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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 13 September 15 08:43 BST (UK) »
We really need to know whether the Walter E Jones who was born in Camberwell is definitely him then maybe we can track his life. His middle name is probably Edward but with his actual date of birth we have more chance of confirming his death date.

I can see two deaths for births of a Walter Edward born around this time but nothing to prove it is him.
Walter Edward Jones born 18 July 1918 died Dec 2005 - Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Walter Edward Jones born 14 July 1918 died Dec 1993 - Knowsley, Merseyside

Have you any idea what happened to his mother Lilian Sarah Jones

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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 13 September 15 08:57 BST (UK) »
Just speculating - we have her date of birth as 23 August 1897 from her baptism

Marriage March qtr 1929   
Lilian S Jones    (spouse Pederson)   
Joseph N Pederson   
Edmonton    3a   1068

Lilian Sarah Pederson
Birth Date  24 August 1897
Death Registration   Jan 1988
Age at Death 90
Reg district Norwich 10 / 1881

The date of birth on a death certificate can be unreliable as it is only as accurate as the information the informant has.  There is an entry for her on the probate index in 1988 but you would need the will for details of any beneficiaries
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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 13 September 15 09:50 BST (UK) »
Hi Rosie, I think Lillian came to Australia, around 1919, though I haven't been able to find passenger records that match. I have a letter from her to the Australian Army asking for his war medals, she gave the same adress as Walters parents. There is also a memorium from her and her son Walter, in an Austraian newspaper in 1920 on the anniversary of his death. So I believe she must have visited Walters parents for a time. Otherwise I haven't been able to find anything further. I looked for another marriage in Australia, but didn't find anything.
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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 13 September 15 10:18 BST (UK) »
Hi

If it's any good there is a Mrs LS Jones aged 21 with child W Jones aged 1yr on the passenger list for the ORSOVA sailing from London to Melbourne departing on the 18th July 1919.

Will have a look for any possible return now. :)

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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 13 September 15 10:35 BST (UK) »
Hi again

This looks like Lillian returning to UK on the SS BORDA from Melbourne to London arriving 29th Nov 1921.
Mrs L S Jones aged 24 & Master W E Jones aged 3, last known residence Australia, proposed address in UK was 18 New North Street Bloomsbury WC.

Hope this helps. :)

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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #23 on: Sunday 13 September 15 10:49 BST (UK) »
Thats a good find Maddie.  I had found the outward journey but the inward confirms his middle initial as well.  ;D
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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #24 on: Sunday 13 September 15 11:09 BST (UK) »
Thanks Rosie, the marriage you found in Edmonton & subsequent death for Lilian Sarah Pederson looks like quite a good possibility, fingers crossed all fits together.

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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #25 on: Sunday 13 September 15 11:20 BST (UK) »
Looks like 18 New North Street was a public house
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Re: Looking for Walter Jones son of an ANZAC
« Reply #26 on: Sunday 13 September 15 12:03 BST (UK) »
Just out of interest, Joseph Niel Pederson died 17 Oct 1966 Herne Bay hospital, of Clifftown Gardens Herne Bay, probate granted to his widow Lilian Sarah.

There are also a couple of Seaman's records for him on Ancestry plus his baptism in Bermondsey, 12 August 1896.

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