Hi Mary Ellen You may have to widen your right hand margin to view this message without the Registration Index results wrapping where they shouldn't. Unfortunately the info on death certificates is only as good as the knowledge of the informant. That said, if you want to try the 1955 death certificate, the following is the URL to search NSW historic BDM indices and I've extracted the result for Wm Thomas TOWNSEND. A NSW death certificate can possibly give you parents' names, place and date of birth, wife's name, place of and age at marriage, childrens' names - all if known to informant. However, from this entry it appears there might not be enough on this death cert to allow you to rule him in or out. Since the informant didn't know his parents' names, they may also not have known other personal details. I guess the only way you can find out is to buy the certificate. Also, I'd have to agree with Peter about the RC burial of a protestant, although if nobody knew much about the deceased, perhaps they didn't know what his religion was either. http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/searchHistoricalRecords.htm <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=townsend&gname=william&fname=&mname=&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=&place=&x=39&y=7&SessionID=40071758&reorder=regno>Registration No <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=townsend&gname=william&fname=&mname=&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=&place=&x=39&y=7&SessionID=40071758&reorder=col2>Last Name <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=townsend&gname=william&fname=&mname=&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=&place=&x=39&y=7&SessionID=40071758&reorder=col3>Given Name(s) <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=townsend&gname=william&fname=&mname=&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=&place=&x=39&y=7&SessionID=40071758&reorder=col4>Father's Given Name(s) <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=townsend&gname=william&fname=&mname=&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=&place=&x=39&y=7&SessionID=40071758&reorder=col5>Mother's Given Name(s) <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=townsend&gname=william&fname=&mname=&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=&place=&x=39&y=7&SessionID=40071758&reorder=col8>District 20384/1955 TOWNSEND WILLIAM THOMAS [died at] LIDCOMBE UNKNOWN PARRAMATTA If you're going to buy this, can I suggest you don't buy from the NSW Registry. It's much cheaper to use one of the Transcription Agents, listed at the bottom of this page: http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/howToTraceYouFamTree.htm#TranscriptionAgent You will need to quote the Registration No I've posted above. I've used the first two and can recommend both personally. FWIW, the TOWNSEND Surname website says this man was born 1875: http://www.searle-ons.com/townsend/p265.htm and died aged 80, which *would* tied in with his age given on his WWI enlistment. So he may be the right man after all. I'd suggest someone has seen the death cert to have that much info, and that to me indicates a marriage wasn't mentioned on it. But that's just my surmise. Why do you think he was married? Could I also suggest you might extend your search to other states? Just because he enlisted in NSW doesn't mean he necessarily married there. During the war people form all places were thrown together by circumstances and if he did subsequently marry, he may have met someone from another state. Check out <http://www.coraweb.com.au>www.coraweb.com.au for links to other sites you may need. HTH Pam An Aussie transplanted to Rotorua, NZ. At 12:54 p.m. 8-06-2013 -0700, you wrote: >Also have been unable to find a marriage record in NSW for Wm. >Thomas TOWNSEND circa 1919 to 1945. I know when he returned to OZ >after being wounded in France WW I, he was not married at that >time. Thus the 1919 start. He expired in 29 June 1955 and is >buried at Rookwood Cem. RC section but can find no reference to a wife.