photocopy of the family bible has Walter's date of birth as July 19th 1893.

Walter (Wally) Dawes, a carpenter, of Iona, Victoria, Australia, enlisted at Warragul on the 20th of December 1915, and was later re-examined in Melbourne on the 18^th January 1916. His service number was 4093. He was allocated to the 10/22 Reinforcements at Broadmeadows and embarked from Australia on 7 March 1916, however the name of the ship he left on is not recorded in his service record. I have found the ships name on the Australian War Memorial Website recorded as the HMAT Wiltshire. He travelled to Moascar, Egypt, where he was taken on strength from the 10/22 reinforcements to the 5^th Cyclists Corp at Ferry Post.

The Cyclist Corp is a little known part of Australia's military history.

On the 10^th March 1916, the Army circulated a memorandum (No.32) regarding the formation of the cyclist Corp. The Corp was formed in Egypt and was initially made up of volunteers in the 1^st and 2^nd Divisions and in April 1915 the 4^th and 5^th Divisions were formed. The Standard issue cycle was made by BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company). By 1911 the BSA Mark IV model, fitted with a 'coaster' rear hub was in production, (today's equivalent would be like a velodrome bike with fixed hub which meant pedalling all the time) however, the Australian cyclists in Egypt had to persevere with a variety of BSA bicycles ranging from the Mark 1 to the Mark IV. It was not until July 1915 that the Mark IV was introduced, now fitted with hand-operated rear brakes, and a free wheeling hub in place of the coaster hub. Shortly after the Australian cyclists had reached France, this bicycle became the standard issue to cyclist units.

The cyclists were also given Lee Enfield SMLE .303 rifles which they normally slung over their shoulder but bikes were fitted with clips to carry the rifles, as well as straps and clips for the soldiers personal equipment. The units were also equipped with lightweight machine guns.

The 5^th Cyclists Btn, of which Wally was a member, was inspected by General Godley on 29 April 1916 and a fortnight later took part in a tactical exercise in the desert in Egypt. On the 24^th of May the 5^th underwent their first firing practice on a musketry range. By 31 May 1916, the 5^th had new rifles able to take high velocity cartridges, however such things as puncture repair kits and spare parts were not so readily available.

On the 16^th of June 1916, the cyclists boarded a train which took them to Alexandria, where they embarked to France the next day. According to the book, Cycling to War by Ronald Austin, they arrived in Marseilles on 25 June, however, Wally's service record says he arrived in Marseilles on the 27^th of June. After arrival in Marseilles, the Cyclists boarded a troop train and travelled to northern France.

Once they arrived in northern France they were issued with gas masks and instructed on how they were to be worn. On the 1^st of July 1916, orders were received regarding the formation of the II Anzac Corp Cyclists Battalion, which was to consist of 1 and 2 companies provided by the New Zealand Cyclists Corp, who were still in Egypt, and the 3 and 5 companies, made up by the 5^th Australian Cyclists, of which Wally was a member. The 5^th were ordered to remain attached to the 5^th Australian Division until the New Zealand cyclists arrived from Egypt. The New Zealand contingent arrived in Marseilles on 17 July 1916. Whilst the 1^st and 2^nd companies of the II Anzac Corp Cyclists Battalion were made up by the New Zealanders, the 3^rd Company was made up from the 5^th Cyclists plus a few from the 4^th Cyclists. However, the New Zealanders bicycles did not arrive until August 1916, this made training very difficult with the shortage of machines. On the 16^th of September the Cyclists moved to the frontline.

The unit patch was a 1 x 1 inch red diamond centred inside a 2 x 2 in white diamond worn on both sleeves. This patch was retained until 1918 when the unit was redesignated the XXII Corp Cyclists Battalion.

During the war the Cyclist Battalion undertook many tasks including, forming guards to escort the Corp Commander, traffic direction, frontline fighting, delivery of dispatches and cable burying. The Cyclists became so proficient at cable burying, they could lay large distances in a short time and eventually became the supervisors of cabling operations. They also provided work parties for various other battalions, including the Royal Engineers and were often attached to other units and battalions.

