Re William TOWNSEND born 1875 (Cleveland OH) - died 1955 (Lidcombe NSW) Mary, As I said earlier, this should be a separate subject. Then you could include all the bits and pieces you know form his war record, letters and death certificate. At the moment we are being drip fed one clue at a time. We know from his WWI record that he came to Australia, enlisted in 1917 and gave his mother in Ohio as next of kin. So he wasn't married. You previously told us there were no family mentioned on his 1955 NSW death certificate> I did ask you who was the informant. You now tell us you have a 1943 letter mentioning a wife. This suggests his wife may have predeceased him and there was nobody that knew any details for his death. Again, who was the informant? You might double check Townsend names in Ashfield in Australian Electoral Rolls on Ancestry and try to match the Bruce St address, but as I previously stated, if he retained US citizenship, he could not vote in Australia. His wife may be different. Unfortunately, you have all the letters and other details. So you need to go through them again and look for any more clues. Peter