Stanley Roy BAXTER

"DIVORCE COURT." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 28 Apr 1915: 7. Web. 29 May 2015 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15588289>. Stanley Roy BAXTER seems to have lived a quiet life after he returned to Australia from the war. But his early life was more problematic. His parents split when he was young. However, the nature of that split is proving difficult to determine. The article to the left would indicate that his mother...

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Robert Owen JONES - Identified

8074 Robert Owen JONES I'm working on a couple of a parallel WW1 projects at the moment. The other one is to identify 18 men in a photoframe. I've just managed to identify another person - Robert Owen JONES. He is the brother of the first person we were able to give a name to - Llewelyn JONES. Further details over at the Stockton Historical Society Inc blo...

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DALGLEISH, R. H - Unidentified

As a starting point for my research, I am using the list of names on the Stockton Soldiers' Memorial. This lists those from Stockton who served in World War One,  not just those who died. From a list of approx. 150 names, I currently have 27 names who I can't find any service records for. The likely reason for this is that they served in a force other than the A.I.F, such as the B.E.F or Merchant Marines. I searched for one R. H. DALGLEISH...

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Dr Robert DICK - Major, Royal Army Medical Corps

This is the first of my biographical posts for the blog. These posts won't go into huge amounts of detail, but are more about my research process and any tips and tricks I might come across. Dr Dick proved a little more difficult than the average soldier listed on the Stockton Soldiers' Memorial. Firstly, he is only called Dr Dick, not first name or initial. A quick search of Trove popped out the District Medical Officer for Newcastle and the Hunter...

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