Notes:

Priscilla Chapman has birth as
3 MAY 1870 at: Carlyle Plains, Wahgunyah, VIC

Quat Quatta was one of the oldest station properties on the River Murray, having been formed in 1840.
It was mixed farming with wheat, sheep, dairy (150 gallons per day at one stage)

Note still living at Linden in 1944 as per letter written to WD Goswell, 28th October, 1944.

Annie married Basil Brooke Childe Hughes 19 Sep 1889, Linden, Quat Quatta, Corowa, New South Wales. Basil (son of William Henry Childe Hughes and Mary Frances Kelly) was born 5 Oct 1867, Kilmore, Victoria; died 8 Jan 1947, Madelay, Cheltenham, Sydney, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 13 Mar 1894
• Occupation: 1919; School Teacher, Canley Vale Public School

Notes:

Birth Registration No. 35499/1893

From the electoral rolls lived in
22 Epping Ave, Eastwood (a teacher) 1933 -35,
1936-37 lived in 4 Welham St, Epping (home duties)
1943 1949 lived in 33 Mary St, Beecroft
58 lived in 160 Beecroft Rd, Beecroft (home duties)
1968 lived in 222 Parbury Rd, Swansea (home duties)

Annie married Walter Herbert Goswell 22 Dec 1919, St Paul's, Canley Vale, NSW. Walter (son of Thomas George Goswell and Emily Ann Spring) was born 21 Dec 1893, Bank St, Sherwood, Parramatta, NSW; died 1978, Adamstown, NSW, Australia; was buried , birth rec no 94 26461. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

No children
Birth Registration No. 34831/1891
There was a William Henry Childe Hughes who graduated from Sydney University in 1940 MB BS. His 1962 address is given as 17 Bolton St Newcastle ?the same person? He had attended Fort St School and had interests in photography, tennis and golf.

Military service: Enlisted on23 May 1917 at the East Sydney Recruiting Depot, Darlinghurst. Service ended on 31 Dec 1919,
Served as a Private, number 15270, Postal Corps, 1st AIF
Service number 15270. NAA: B2455
Enlisted at Sydney, occupation civil servant.
Age 26 years and 2 months
Height 5' 10" 151 pounds, dark hair, blue eyes, chest 36"
distinguishing features: moles right groin and on back
Had varicose veins right leg
Religion C of E
In the Army Service Corps
Shipped to England. At Tidworth
Promoted to corporal on 22/2/1918, back to private on 16/6/1918
Shipped to France 24/6/1918
London 14/12/1918
Served in the AA Postal Corps
Returned to Australia on the Beralla 8th October19. Disembarked 29th November 1919

He wrote a series of letters to his family. The letters form a diary of his service overseas: 130 pages. They are located at the NSW State Library. Currently not known why they are copyrighted by a different Hughes family.

A William Henry Childe Hughes was appointed as a telegraph messenger in 1905 as per the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 8th July 1905 p572

A William Henry Childe Hughes Esq. of Brisibane was appointed as Superintendant of Stores and Transport for the PMG as notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 13th April 1938 p1289

Reference in Australian Government Gazette to WHCH being Lieutenant (provisionally) and captain (temporarily).

Address from address book: 8 -11 Stuart St, Manly

Lived in Melbourne, Brisbane and Manly (7 Stuart St)

William married Elizabeth Mary Field (Frauenfelder) 18 Jan 1923, Marrickville District, Sydney, NSW. Elizabeth was born 29 Jun 1899, Wodonga, Victoria; died 20 May 1992. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Enlisted in the war
Service number 88769
Occupation: clerk
Had been a cadet surveyor for 15 months before joining
Says place of birth Humula (south east of Wagga Wagga
Father BBC Hughes of Canley Vale Public School
had been in the Militia University Scouts
Height 5' 7"
Weight 148lbs
Chest measurement 33 - 37 inches
Dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair
VA 6/6 6/6
Religion C of E
No distinctive marks
Enlisted 7th May 1918
Started as a private in the C Company Recruits
Served in h Company University Company
Became sergeant
Admitted to Liverpool Hospital 12th November 1918

Letter to AIF re discharge certificate written on Forestry Commission letterhead. Given address 25 O'Connell St, Sydney 14 March 1919

Headmaster in the Wodonga/Corowa area
Later lived in Wahroonga on or near Bobbin Head Rd
Aristocracy connections
6 foot tall, heavily built
Wore a white porcelain rose on his watch chain.
WDGoswell stayed with him for a time.

