Gweneth Lydia Fordham birth

[kdsoph]

Hi There!
I have a bit of a mystery that I need help clearing up. I cannot find evidence of the birth of my grandmother, Gweneth Lydia Fordham and her identical twin sister, Sylvia Lily Fordham.
Their parents were Arthur George Fordham and Lena Agnes Baker who married in Mayfield, NSW Australia.
Gweneth and Sylvia were born about 1915 and I have an awesome photo of them sitting on their father's knee as toddlers. He is resplendent in his WWI uniform yet I am unable to find his war records! Would it be a possibility that he served in Britain and has British records? The tartan background in this image gave me that random thought.
The family were possibly together as a boy was born in and around 1918, William John.
So there is no birth record/s and no army record for their father that I can find.
Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction please?
Thank you
Kim

[gortonboy]

Hi,,,when and where was Arthur born ?

[Annette7]

Ancestry only have NSW births (if this is the resource you've used) up to 1910.

Annette

[sparrett]

Hi Kim,
Births in NSW are only available online (including the Ancestry collection) to 1914.
However, because I have other resources, I am able to give you these three births to your couple up to 1918.

FORDHAM, Sylvia L.
Father Arthur G.
Mother Lena A.
Waratah. 1915
Reg. 216254.

FORDAHM, Gweneth
Father Arthur G.
Mother Lena A.
Waratah. 1915
Reg. 216255

FORDHAM, William J.
Father Arthur G.
Mother Lena A.
Waratah. 1918
Reg. 32176.

The couple are on the NSW Electoral Roll from 1930 in NSW.
I can type up these addresses etc if of interest to you.

Sue

PS. The photo is gorgeous!
He is wearing an Australian uniform

[whiteout7]

Here is their marriage from the NSWBDM
6897/1915     FORDHAM    ARTHUR G    BAKER    LENA A    HAMILTON

I think Arthur was born in Australia and might be his parents

16436/1893     FORDHAM    ARTHUR G    WILLIAM M    LYDIA S    HAMILTON

I can't see his WW1 records either, I think it looks like an Australian uniform too

[sparrett]

Have not located a ww1 record for Arthur.
 
There is ww2 digitised record for his son William John including photos of him- with his movie star looks!

He died in 1973

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/

Sue

[sparrett]

Hi There!
II have an awesome photo of them sitting on their father's knee as toddlers. He is resplendent in his WWI uniform yet I am unable to find his war records! Thank you
Kim

Just a thought here....

How do you know that the man in this photo is their father, Arthur George?

Is it because you have other photos of him with his wife and children and so can positively identify him?

Who told you- or who wrote on the photo - that the man is their father, Arthur George?

I ask because it is possible the photo was taken of the children with another family relative who was an enlisted man.

Sue

[sparrett]

Hi kdsoph,

I wonder whether the information offered by the helpers here as been of any assistance to you.

Perhaps you will reply and let us know.

Always nice to get feedback on our efforts!

Sue

[rosball]

Hi Kim,
  Welcome from me too 

  There are 2 probate packets for Arthur George FORDHAM at NSW state records.  One died 2/3/1959
http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Item\995510 and the other died 18/8/1959
http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Item\1008308.   

   Do you know if one is your man?   I can photograph these for you if you wish the next time I am there.    Probate packets are like a lucky dip - sometimes they contain certs and lots of info and other times not much at all.

regards,
   Ros