Neil I agree with your comments. I note that John
BINKS obituary was in
The Methodist so not one of the daily newspapers however there was a small obituary in the
Sydney Morning Herald which names his brothers
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16583909and another in the
The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiserhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111936114John
BINKS' headstone
http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=7673015Country newspapers published obituaries which often give little information and in this case not even her given name!!
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104518588Mrs John
BINKS obituary in the
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser 17 Nov 1917
Susannah's headstone - note her date of death is inscribed as 28 Oct 1917 and
if you use this exact date to search on NSW BDM it gives a result for her death. Obituary doesn't actually give dates just days of the week. You need to amend your records for her death.
http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=7673016In 1929 John was survived by his widow and two boys. I have found this birth and death on the net -
BINKS Alfred John DeVere born 1916 Berry, NSW and died 27 Aug 1998.
His marriage
10076/1948
BINKS Alfred John DeVere
STRONG Margaret Eliza John
District Berry
WW2 Service Summary
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=222248His death notice in the
Sydney Morning HeraldBINKS Alfred John de Vere 27 Aug 1998 82 years 27AUG1998 Published in the SMH 29 Aug1998
Marriage of the daughter named in the Legal Notice. Amelia's marriage to John
BINKS was not her first. As Amelia Elizabeth was born in 1872 there wouldn't be any chn from her second marriage.
Marriage
14523/1929
CAMPBELL Harry
GILES Hilda M
District Sydney
Death Notice -link already posted
BINKS Amelia Elizabeth -March 8 1947 at her daughter s residence Balls Head Road Waverton widow of John Binks (Berry South Coast), and loved mother of Edna (Mrs C Corbett) Hilda (Mrs Campbell) Robert, John and Wray. Privately cremated.
And first marriage
4073/1897
GILES James W H
CARNELL Amelia E
At Rockdale
Birth
3603/1872
CARNELL Amelia E
Father Robert Mother Ann
District Newtown
Death
5832/1947
BINKS Amelia Elizabeth
Father Robert Mother Ann
District North Sydney
Births to James W H and Amelia E
14553/1898
GILES Edna E Nowra
34000/1900
GILES Hilda M Nowra
21108/1906
GILES Robert J Annandale
Cando