G'day Eddie ! I had hoped that the marvellous "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website might be able to help you in this matter, but it only covers WW1 and WW2, not even the Korean War as far as I can see, so certainly nothing at all for the Vietnam War - probably because no U.K. Forces were involved ? Sorry ! Best Wishes ! Roger. ----------------------- On 23 Aug 2012, at 15:27, Eddie Tricker wrote: > G'day All > I have an unusual request for help from all of you folks over there > in England. > The Australian and American Governments through their various > agencies are planning on building a Vietnam Veterans Education Centre > in Washington DC. This Centre will be situated near the now famous > "Wall" monument. > > One of the features of this Centre for the Australian section will be > a "wall of faces". A wall of photographs of all the Australians who > lost their lives during the war in South Vietnam. > > To do this the Australian Department of Veteran's Affairs, (DVA), > Office of Australian War Graves, (OAWG), section has approached Next > Of Kin (NOK) of these dead soldiers for family photos and family > information. > > Unfortunately the known NOK are very few, and DVA, OAWG have > circulated a list of names of the soldiers without known NOK, to the > Veteran Community asking for our assistance in tracking down these > unknown NOK. > > Of the eight soldiers who died from my unit in South Vietnam, two had > known NOK; another four I have been able to supply the names of NOK > immediately; leaving only two without. > > Of these two remaining soldiers without NOK, today I found a younger > brother of one, albeit an old man today. > > This leaves just one soldier from my unit who has no known Next Of > Kin. This soldier is an English man, from Darlington, County > Durham, England. > > He is Michael "Pommy" TOWLER. His Service number is: 2792254 > > Michael Towler was called up as a National Serviceman under the > Australian National Service Act which was in vogue during the period > about 1965 to 1972. He was conscripted in other words, into the > Australian Army. There were lots of us. > > Michael Towler was 'killed in action' on the 12 June 1971. > > There is an army 'mug shot' of him at the web page url below, (page > is arranged in alphabetical order by surname: > > http://www.hq1atf.org/honour3.htm > > I am asking for assistance and positive feedback on how I can locate > a brother, (whom I am lead to believe was alive in about 1986 - > 1988), who may still live in County Durham. I do not have any given > names at this stage; only the surname of TOWLER. > > But as genealogical detectives, lots of us with many good years of > experience, I had thought that one of you would be able to point me > down a long narrow path that has a light at the end of it, that isn't > a train comming to meet with me!!. > > thanks in anticipation > regards > eddie tricker > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

freebmd gives likely birth and mothers surname also likely siblings using the mother's surname but beyond spending money on 192.com, tracking living relatives will be difficult Philip Maddocks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Partridge" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Eddie Tricker" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Assistance in finding an English Family > G'day Eddie ! > > I had hoped that the marvellous "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" > website might be able to help you in this matter, but it only covers > WW1 and > WW2, not even the Korean War as far as I can see, so certainly > nothing at > all for the Vietnam War - probably because no U.K. Forces were > involved ? > > Sorry ! Best Wishes ! Roger. > ----------------------- > On 23 Aug 2012, at 15:27, Eddie Tricker wrote: > >> G'day All >> I have an unusual request for help from all of you folks over there >> in England. >> The Australian and American Governments through their various >> agencies are planning on building a Vietnam Veterans Education Centre >> in Washington DC. This Centre will be situated near the now famous >> "Wall" monument. >> >> One of the features of this Centre for the Australian section will be >> a "wall of faces". A wall of photographs of all the Australians who >> lost their lives during the war in South Vietnam. >> >> To do this the Australian Department of Veteran's Affairs, (DVA), >> Office of Australian War Graves, (OAWG), section has approached Next >> Of Kin (NOK) of these dead soldiers for family photos and family >> information. >> >> Unfortunately the known NOK are very few, and DVA, OAWG have >> circulated a list of names of the soldiers without known NOK, to the >> Veteran Community asking for our assistance in tracking down these >> unknown NOK. >> >> Of the eight soldiers who died from my unit in South Vietnam, two had >> known NOK; another four I have been able to supply the names of NOK >> immediately; leaving only two without. >> >> Of these two remaining soldiers without NOK, today I found a younger >> brother of one, albeit an old man today. >> >> This leaves just one soldier from my unit who has no known Next Of >> Kin. This soldier is an English man, from Darlington, County >> Durham, England. >> >> He is Michael "Pommy" TOWLER. His Service number is: 2792254 >> >> Michael Towler was called up as a National Serviceman under the >> Australian National Service Act which was in vogue during the period >> about 1965 to 1972. He was conscripted in other words, into the >> Australian Army. There were lots of us. >> >> Michael Towler was 'killed in action' on the 12 June 1971. >> >> There is an army 'mug shot' of him at the web page url below, (page >> is arranged in alphabetical order by surname: >> >> http://www.hq1atf.org/honour3.htm >> >> I am asking for assistance and positive feedback on how I can locate >> a brother, (whom I am lead to believe was alive in about 1986 - >> 1988), who may still live in County Durham. I do not have any given >> names at this stage; only the surname of TOWLER. >> >> But as genealogical detectives, lots of us with many good years of >> experience, I had thought that one of you would be able to point me >> down a long narrow path that has a light at the end of it, that isn't >> a train comming to meet with me!!. >> >> thanks in anticipation >> regards >> eddie tricker >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

G'day Eddie I have sent a message offline with one possible avenue to pursue and I was about to carry out some research on the lines of Philip's response. Michael was born in 1948 and from the GRO index you will find that his mother's maiden name was Crosby. There was only one other male born in the same period who had a mother with the same maiden name, which was a Peter S Towler born 1945. I have not found a death for a Peter S Towler. It would appear from a Google search that there was a Peter S Towler who is of about the right age living in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham so that could be your man. As this topic is not relative to Suffolk, I suggest that any further information should be sent off list. Brian -----Original Message----- From: Philip Maddocks Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Assistance in finding an English Family freebmd gives likely birth and mothers surname also likely siblings using the mother's surname but beyond spending money on 192.com, tracking living relatives will be difficult Philip Maddocks <snip> >> This leaves just one soldier from my unit who has no known Next Of >> Kin. This soldier is an English man, from Darlington, County >> Durham, England. >> >> He is Michael "Pommy" TOWLER. His Service number is: 2792254 >> >> Michael Towler was called up as a National Serviceman under the >> Australian National Service Act which was in vogue during the period >> about 1965 to 1972. He was conscripted in other words, into the >> Australian Army. There were lots of us. >> >> Michael Towler was 'killed in action' on the 12 June 1971. >> >> There is an army 'mug shot' of him at the web page url below, (page >> is arranged in alphabetical order by surname: >> >> http://www.hq1atf.org/honour3.htm >> >> I am asking for assistance and positive feedback on how I can locate >> a brother, (whom I am lead to believe was alive in about 1986 - >> 1988), who may still live in County Durham. I do not have any given >> names at this stage; only the surname of TOWLER. <snip