Recently, one of my contacts at Defence Honours and Awards
forwarded me a parcel containing seven separately packaged groups of medals, each
with the soldier’s name on an envelope. As I did some preliminary research a
few things jumped out at me. There will be more stories to come which
explains the other surprises This was the first and it was it was a bit by chance that I discovered the
connection with these two groups, considering I just gave the named envelopes a
cursory glance.
The first soldier I looked at was 1017 Cecil Carrington Wamsley.
I found Cecil quite quickly on several Ancestry family trees. When there are
multiple trees containing the name I’m researching, I look at the details to ascertain
the connection between the soldier and the tree owner. Some trees might have no
apparent connection while others show the clear family linkage. The family path
to a descendant of Cecil was pretty clear.
The next name I looked at was 38783 Arthur Menasseh Bailey. To my surprise Arthur’s wife’s name was Isabella Alice Elizabeth Wamsley. A more thorough search of the NSW BDM records confirmed this was Cecil's sister. Cecil and Arthur were brothers in law.
I’ve now been in contact with the Marcelle who is a descendant
of this family, and I will soon be returning all these medals.
Thank you to Donna from Honours and Awards for sending me
this very special package.
The returned medal tally is now 2900.
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