In October 1916 the II Anzac cyclists, less their bikes were sent to the trenches to fight. They worked with two companies on the line and the third in the support line. They worked on a 4 day rotating roster, 4 days in the trenches, and 4 days on the support line. After a month in the frontline the Cyclists were relieved by another battalion and they returned to Bac St Maur to collect their bicycles and returned to billets just outside of Doulieu.

Cyclists were often sent to other units and from 17 November 1916 to 29 May 1917, Wally was one of 25 Cyclists who was seconded to the Town Major of Armentieres as a fire brigade detail. During this time, on the 11th January 1917, Wally was treated for a septic hand.

In March - May 1917 the Cyclists undertook a large amount of telephone cable burying work. This work was carried out in the open and the Cyclists were vulnerable to enemy shell fire and gas attacks. Cable laying was carried often carried out at night with only natural light so as not to attract attention from the enemy. On completion of the cable work in May the Cyclists were given the task of constructing a track from the support and front lines then across no mans land through the enemies trenches to a point named Middle Farm about 500 yards north from Messines. The aim of the track was to allow horses to easily move up to and through the German trenches. After reconnaissance of the proposed route it was decided to carry out the necessary work at night prior to the main attack being launched. On the morning of the Messines battle, 7 June 1917, several parties were detailed to carry out specific tasks over a distance of 1.7kms. At 2.15am on 7 June, 291 troops and 13 officers cycled from Steenbecque to Hill 63 but en route were forced to don gas masks due to enemy gas shells landing in the area. This delayed their arrival, but the cyclists completed the 1.7 kms of track within 3 hours despite being under fire.

From the 14^th of June for three weeks the cyclists were engaged in more cable burying tasks and were occasionally subjected to enemy fire. On the 22^nd of June 1917, Wally was hospitalised due to gas. It appears he may have been sent back to England as the service record seems to read Belgravia for his place of hospitalisation. He returned to the Cyclists Battalion on 11 July 1917.

On 30^th July 1917 Wally went on leave, returning on 15 August 1917. On 17 November 1918 Wally was detached to the 133 AT Coy until 15 January 1918.

On 1 January 1918 the II Anzac Cycles Corps were renamed the XXII Corps Cyclist Battalion and were to be restructured. The structure finally changed on 16 January with the departure of No 3 which joined the Australian Corp Cyclists. With the departure of the Australians, No 3 Company became a New Zealand Company sub unit.

The Australian Cyclists formed an entirely new unit, the Australian Corps Cyclists Battalion. The new unit was formed mainly from existing I Corps Cyclist Battalion plus a few from the II Corps. As of 1 January 1918 the strength of the Australian Corps Cyclist Battalion stationed at La Creche was 16 officers and 345 other ranks. The new unit could not accommodate all of the No 3 Australian Company so many cyclists were posted to either infantry or artillery units in need of reinforcements.

On the 16^th of January 1918 Wally transferred from 22 Corps Cycle Battalion to the Australian Corp Cycle Battalion. He remained with that unit for the remainder of the war.

Wally was demobilised and left England on board the Mahai and returned to Australia in June 1919. He was classed as TPE at discharge.

Like so many of the soldiers who have returned home from war over the years, Wally was changed by his experiences and seems to have had little or no contact with his family following his return to Australia. It is now known that he spent some time in Newry, near Maffra where he probably continued working as a carpenter, as he had before the war. He then moved on to Canberra sometime in the late 1920's or early 1930's. He was living at the Capital Hill Camp in Canberra in 1932. This camp was a tent camp set up to house labourers and tradesmen who were working in Canberra at that time. He later moved to a guest house in Canberra where he spent about 20 years.

