HI Also he was WIA (GSW r buttock) in France and was sent to Hospital in London and then returned to Australia as medically unfit. MK -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Ellen Chambers Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013 1:46 AM To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Daly, Murphy, Pyne Surname in drumline area Peter~       Yes, we have his COD which does not mention a wife.  He was a RR Fireman in the USA before going out to Australia in 1913.  He is/was RC but may have changed to C of E.  His father was English Protestant/C of E and mother Irish RC.  I will have to go the file cabinet but think the hospital was Lipscomb (SP?) and cause was arterial stenosis of which there is a family history.       The relative who had the letters in Chicago, said they were donated to Woodsend Historical Society.  We have found them such a peak into an Australian family pre and during WW I.  So glad that they were given to Oz.        The last my Dad knew of him was during WW II when he contacted family to see why he was no longer receiving his RR pension.  Nephews checked it out to find that no monies were allowed to be sent to Australia during WW II for fear the Japanese would get it.  The pension with back checks started again after the war.   Mary Ellen Chambers ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.21100) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.21100) http://www.pctools.com/ =======