Hi Everyone, Here's the Can You Help? column from 'The West Australian' dated July 28. Cheers...... Erica mailto:[email protected] (Perth, Western Australia) http://www.perthdps.com/research/hil01.html =========================================================== ----< CONTACT & SUBMISSION DETAILS>---- The Reunions and Can You Help? columns are complied by Jenny Kohlen and published on Mondays and Saturdays as a free service. Send your requests to: Can You Help? "The West Australian," GPO Box N1027, Perth 6843. Fax (08) 9482 3830. Phone (08) 9482 3382 (Mon-Fri). mailto:[email protected] CAN YOU HELP ? : Monday, July 28, 2003 (The West Australian, p24) ========================================================== BONAVIA : Charles Emanuel BONAVIA migrated from Malta to Perth in August 1911. He was employed as assistant surveyor with the Lands Department. He was known to Bishop CLUNE and former WA Governor, Gerald STRICKLAND. In 1914 he enlisted with the 11th battalion as Private No.157 and was killed during the Gallipoli landing. His fiancee was Gertie (surname probably KINSMAN) from Claremont, a very good pianist. Anyone with any information, particularly descendants of Gertie are sought. Contact: Gioconda Schembri, 4 Thornley Court, Greenvale Vic 3059. Tel (03) 9333 3871 (ah). mailto:[email protected] BURKE / JAGGARD : Information is sought about descendants of William and Matilda BURKE (nee ECKHOLD) who had five children. First child William was born in South Australia in 1897. Four more were all born in Albany - Claude (1898), Ernest James (1900), Ellen Mary (1902) and Rose Josephine (1904). Matilda remarried in 1922 to Henry JAGGARD, and it is not known whether Matilda had any more children. Contact: Laurel Burns, 4 Milliara Street, Mt Waverley, Vic 3149. Tel: (03) 9802 7239. mailto:[email protected] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< COUNTRY CALLING KONDININ HOCKEY CLUB : The club is celebrating its 75th anniversary on Saturday, August 16. Copies of photographs, written records, anecdotes, or any memorabilia are sought from past players, members, and supporters. Contact: Toni Smeed, PO Box 104, Kondinin 6367. Tel: (08) 9889 1027. mailto:[email protected] QUAIRADING FOOTBALL CLUB : All past players, administrators, and supporters are invited to a reunion to be held in Quairading on Saturday, August 16 at noon. The day includes an Avon FA fixture v Beverley, with celebrations in the community building afterwards, food and drink available. Contact: Vincent Hadlow, (08) 9646 6203. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR : The WA Genealogical Society will hold a seminar about using local facilities to research overseas records in the State Library of WA lecture theatre, ground floor (entry off James Street) on September 13 from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Cost: Full day $30 a person (members), or $35 (non-members); half day: $15 ($17.50). Contact: Bevan Carter, (08) 9279 8777 or Margaret Philippson, 9375 2068. mailto:[email protected] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FAMILY REUNIONS ROBINSON / WILKINSON : Descendants and friends of Robert Edward ROBINSON and Judith Emma WILKINSON who lived in Chidlow Street, Northam, 1900 to 1934 are invited to a family picnic gathering to be held at the Vietnam Memorial Pavilion in the Western Power Parkland, Kings Park on Sunday, August 31 at 11am. Contact: Elaine Cleaver, (08) 9474 1818, or Trevor Booth, mailto:[email protected] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FRY : English cousin is seeking descendants and relatives of great-uncle Bernard FRY who came to WA from the Tunbridge Wells area in England and settled in a place called Canning Town (perhaps Cannington). He had several brothers and sisters including the writer's grandmother, Cecilia Fanny (Mrs PLOWMAN), Thirza, and Herman Luke George FRY who was killed in World War I. Herman had at least two daughters whose photographs the writer remembers seeing as a child. Contact: Mrs Jenny Ray, 33 Uplands Road, Brighton, England BN1 7FA, UK , mailto:jenray50 @hotmail.com GODDEN / NIELL : Walter Mennie GODDEN married Susie NIELL, daughter of George NIELL, in Perth in 1893. They had a daughter, Dorothy, in 1894 but Susie died two years later. Information is sought about this marriage or the NIELL family (sometimes recorded as MILL). Contact: Mrs P. Locke, (08) 9381 2345. mailto:[email protected] GROVER : Information is sought about descendants and relatives of Fred and Janet Grover (nee Bromley) who married in 1879. Janet was born in Queensland in 1860 and died in WA in 1950. Fred was born in 1855, and died in WA in 1902. They had four children: James (d.1946), Agnes Cecelia (m. Coate), Sarah Elizabeth (m. Turner), and Alan Frederick (m. Nellie Lee). Agnes died in 1972, Sarah and Alan died in 1976. Contact: Terri Good, 45 Monaco Avenue, North Lake 6163. Email: [email protected] McMANUS : Seeking descendants of John and Elva McMANUS (nee McAULLAY). After Elva died in 1966 her side of the family lost touch. Plans for a McAULLAY reunion are underway and it is hoped to include Elva and John's children. There are a lot of relatives who would love to see or hear from them. Contact: Sandi Peters, 4 Veall Close, Karratha 6714. Tel: (08) 9185 1605 (after 5pm). mailto:[email protected] MT MONGER