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.
1 comment:
Hi Geoff
I have looked with gratitude at your references several times now, as Emma was my great-grandmother, Lily Eliza Card Spiers was my grandmother. For interest, my mother, Elsie May Spiers Kirkwood Weaver was Lily's only child, born in Mt Mulligan July 23 1921, and is still living (as of 09 July 2013). Her father was a Scottish coalminer, Robert Spiers, who was killed in the Mt Mulligan mine explosion in September 1921.
Regards, Bob Kirkwood
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