Birth Registration No.. 26335/1896

At the time of his death he was living at 59 Vicliffe Ave, Campsie also in 1967
The funeral requiem mass was held at St Bernadette's (Catholic) Church at Clemton Park
Buried in Rookwood Cemetery

A Basil and Edie in address book at Lot 83 Peak St, Killarney Heights

Basil married Marianne Edith Bellyse Sep 1921, Glebe, NSW. Marianne was born 28 Mar 1896; died 19 Feb 1973; was buried 20 Feb 1973, Rookwood Catholic Cemetery. Lawn 3, plot 340. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lived in Orange.
Later at 35 Norm St, Kenmore, QLD
Teacher and mother.
Birth Registration No. 29659/1900

Mary married Cecil George Ford 1 Jul 1922, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW. Cecil was born 9 Apr 1895, Cudal, New South Wales, Australia; died 7 Feb 1960, Fairview, Orange, NSW. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth Registration No. 10433/1904
Priscilla has birth 1898
had rheumatic fever as a child and remained unwell. Died in her 20s
Remained single

Notes:

Lived in Towsville and Sydney (8 Pacific St, Kingsgrove)
Had deep auburn hair when young
A headmistress and a mother

Edna married Hugh Edward Byrne 7 Mar 1945, Sydney, NSW. Hugh was born 3 Jan 1911, Dulwich Hill, NSW; died 9 Sep 1984, Sydney, NSW. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Priscilla has death as 1987
Divorced Ruth.
Lived in Sydney
Worked in the Police Force and in the RAAF and business ventures
Retired to live near Gosford

Lacan married Ruth Zara Levy 1941, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. Ruth was born 28 Jun 1922, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; died Nov 1966, Southport, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: marriage rec no 7661 Sydey (Betty 1)
• _MILT: Serve number 267238

Notes:

Was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAAF.

In 1944 wrote and produced a revue called "We're Away", whilst in the RAAF.

1950 received a medal for rescuing a mother and child by swimming half a mile across the flooded Castlereigh River in 1950

In 1954 was de-registered

George — Elizabeth Thomson. [Group Sheet]

George — Kathleen Charters. [Group Sheet]

George — Doris Faber. [Group Sheet]

George married Betty Carr Hawkins 8 May 1942, St James, Sydney. Betty (daughter of Henry Hawkins and Eva Carr) was born 14 Oct 1920, Binda, NSW; died 27 Apr 1988, Queanbeyan, NSW; was buried , Betty. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: marriage rec no 8456 Concord
• _MILT: Service number N177131 Citizen Military Force (Army Reserves)

Notes:

Received the name Dudley almost certainly from the family associations with Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick.

Lived in Eastwood from age 3 to 9
Spent time in childhood visiting Linden.
Worked the 1941 shearing at "Neinby" at Gular. See reference from Bert H Fisher

Lived at 33 Mary St, Beecroft in 1941-1948

During the war, was to be posted as a stretcher bearer, Medical Unit, 39th Battallion, but this was altered by a Major Ferguson who had in mind creating a coastal patrol.

Was on the National Council of Woolbrokers

Walter married Enid Harvey 26 May 1945, St Andrew's Church of England, Strathfield, Sydney, Australia. Enid (daughter of Albert Harry Harvey and Amy Owen) was born 15 Feb 1926, Sydney, NSW, Australia; died 25 Jul 1999, Gateshead, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Known aas Jack
Killed in action in RAAF, Battle of Brittain in the UK

Notes:

Lived in the Normanhurst/Thornleigh rea of Sydney.
Married with children

Notes:

Marriage 1947/24527

Military: 1942 • Paddington, East Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Serial number NF456674, initially served as a searchlight operator then as radar was introduced as an Ambulance operator.

Dorothy married John Charle (Jack) Singe 1 Nov 1947, Canterbury, NSW. John was born 27 Oct 1921, Petersham, NSW; died 25 Jun 2016, Queensland. [Group Sheet]

Barbara — Keith Woodham. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

A doctor

Notes:

Was living at 53 Hawksbury Cres, Farrer, ACT

Living — Living Chapman. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lived in the Gosford/Wyong area

Notes:

Lived in the Gosford/Wyong area

Living — Living Caulfield. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living Graeme. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living Kelly. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living Waterford. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living Robinson. [Group Sheet]

Living married Ranjit Thambyrajah [Group Sheet]

Living — Living Devir. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living Escott. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living Burton. (daughter of Living Burton and Living Preston) [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Born in Sydney and educated in Brisbane, John Singe commenced his teaching career at Thursday Island in 1970. He has lived on several Torres Strait islands and in Papua New Guinea, and has taught in the area north of Cairns for more than thirty years. His adventures include driving an Island taxi and diving on a professional crayfishing boat, as well as navigating the treacherous waters by sail and outboard motor. He has hunted, fished and gardened with Islanders and lived with them for three decades, becoming familiar with their languages, culture and history. He is currently based in Cooktown, Queensland. His books include \"Torres Strait: People and History\" (1979 and 1988), \"Culture in Change: Torres Strait History in Photographs\" (1988) and \"Among Islands\" (1993). His memoir, \"My Island Home\", was released by UQP in November 2003.