Hi Wendy Glad you shared this - must be many more like it too. What happened to the five children, do you know? Presumably one of them was a grandparent of yours. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: WENDY TAYLOR [mailto:wta58253@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Thursday, 20 April 2006 7:55 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-MELB] Anzac Day Hi guys, I am so hanging out for Anzac day this year. Through family history, I have discovered that my great grandfather died in France in World War1. Nobody ever told me that. As a little girl ( a long time ago) I used to hear the Anzac stories, and cry ( little sook). I never had anyone to remember. Could never understand why it meant so much. Now it all becomes clear. I will be at the march ( it's about time someone was). Bought a badge today, like I always do, but means so much more to me now. He lived in South Melbourne and left behind a widow with 5 children. She died a few years later from the spanish flu epidemic, leaving 5 little orphans. Which is why we never knew. I bet there are so many stories like that. Would love to hear them. I am sure other people would too. We all need to remember, so often the human element gets forgotten , the ones left behind. wendy ( getting sentimental in Kyabram) ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== ==================================================== Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Hi Dawn, One of the children was my grandfather, Roy George Walter Moore. I have found his youngest sister living in Melbourne, Emily Coffee. In the 1970s she wrote to the army questioning , where her father's medals had gone. When I discovered the war record of my great grandfather, and received info from the army, her correspondance was listed, with an address ( re: the 1970s) Believe it or not, she is still living there. Have found her, and visited her. Met her daughter and grandchildren. she was only about 3 when it all happened. Sad part to the story, is that my grandfather lived all around melbourne, and ended his days in Alexandra, she in Melbourne all her life, and they never knew each other. Were probably ever only an hour away from each other. My great grandfather is George Frederick Moore, died of schrapnel wounds, in a field hospital in France. ( Probably the conditions of the field hospital killed him , rather than the wounds). In his pack, he left behind 2 pairs of childrens shoes, and a sprig of rosemary. Have not found any of the other children. I know there was another sister Myrtle living in Melb, but she has disappeared. One brother also succombed to the spanish flu. There were a few George Moore's killed in WW1, but lucky for my research, only one was married to an Emily Temperance May Baker. My Uncle ended up with the medals, and do you know, he didn't till this year know what they were. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Webb" <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:41 PM Subject: RE: [AUS-MELB] Anzac Day > Hi Wendy > > Glad you shared this - must be many more like it too. > > What happened to the five children, do you know? Presumably one of them was > a grandparent of yours. > > > > Dawn > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WENDY TAYLOR [mailto:wta58253@bigpond.net.au] > Sent: Thursday, 20 April 2006 7:55 PM > To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-MELB] Anzac Day > > Hi guys, > I am so hanging out for Anzac day this year. Through family history, I have > discovered that my great grandfather died in France in World War1. Nobody > ever told me that. As a little girl ( a long time ago) I used to hear the > Anzac stories, and cry ( little sook). I never had anyone to remember. > Could never understand why it meant so much. Now it all becomes clear. I > will be at the march ( it's about time someone was). Bought a badge today, > like I always do, but means so much more to me now. He lived in South > Melbourne and left behind a widow with 5 children. She died a few years > later from the spanish flu epidemic, leaving 5 little orphans. Which is > why we never knew. I bet there are so many stories like that. Would love > to hear them. I am sure other people would too. We all need to remember, > so often the human element gets forgotten , the ones left behind. > > wendy ( getting sentimental in Kyabram) > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > If you wish to make personal contact with List Admin Ray at batie@ozemail.com.au > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >