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Offline Freckle

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Armed Services
« on: Tuesday 11 August 15 21:47 BST (UK) »
Would someone be able to identify this uniform please? I know nowt except he was in Australia in the 40's. May have been American.

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Re: Armed Services
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 August 15 22:48 BST (UK) »
Badge isn't the clearest but looks to be US Navy Chief Petty Officer, Commissary Steward

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Re: Armed Services
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 11 August 15 23:59 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much Spikey. Navy hey...interesting. Don't know if you know of actress Toni Collete, but this may be her grandfather, great article. Was on WDYTYA last night Australia.

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Re: Armed Services
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 12 August 15 00:35 BST (UK) »
A link to an article about her search.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01fw2/

James -Victoria, Australia originally from Keynsham, Somerset.
Janes - Keynsham and Bristol area.
Heale/Hale - Keynsham, Somerset
Vincent - Illogan/Redruth, Cornwall.  Moved to Sculcoates, Yorkshire; Grass Valley, California; Timaru, New Zealand and Victoria, Australia.
Williams somewhere in Wales - he kept moving
Ellis - Anglesey

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Re: Armed Services
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 12 August 15 01:00 BST (UK) »
Hi nanna,
yes I read it earlier. I have sent Spkey28's reply to the site. Its up to them now.
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Robertson, Coulon, Philipofski, Jewell, Minchinton, Bain, Innes, Sinclair, McBe/a/th, McDougall, Fletcher, Fowler, Chance, Fitzsimmons, Brooks, Agnew, Turner, Melvin, Hyland, Potterton, Pullen, Cotterell, McKellar, Braund, Harvey, Davey, Kennedy, Foulks, Prouse.
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