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Trying to find this family, Thomas George Turner born Mackay Queensland Australia August 1917, parents William and Lucy (Harris) married December 1907 Queensland Australia.
Partners name was Nancy (Harris?) but may not have been married and had 4 children Thomas, Clyde, Mervin and Claude.
Thanks
Dot

Hi Dot

This looks like him (and it looks like they were married)

TURNER THOMAS GEORGE : Service Number - QX7968 : Date of birth - 24 Aug 1917 : Place of birth - MACKAY QLD : Place of enlistment - CAIRNS QLD : Next of Kin - TURNER NANCY

If you request a copy it may have details of dependent children. Go to http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx

:-)
Cherilyn

Thanks Cherilyn,
I had a look and it seems he enlisted in 1940 and their first child was not born until 1944, by then I think Thomas may have been AWOL. Story is he had a big fight with his father, we think over Nancy who may have been a relitave of his mother (Harris), and was written out of his fathers will, the family cane farms around Mackay were divided between his siblings.
Family stories say Nancy had been married previously, an arranged marriage in Sydney with a much older man that she ran away from. Her surname was unpronounceable and was changed to Harris when the family arrived in Australia, Nancy was about 8 years old then and she never talked about her past but her brother said they were Jewish and their parents had gone to England (Wales?) where Nancy was born and then on to Australia.
Thomas and Nancys children didn`t know for sure if their parents were married but they thought not.
Nancy did marry in Brisbane much later in life, to a Berrisford Shellard, date unknown, we think after she had confirmation of her first husbands death.
Oh well, thats life hey, I will keep looking for Toms background.
Thanks again
Dorothy

Hi Dot

Found these births on Qld BDM

1911/C7459 Turner William John William Lucy Harris
1909/C7148 Turner Valma Lucy William Lucy Harris
1913/C8564 Turner Elsie May William Lucy Harris

Found this marriage

1907/C2049 Harris Lucy Turner William

Cheers

Hi again Dot

Found this in Qld bdm online

Birth for Lucy HARRIS, dau of Henry HARRIS & Emma RICE in 1887 ( reg C6244) and death for Lucy TURNER in 1927, dau of Henry HARRIS & Emma RICE (reg C4276).

Henry & Emma had a dozen children 1884-1904, all born in rural Qld. No marriage found for them in Qld (or NSW) tho so there may be others!

Just need to connect them to Nancy now!

Hi Cherilyn and Ingrid,
Thanks for all that. The only sure thing we know is that she did marry and became Nancy Shellard and that she died in Brisbane, date unknown, but somewhere between 1985 and 2005, her husband died a few years after her and we think they are burried at Lawnton on the north side of Brisbane.
Two of Tom and Nancys sons have passed on and the other two know virtually nothing as the oldest one has memory loss and the other one went his own way many many years ago.
If I get Tom`s parents marriage cert with a bit of luck it will have his fathers birth place etc but I won`t hold my breath as a few I have bought
just have name and marriage date and not much else.
Thanks again for the hard work.
Dot