Jeanette Emily Head

Jeanette married Terrence Peter Compton 26 Aug 1978, Sydney, Australia. Terrence was born 10 Jan 1948, Brisbane Australia; died 3 Sept 2006, Brisbane Australia. [Group Sheet]

1. Emily Joy Compton was born 14 Apr 1979, Sydney Australia.
2. David George Compton was born 2 Apr 1981, Sydney Australia.
3. Sally Anne Compton was born 12 Oct 1982, Sydney Australia.

Jeanette married Rodney John Hanson Sydney, Australia. Rodney was born 24 Aug 1951, Sydney Australia. [Group Sheet]

1. Laura Betty Hanson was born 23 Jul 1994, Sydney Australia.

Clive married Marie Joy Omundsen 10 May 1951, Dannevirke, New Zealand; divorced 1970. Marie (daughter of Cyril Leonard (Tom) Omundsen and Miriam Mayes) was born 22 Mar 1929, Palmerston North, New Zealand; died 19 Sept 2018, Wellington, New Zealand; was cremated 24 Oct 2018, Makara Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand. [Group Sheet]

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Marie was 18 months old when her grand parents bought her home to the farm at Piri Piri Dannevirke where they bought her up until Grandad died and Ardie & Roley went overseas to the war & Phillis got Married. There was a time when she boarded in Cole Street Dannevirke until Ardie and Sally were married and had a home in Neptune Street Dannevirke where she lived until after the war when she went to Wanganui aged 16 years, and lived with her father and Rita his second wife until she married Clive Head.

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Witnesses to wedding Martin Carroll , Blanche Winnifred Stantiall and Charles
Turner.

Stanley married Claudia Gladys Millanta 16 Jul 1925, Wanganui, New Zealand; divorced 1939. Claudia (daughter of Amadeo Millanta and Teresa Lenoire) was born , Wellington NZ; was buried , Auckland. [Group Sheet]

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The War Years
Cyril enlisted in the 2nd world war in Jan 1941 which meant he was 40 when he joined.
It is said he lied about his age, but the army would have probably turned a blind eye anyway.

A quick rundown on his service overseas is below:
His Army Registration Number was 40979

1941 - He arrived in Egypt at the Maadi camp in Cairo in May 1941, but was captured on 24th Nov 1941 and put in a POW camp near Tobruk.
1942 - He was freed by South African troops on 2nd Jan 1942, and returned back to the Maadi camp.
In March 1942 he transferred to Syria , and then in Oct 1942 he transferred back to the Maadi camp.
1942-1943 - From Nov 1942 till July 1943 he was stationed in the desert in North Africa, finally ending up back in the Maadi camp.
1943-1944 - In Nov 1943 he shipped over to Bari in Italy, and in April 1944 he is joined by two of his brothers Ardie (Adolf) and Roly (Roland) who joined his unit.
1945 - He embarked for home on 17th March 1945 from Tunisia, and arrived in Wellington on 24th April 1945.

His was discharged from the Army on 3rd August 1945, giving him a total service time of 4 years, and 185 days.

Cyril & Rita Omundsen are buried in the Aramoho Cemetery Wanganui, New Zealand, Plot 316 , RC, Lawn B/5

Cyril married Miriam Mayes 23 Dec 1926, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Miriam (daughter of William Richard Mayes and Alice Maud Crutch) was born 1 Nov 1904, Wanganu,i New Zealand; died 4 Feb 1944, Tokanui Hospital, Te Awamutu, New Zealand; was buried 6 Feb 1944, Kelvin Grove Palmerston North N.Z.. [Group Sheet]

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She did a lot off tapestry work of which Marie have a cushion made into a picture.
Also did lead light work of which Allen Thorburn has a piece in a cabinet front, although Marie believe now his daughter has it.

William married Emily Ada Signal 18 Dec 1901, The residence of Alfred Signal Marton N.. Emily (daughter of Alfred Signal and Catherine (Kate) Jane Carroll) was born 28 Sep 1879, Marton; died 9 Mar 1949, Public Hospital Wanganui; was buried 11 Mar 1949, Aramaho, Wanganui. [Group Sheet]

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Birth and Death Certificates Wanganui.

Amadeo — Teresa Lenoire. Teresa was born , NZ. [Group Sheet]

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Edvart Tobias Omunden left Norway in 1887 and finally settled in New Zealand

Name:
Born 12th August 1859, at Frydenlund, Norway. At the age of 16 he went mackerel fishing in the summer and wood cutting on Flekeng Island in the winter. This lasted 2 years then he worked at home until 19 years of age when he finally left in 1879.
He sailed to South America and back to Kanick in Scotland, then left on an English ship for the East Indies, then back to London where he was paid off.
From Hamburg he sailed to Baltimore in the USA on a Nova Scotian vessel.
Paid off and shipped on the same ship for Waterford, Ireland. The ship went on the rocks at Minehead.
From Barrow he went to Port Augusta in South Australia. The next nine weeks were spent in casual work ashore during which he saw much of Australia.
He sailed from Port Pirie to Port Natal in South Africa, from there to the West Indies and on to London.
He then shipped on the ?Glengory?, captained by captain Fisher, for Lyttelton New Zealand, where he berthed in 1882.
He left the ship as he had had his jaw broken when hit by a boom and conditions aboard the ship were poor.
He worked on a coaster from Kaiapoi to Waitara taking timber to Kaiapoi and potatoes to Wellington.
He walked to Carterton and later to Woodville where he worked on the railways.
Later he took up land at Matahiri in partnership with Max Kaiser. After this he drew a farm at Maharahara where he met Leamon Carter and married her on 25th February 1891.
They moved to Tipapakuku then Piripiri where he died in 1940, and is buried in the Mangatera cemetery in Dannevirke. His grave is at row ZI Plot No.6

Edvart married Leamon Carter 25 Feb 1891, Maharahara New Zealand. Leamon (daughter of James Carter and Rose Anna Carter) was born 8 Jun 1873, Gloucester, Gloucestershire England; died 24 Dec 1953, Dannevirke New Zealand; was buried 26 Dec 1953, Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke, New Zealand. [Group Sheet]

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Emigrated with his parents and, at that time, two siblings (listed on the passenger list as Bingham? aged 6 and Sophia 9 months) in 1878, leaving from Plymouth to Wellington on the Hermione.

William married Alice Maud Crutch 23 Dec 1901, Aramoho, Wanganui, New Zealand. Alice was born 8 Jul 1882, Lumsden, Southland, New Zealand; died 18 Jul 1937, Palmerston North, New Zealand. [Group Sheet]