Sometime in the late 1950's, Wally's sister Dora (Theadora) set about tracing Wally's whereabouts. How she did this is uncertain, but she eventually found his location and wrote to Wally. Wally answered her letter and very soon after arrived at her home in Garfield. In April 1960 Wally made a Will in Canberra appointing his sister Dora as executrix of his Will and leaving her all his possessions. He gave his address as Garfield when he made this Will so he may have returned to Canberra to wind up his affairs at that time. He returned to Garfield and lived in a bungalow at his sister Dora's house in Garfield Road, Garfield for a short time, then in a 3 roomed wooden house at the corner of Jefferson Road and Railway Avenue in Garfield. He purchased this property on the 20^th of July 1960 from L L Richardson and W Norrie with a deposit of £50 with the remaining £670 (noted on original receipt) to be paid within 6 months. Wally paid the outstanding amount of £680 (noted on final payment receipt, perhaps the extra £10 was to cover stamp duty) on the 28^th of July 1960. Sadly the family only had a few short years with Wally back in their family. He developed dementia and was placed in Larundal Hospital in Bundoora sometime around 1963. He was later admitted to the Cheltenham Home and Hospital for the Aged at Warrigal Road Cheltenham, where he passed away in July 1965.

It was always thought that Wally had a partner at some stage in his life, however no details of her are known to any living family, other than that her name was Bessie. It is not known if they married and although there is a photograph of her that was probably in Wally's possessions there is no further information on Bessie at this time.

After Wally's death the house on the property was given to his niece Beryl Campbell and the land was given to his great nephew, Peter Towt. There was some problem with the land due to it containing a road easement which made the land difficult to sell. The house that was on the Garfield property was moved to a block at Pakenham Upper which was then owned by Wally's niece Beryl Campbell (Nee Blackwell) and her husband Don Campbell. ⁶⁵⁷⁴

Lynette Ann MORGANS [14260]

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Edward George William MORGAN [14259] (1910-1973) ³⁵⁴² Mother: Minnie Ann Margaret EASTWOOD [14264] (1920-2001)

Spouses and Children

1. *John Wayne LORD [14261] (8 Aug 1944 - 9 May 1973) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Dinah M LORD [14255]

Hollie MORGONS [467]

Sex: F

Parents

Father: S. MORGONS [466] Mother: Dianne QUIRK [465]

S. MORGONS [466]

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. *Dianne QUIRK [465] Children: 1. Hollie MORGONS [467]

Ann MORLEY [4106]

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 26 Aug 1785 - , , England ⁷⁶³ Christening: 26 Aug 1785 - Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⁶⁵⁷⁵ Death: Burial:

Parents

Father: George MORLEY [4109] (1760-1823) Mother: Ann HAMSWORTH [4110] (1760-      )

Spouses and Children

1. *George BARLOW [4105] (Abt 1784 - 1848) Marriage: 16 Dec 1805 - Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⁷⁶⁰ Status: Children: 1. John BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8162] (Abt 1806-      ) 2. Mary BARLOW [1342] (1809-1879) 3. Sarah BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8163] (1809-1856) 4. Elizabeth BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8164] (Abt 1812-1896) 5. Martha BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8165] (Abt 1815-1853) 6. George BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8166] (Abt 1818-1818) 7. William BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8167] (Abt 1819-      ) 8. Samuel BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8168] (Abt 1821-      ) 9. Herbert BARLOW ⁷⁶⁰ [8169] (Abt 1824-      )

George MORLEY [4109]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 12 May 1760 - , , England ⁷⁶³ Christening: Death: Jul 1823 - , , England ( at age 63) ⁶⁵⁷⁶ Burial: 7 Jul 1823 - Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⁶⁵⁷⁶

Parents

Father: George MORLEY [4111] (1732-      ) Mother: Elizabeth KERRY [4112] (1732-      )

Spouses and Children

1. *Ann HAMSWORTH [4110] (1760 - ) Marriage: 1783 - , , England Status: Children: 1. Ann MORLEY [4106] (1785-      )

George MORLEY [4111]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1732 - Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⁷⁶³ Christening: 26 Sep 1735 - Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⁹⁶² Death: Burial:
Events
1. Alt. Birth: 29 Dec 1734, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

