Yesterday I received a message from Luke about a WWII discharge certificate he had come across and was seeking to return it to the family. The solider was V72829 PTE Percival Pinne.
It was easy to follow Percival through the public records due to a reasonably uncommon surname. What was more difficult was working out the name of the current generation. Percival's headstone gives the name of his daughter, Jillian, and the Victorian BDM records confirmed her married name was Brown. This when things got a bit complicated having moved the search to a more common surname. Jillian and her husband Roger has a daughter named Riki which became the key to the rest of the search. Roger's online obituary page credits some phots to Riki and her married name is included.
Social media proved to be the best way to search for Riki and within 30 minutes of commencing, I was explaining to Riki all about this search and connecting her with Luke.
They are now making arrangements about how best to hand this certificate over which may even involve them meeting in the near future.
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