G J FALKINER Western Australia

[tascj]

Marriage: First week of March 1957 - District Registrar's Office - Perth.  Bride's older brother and his second wife were witnesses.

[Rhonda May]

Is there a Service record for this man, when and where did he sign up for the RAF?

Rhonda

[sparrett]

There is not a WW2 Australian service record for the man in the name.

There is one for Thomas Charles DHUE (as mentioned).

It is not digitised so, if there had been a WW2 association between the two men, we have no clues to help.

Sue

[tascj]

I have sent a few emails off to Ministry of Defence UK and to Canberra.  I would be interested to know if there is a Radio Archives. 

[cando]

There is not a WW2 Australian service record for the man in the name.

There is one for Thomas Charles DHUE (as mentioned).

It is not digitised so, if there had been a WW2 association between the two men, we have no clues to help.

Sue

http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=927225

Charles DHUE was with the 14th Squadron which was a Royal Australian Air Force maritime patrol squadron of World War II. It was formed in 1939 and was based in Western Australia throughout the war. While it conducted many patrols over the waters off Western Australia, it did not see combat. The squadron was disbanded in December 1945.

[sparrett]

So not a likely source of connection between the two men.

This group might be worth an inquiry,tascj.
 
http://www.radioheritage.net/Story57.asp

Sue

[tascj]

Thanks Sue.  I believe the radio announcer occupation is outside of the Army/Airforce but you never know.  The relocation to Melbourne circa 1958 was supposedly to a new job in radio. I was wondering if there is an archives that would hold staff lists of Radio Stations in VIC and WA.

We have much information on the DHUE family in WA.  I would really like to concentrate on and find a birth of GJ Falkiner and his parents marriage and location after 1958.  All I have is from the 1957 Marriage Certificate.  GJ Falkiner supposedly born Sudbury England circa 1923, parents listed as John Henry Falkiner (Stockbroker dec) and Edith Catherine Longden. I am normally confident in finding such records and locating folks in the 1939 census but no luck so far. 

Friends of the family have confirmed an English accent. And another confirmed flying bombers in the Airforce. But I have not found Service records as yet.  Iwakuni appears to have been set up as an airbase for the Korean War.  There are some informative records available online about the base.

Thank you for everyone's input!

[sparrett]

Like yourself and I'm sure many others, I have had a good look for possible births and the existence of the people he names as parents.  All without success.

There were 3  children of the union between Mabel and G.J.
Of course you will not name them here, but may I ask if the choice of names reflects others in the DHUE family? Were they DHUE family names?

Or is it possible they were names connected to G J's side?

It is really clutching at straws to use such clues in your research, but it may be worth consideration at this point.

Sue


 

[tascj]

No obvious ties there.