Parents

Father: James MORLEY [11524] (1699-1757) ⁹⁶² Mother: Mary BETTE [11525] (1711-      ) ⁹⁶²

Spouses and Children

1. *Elizabeth KERRY [4112] (1732 - ) Marriage: 19 Apr 1756 - Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⁹⁶² Status: Children: 1. George MORLEY [4109] (1760-1823)

James MORLEY [11524]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 27 Sep 1699 - Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⁹⁶² Christening: 27 Sep 1699 - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England ⁹⁶² Death: Burial: 24 Aug 1757 - Badwell-Ash, Suffolk, England ⁹⁶²

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary BETTE [11525] (5 Feb 1711 - ) ⁹⁶² Marriage: Status: Children: 1. George MORLEY [4111] (1732-      )

Doris MORRELL [5944]

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1893 - Yinnar, Vic, Australia Christening: Death: 1980 - Garfield, Vic, Australia ( at age 87) ⁶⁵⁷⁷ Burial:
Events
1. Obituary: Herald Sun Newspaper, 23 Oct 1980, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Parents

Father: John MORRELL [12121] (1863-1935) Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Jane JOHNSTONE [12122] (1866-1904)

Spouses and Children

1. *Frank Baker MADDEN [5945] (1892 - 1956) Marriage: 1919 - , Victoria, Australia Status: Children: 1. John Sinclair MADDEN [5946] (1920-2016) 2. Frank MADDEN [5947] (Abt 1922-1968) 3. Sydney James MADDEN [1641] (1925-2007)

Notes
General:

Melbourne Herald Sun 23 Oct 1980
MADDEN - On Oct. 22 (suddenly), at Garfield, Doris, dearly loved wife of Frank (dec.) loved mother of Jack (Stawell), Frank (dec.) and Jim (Garfield), loved mother-in-law of Marie and Pear, loved nanna of Sharon, John, Michelle, Christopher and Leonnie, great-grandmother of Bradley, Phillip and Daniel. Aged 87 years. At Rest

Ivan Sinclair MORRELL [12123]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1895 - , Victoria, Australia Christening: Death: 1959 - , Victoria, Australia ( at age 64) Burial:

Parents

Father: John MORRELL [12121] (1863-1935) Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Jane JOHNSTONE [12122] (1866-1904)

John MORRELL [12121]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1863 - Cranbourne, Vic, Australia Christening: Death: 1935 - Cheltenham, Vic, Australia ( at age 72) Burial:

Spouses and Children

1. *Catherine Elizabeth Jane JOHNSTONE [12122] (1866 - 1904) Marriage: 1892 - , Victoria, Australia Status: Children: 1. Doris MORRELL [5944] (1893-1980) 2. Ivan Sinclair MORRELL [12123] (1895-1959) 3. Wilga Eileen Gladys MORRELL [12124] (1900-      )

Wilga Eileen Gladys MORRELL [12124]

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1900 - , WA, Australia Christening: Death: Burial:

Parents

Father: John MORRELL [12121] (1863-1935) Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Jane JOHNSTONE [12122] (1866-1904)

MORRIS [8390]

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial:

Spouses and Children

1. *Clara Barbara NELSON [4035] (1895 - 1979) Marriage: Status:

MORRIS [14145]

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. *Dorothy Joy STAIT [14144] (1951 - 2021) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Janelle MORRIS [14146] 2. Jo-Ann MORRIS [14147]

Andrew Kevin MORRIS [13639]

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Thomas A MORRIS [13632] (1926-2016) Mother: Teresa Veronica ROWLES [13630] (1929-2017)

Brian Lindsay MORRIS [2433]

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. *Faye Therese TEMPLETON [2428]

Carol A MORRIS [13636]

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Thomas A MORRIS [13632] (1926-2016) Mother: Teresa Veronica ROWLES [13630] (1929-2017)

Cooper Stanley MORRIS [2438]

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Mother: Faye Therese TEMPLETON [2428]

Courtney Maree MORRIS [5253]

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Geoffrey Vincent MORRIS [5252] Mother: Angela Elizabeth DAWES [3089]

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