William Alfred Field

[outertowner]

I would be interested if anyone has any information about William Alfred Field.
He was born in Adelaide in 1883 and was a trapper in Jamestown before going to the WW1 where he was killed at Bullencourt on 11 April 1917. He was the only one from his family to go to Jamestown. There may have been a reason for this as the State Children's Department placed him with a Mrs. Thomas and his "time" was up in 1896 when he was "at present in the Country". I don't know if this was Jamestown.

He married Lillian Charlotte Nellie Hardie on 3 March 1915 in the St. James Church. (noted in my records as Church of England which would someone deny or confirm).

I have no information if he lived in the town or was an itinerant in the district.

I do not know if the Hardie Family was living in Jamestown.

ALL information would help
regards
Dennis

[Ray]

Hello Dennis, and Welcome to the JamestownEvents Forum.

I will make some enquiries for you, it may take a few days or so.

There have been several Thomas families in the district, and at least one of them is still here. I have not run across the names Hardie or Field as yet, but I will see what I can find out.

Added 9:30pm 29/1/2011:  Dennis I have found your enquiries on various web sites and it appears that you are obviously a long way ahead of myself, never the less I will leave my findings to date posted here in case it jogs someone's memory. So far I can find nothing else on William and Lillie regarding their time in this area, I'll keep looking and asking though.

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South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916

Groom: FIELD
Given names: William Alfred
Bride: HARDIE
Given names: Lillie Charlott Nellie
Date: 1915-03-03
Groom Age: 31
Status: S
Groom's Father: Henry FIELD
Bride Age: 27
Status: S
Bride's Father: Alec Herbert HARDIE
Place: St James C of E Church Jamestown.
District: Cla
Symbol:
Book/Page: 262/551
Cross Reference:
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South Australian Births Registrations 1907 to 1928

Surname: FIELD
Given Names: William Alfred Edmund
Date: 1916-05-12
Sex: M
Father: William Alfred FIELD
Mother: Lillie Charlotte Nellie HARDIE
Birth Place/Residence: Hackney
District Code: Nor
Symbol:
Book: 978
Page: 566
Cross Reference:
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The Advertiser: 19 November 1917. Pg 4.

FIELD - On the 11th April, in France, Private William Alfred (Bob), fourth beloved son of Henry Field, of McLaren Street and beloved  husband of Lilian Field, aged 34 years.

His military records are able to be viewed at: http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3555398

[Ray]

I'm not finding much linking William or Lillie to Jamestown except their marriage, but this is more of what i have found so far.

It would appear that those listed below are the siblings of William Alfred Field
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South Australian Births 1842-1906
Surname              :            field (249 matches)
Mother               :            butler (384 matches)

Total matching records: 6
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Surname: FIELD
Given Names: Charles Henry
Date: 1874-04-04
Sex: M
Father: Henry FIELD
Mother: Elizabeth Fortescue BUTLER
Birth Place/Residence: Adelaide
District Code: Ade
Symbol:
Book: 134
Page: 92
Cross Reference:

Surname: FIELD
Given Names: Ethel
Date: 1880-09-15
Sex: F
Father: Henry FIELD
Mother: Elizabeth Fortescue BUTLER
Birth Place/Residence: Adelaide
District Code: Ade
Symbol:
Book: 248
Page: 103
Cross Reference:

Surname: FIELD
Given Names: Frank Albert
Date: 1885-09-09
Sex: M
Father: Henry FIELD
Mother: Elizabeth Fortescue BUTLER
Birth Place/Residence: Adelaide
District Code: Ade
Symbol:
Book: 358
Page: 180
Cross Reference:

Surname: FIELD
Given Names: Frederick Richard
Date: 1877-04-25
Sex: M
Father: Henry FIELD
Mother: Elizabeth BUTLER
Birth Place/Residence: Adelaide
District Code: Ade
Symbol:
Book: 182
Page: 349
Cross Reference:

Surname: FIELD
Given Names: Harriet Fortescue
Date: 1878-08-27
Sex: F
Father: Henry FIELD
Mother: Elizabeth Fortescue BUTLER
Birth Place/Residence: Adelaide
District Code: Ade
Symbol:
Book: 207
Page: 5
Cross Reference:

Surname: FIELD
Given Names: James Harold
Date: 1875-03-09
Sex: M
Father: Henry FIELD
Mother: Elizabeth Fortescue BUTLER
Birth Place/Residence: (not recorded)
District Code: Ade
Symbol:
Book: 148
Page: 287
Cross Reference:

[outertowner]

Hello Ray,
I do have some information on the Field Family but there is much still to uncover.
Nothing is known of William's time in Jamestown nor the history of the Hardie Family and anything about Mrs Thomas would add colour to the family history

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at my post.

regards with thanks
Dennis

[Ray]

I'll keep looking and asking around Dennis, and I'll let you know if I hear of anything of interest.