Emma (Avon) Card

Again, looking at the NAA records for WW1, we find:
CARD Albert
SERN 266
POB Ayr QLD
POE Townsville QLD
NOK M(other) ROYAL Emma
Before we follow Albert, this new surname for Emma sends us off on a quest to the Queensland BMD.
Death: 1903/C004760 CARD, Henry, Father's name Henry CARD, Mother's name Eliza GOODING.
Marriage: 1903/C002117 CARD, Emma to Thomas Daniel ROYAL
And another family:

1904/C011696

Royal

Helen

Thomas Daniel

Emma Avon

1906/C010807

Royal

Pheobe Olive

Thomas Daniel

Emma Avon

1907/C005768

Royal

Fredrick Norman

Thomas Daniel

Emma Avon

1909/C003625

Royal

Elizabeth Hannah

Thomas Daniel

Emma Avon

1914/C002212

Royal

Harold

Thomas Daniel

Emma Avon

Now, back to Albert. He enlisted on 14th February 1916, in the 2/11 Machine Gun Company. His mother's address was given as Gatton Street, Cairns. He was 19 years and 7 months old. He was killed in action on 29th September, 1917, in Belgium. Lily CARD administered his estate.
By 1923, Emma Avon Card ROYAL was living in Withington Street, East Brisbane. (I wonder if she contacted Jen and Ella?)
Emma ROYAL was buried in Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane, on 26th September 1929, aged 61 years. Thomas Daniel ROYAL buried in same grave, 11 June 1923, aged 67 years.

CARD Herbert
SERN 938
POB Ayr QLD
POE Ayr QLD
NOK B(rother) Card Frank
Herbert enlisted on 17th December 1914. He was a shopkeeper at the time. He was sent to the Middle East, joined his unit at Gallipoli on 28th August 1915, was slightly wounded (shell wound) on 21st July 1917. 5th Light Horse. Returned to Australia 3rd August 1919 on the "Madras", after being discharged.in Cairo.

Lydia (Avon) Tait

Looking for the Tait surname in the National Archives for 1914-1918, we find:
TAIT William Fairley
Service Number - 756
Place of Birth - Brandon QLD
Place of Enlistment - Ayr QLD
Next of Kin - (Mother) TAIT Lydia
He enlisted on 2 January 1915, and was currently serving in A Squadron, Ayr Light Horse.He was 27 years old, and a farmer. Lydia's address is given as Maidavale, via Ayr, N.Q. He joined 25th Battalion, 7th Infantry Brigade.
He was killed in action on 5th August, 1916. His will placed Lydia at Traquair Farm, Maidavale.
TAIT Robert
Service Number - 2061 6109
Place of Birth - Lower Burdekin QLD
Place of Enlistment - Townsville QLD
Next of Kin - (Mother) TAIT Lydia
He enlisted on 31st January 1916. He went to France on 10th April 1917, after some time in Fargo hospital and Durrington Camp No.3. Wounded in action on 20th September 1917, he was repatriated to Australia on 5th April 1918 with a gunshot (shell) wound to the back of the left knee.

Lydia TAIT was buried in Ayr Cemetery on 10th June 1952, one day after her death, aged 82 years.
Her husband, Robert TAIT, was buried in Ayr Cemetery on New Years Day 1932, also one day after his death.
They are buried in adjoining graves (1030 and 1031).