Opps, Sharon: I almost missed your message on the AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH-D-@rootsweb.com List. Am so sorry. You went to considerable effort to help me, and you were probably wondering why I had not responded. So here it is. Thank you for your help. Yes, you found the right/correct people. I am hot on the trail of the family now. I found one family historian who is not directly related, only by marriage, but she was able to fill in a few holes and give me other leads. I checked your web site and, alas, there were no names there that were mine except I do have Dale WATTS as a fifth cousin in Victoria. Have you contacted him? This web site is just wonderful. Cheers, Dona MORGAN KERNS Family Historian You wrote: Hi Dona, You don't mention a time period for your Boddy family. There is a Herbert BODDY on the W.A. Karrakatta Cemetery indexes. This Herbert Boddy died age 77 on 29 Sept 1961. Could this be him? You can find the record at: http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/Search/default.htm Click on Search by name & type in the name Boddy. Also there is a Ada Florence Ethel Maud BODDY listed on the W.A. Fremantle Cemetery site, she died 20 Oct 1970 aged 71 years. Could this be his wife? You can find the record at: http://www.fcb.wa.gov.au/two/index.html Click on search & type BODDY in to the surname field. If you do a search of the WW2 site that lists all men who served in WW2 you will find there are 3 listings of interest. All with next of kin listed as Herbert BODDY & all from W.A. Arthur Bramwell BODDY born 8 March 1926 Albert Edward BODDY also born 8 March 1926 Herbert Frank BODDY born 21 Jan 1922 http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ Hope this helps. Sharon Sharon McBride Perth, Western Australia mailto:mcbride@iinet.net.au Research Interests http://members.iinet.net.au/~mcbride/