Redirecting this message from AUS-QLD-BRISBANE@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: joan reichardt To: ronhume2@bigpond.com Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:05 AM Subject: Thomas David Hosking Hello from Canada, I am looking for descendants of the above, Thomas David R. Hosking. He was born in Felpham, Sussex, UK in 1879. He came to Australia in August of 1913 on the Orantes, apparently settling in Victoria. He was a younger brother of my grandmother, Rose Nellie Hosking, Born October 1877. The eldest brother Frederick North Hosking was killed in the Great War, in May of 1917. Earlier this year I was able to visit his grave. There were two more sisters, Kate and Elsie, and the youngest brother, William. As a child in Richmond, Surrey, I knew Auntie Elsie and Uncle Bill (who lost an arm and was badly gassed and shell shocked in the war) well and was always aware of Uncle Fred because his name was on the War Memorial. But I never knew Uncle Tom existed never mind had gone to Australia, until I started researching Uncle Fred's gravesite. I married a Canadian soldier in 1945, coming to Canada as a war bride, in 1946. I got a list of 'Hosking' listings in the Victoria phone book and wrote numerous letters but no results. I got you as a contact from an Australian war bride, who married an American. Any help or direction you can offer will be gratefully received. Thank you , Joan Reichardt, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.