SCHOOL : The first school in Mt Monger - some 60km south-east of Kalgoorlie - opened 67 years ago on March 10, 1936. Peter BERTOLA was one of the original 10 pupils and hopes to hold a gathering of ex-students and teachers (the originals in particular), their families and friends, at the school site in early October. He plans to install a memorial of some kind and have a picnic. Contact: Peter Bertola, 33 Emily Street, Esperance 6450. Tel: (08) 9072 0883, or Patrick Bertola, 9295 6537. ANTI-NUCLEAR GROUPS : People for Nuclear Disarmament WA has received a small grant to write its history and that of its predecessor, Campaign Against Nuclear Energy. The group is having difficulty getting good photographs of the Palm Sunday rallies that were held in Perth in March and April every year from 1983 through the 1990s. Images and photographs of the rallies would be appreciated for the book. Contact: Barbara Kearns, (08) 9457 0385 mailto:[email protected]; or David Worth, 0414 509 043. mailto:[email protected] PERTH CITY CBD : The City of Perth Library is conducting oral history interviews with owners, employers and employees of shops and businesses of the CBD. The program is focusing on department stores and businesses that have been part of Perth's history - many no longer trading - such as Moores, Aherns, and Bairds. Information, memorabilia, and names of those who could help are sought. Contact: Janet Nowicki, (08) 9461 3598, Janet McNie, 9461 3572; or the library 9am-5pm weekdays. mailto:[email protected] PHILLIPS : Cousin would love to hear from the family of the late William and Mollie PHILLIPS who were living in the Kalgoorlie area in the 1940s. Contact: Doris Martin, PO Box 37, Bolgart 6568. Tel/fax: (08) 9627 5146. SHEPHERD'S GARAGE : The writer's father worked at Shepherd's Garage in Stirling Highway, Claremont for four years before joining the RAAF in September 1939 at the start of World War II. A photograph of the garage and/or shops nearby is sought for family history but the location of the Stirling Highway site is unknown. Does anybody remember it? The business was owned by the writer's great-uncle and previously stood opposite the Claremont Railway Station in the 1920s. Any information appreciated. Contact: Ken Shepherd, 81 Straits Outlook, Craignish, Qld 4655. Tel: (07) 4128 7900. mailto:[email protected] 11TH BATTALION BOOK LAUNCH : Private Walter ROBINS DCM and Frances SKINNER met in England during Walter's convalescence from war injuries in late 1917 and were married on December 31 that year. Their joy was short-lived when Walter was killed in action on May 13, 1918 after his return to the front with the 11th Battalion in February 1918. He is remembered with so many other courageous West Australians in Ian Gill's new book, Fremantle to France - 11th Battalion AIF 1914-19, to be launched at the Fremantle Town Hall, William Street, Fremantle on Sunday, August 17 at 2pm. Readers of this column who have responded to Ian's calls for information and all interested members of the public are invited to attend. Please RSVP. Contact: Ian Gill, 8 (B) Patfield Street, Myaree 6154. Tel/fax: (08) 9330 1714; or 0407 983 975. mailto:[email protected] BORNEO EXHIBITION 1942-45 : Borneo, The Story That Must Be Told, will be presented by the Borneo POW Relatives of WA in conjunction with the Alexander State Library, Perth, August 3 to 17 on the mezzanine floor of the library between 9am and 5pm (official opening August 3, 11am). Contact: Ryan Rowland, (08) 9295 2155. Fax: 9295 1288. mailto:[email protected] HELLFIRE PASS TOUR : The Defence Reserves Association will conduct its third Tour to the Burma Thailand Railway, November 7-15. The trip will feature the Remembrance Day Service in Hellfire Pass, and many other highlights. Non-members welcome. Contact: (08) 9304 5248. MERDEKA DAY : The National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association in conjunction with the RSL will conduct a memorial service at Kings Park on Sunday, August 31, at noon to honour the 23,000 military and civilian fallen of the Malayan Emergency, Indonesian Confrontation and those of any other conflict or service within the region between 1939 and 1970. A sausage sizzle will follow at the shelter of the Lotterywest family picnic area (near the Kings Park Tennis Club). All welcome. Contact: Woody Woodford, (08) 9446 8524. mailto:[email protected] VIETNAM VETERANS DAY : Mandurah Murray Vietnam Veterans Group will hold a parade and service in Mandurah on Monday, August 18, to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day. The parade will form up in Hall Park at 10am and march off at 10.30am. Contact: Syd Wells, (08) 9582 8698. mailto:[email protected] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< VETERANS 2/28th BATTALION and 24th A/TANK COY ASSOCIATION : Members are requested to attend the annual general meeting to be held at Anzac House on Wednesday August 13 at 10am (a meal will be provided after the meeting). The committee need your participation so that the association may exist for years to come. AMAS ASSOCIATION : Members and friends are reminded that the next general meeting will be held at Anzac House on Thursday, July 31 (not October 2). Guest speaker : ABC presenter David Hawkes. Contact Elsie Solly, tel.fax 9272 3734 mailto:[email protected] --End--