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Elizabeth's birth was registered between April 1920 and June 1920 in Bradfield, Hampshire.¹

She married Vaclav Tarantik at Registry Office in St Giles, Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 4 April 1942. He gave his occupation as a textile factory worker, but also stated he was a Sergeant, Air Gunner, in the RAF; she stated she was a hospital nurse.²

Jane's birth was registered between April 1922 and June 1922 in Bradfield, Hampshire.¹

Richard Arthur Goodwin was born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on 1 October 1879.^2,3 and was baptised on 9 November 1879 in Chippenham.³

He was educated at Christ's Hospital, Oxford and graduated with a BA in 1901, later taking Holy Orders. He served in WWI with the Army, but by 1923 was a curate at Biggleswade.⁴

He married Mary Scott Fergusson, daughter of Norman Gardner Fergusson and Caroline Mary Graham Scott, at Hounslow Holy Trinity in Hounslow, London, Middlesex, on 27 January 1917. Richard gave his occupation as 'army paymaster.^5,6'

In 1928 Richard petitioned Mary Scott Fergusson for divorce.⁷

He joined the Loretto School, Musselburgh, outside of Edinburgh in 1929 as chaplain and served until retiring from the role in Feb 1940. He was active in supporting the cricket team and after his marriage in 1938 he and his wife gave a number of musical recitals.⁸

Richard's marriage to Edith Mary Cleeves was registered between January 1938 and March 1938 in London, Middlesex.⁹

Richard died on 24 January 1957 in Fish Hoek, Cape Province, at age 77.¹⁰

His will was probated in Gloucester on 28 May 1957 with effects in England of £1138/1/5.¹⁰

Brian William Gordon was born in Napier in 1930.¹

He married Margaret Wendy Crompton, daughter of Joseph Webster Crompton and Olga Serena Pickmere, at St Mark's Church in Te Aroha on 12 August 1957.^2,1

He was widowed on the death of his wife Margaret on 5 June 1988.^3,1

Brian died on 14 January 2002 in New Plymouth.^4,1 He was buried on 19 January 2002 at the Awanui Cemetery in New Plymouth.¹

She was baptised at Balgray in Tealing, Forfar, on 27 August 1748.¹

She married John Nicol, son of Alexander Nicoll, in Tealing, Forfar, on 16 December 1772.²

James Gordon was born in Scotland.¹

He married Isobell Low in Tealing, Forfar, on 14 August 1746.²

Mary Gordon was born on 24 March 1905.¹

She married Robert Doig Brown, son of William Brown and Christina Nowell (Tina) McInnes, between 1939 and 1942. This marriage may possibly have taken place in Malaya.

After working as a VAD at No.1 Base Hospital, Johore, she was evacuated from Singapore to Perth ahead of the arrival of the Japanese. Passenger lists for ships arriving in Fremantle are somewhat suspect in this period, unsurprisingly, but she appears to have arrived on one of the Charon's voyages, either on 18 January 1942 or 26 Feb 1942.

This agrees with the recollections of Alexander Ferguson who claimed to have met her in Sydney in 1942. He also claimed she was from Dunedin, was part of a family of 5, and that her father was involved with tin mining in Malaya. Certainly there were two John GORDONs (possibly her father and brother), both mining engineers from New Zealand, interned at Changi Jail in Singapore during WWII.^2,3,4,5,6

She and her husband Robert returned to the UK after the war on the Aquitania, arriving in Southhampton on 10 January 1946, having left from Sydney. It is not clear how he managed to get from Singapore to Sydney after the war, but we presume Mary was living in Sydney from 1942 until 1946. He once again described himself as a rubber planter.⁷

She left Liverpool on 25 June 1946 on the Mauretania, bound for Singapore to join her husband, who had left the UK for Malaya two months earlier.⁸

She and her husband Robert left London on the the Strathmore on 8 March 1955, bound for Melbourne. They were living at Lochcarron, where he was farming, and returned to London on 26 Jun 1955 on the Oronsay.^8,7

Phyllis Marie Gordon was born on 8 October 1927.¹

She married William Prescott Frost, son of Carol Frost and Lillian Edna Labatt, in Dade Co., Florida, in 1947.²

She was widowed at age 61 on the death of her husband William on 7 January 1989.³

Phyllis died circa 1995 of bone cancer.⁴

Robert Lindsay Gordon was born in Nth Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, on 19 October 1916.¹

He married Ada Marian Forsaith, daughter of Frank Lee Forsaith and Ella Marian Gare, at Pirie St Methodist Church in Port Pirie, South Australia, on 19 October 1946.²

Robert died on 26 June 1976 in South Australia at age 59.³ He was cremated at the Centennial Park in Pasadena on 29 June 1976.⁴

Max Gottschalk was born in Edithburgh, South Australia, on 26 January 1876.^1,2

He married Ada Jane Louise Forsaith, daughter of Thomas Forsaith and Ada Mary Hall, at the residence of William Leask in Semaphore, Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 25 January 1909.¹

He was widowed at age 56 on the death of his wife Ada on 20 October 1932.³

Max's second marriage was to Olive Garth Whitington on 18 January 1934 in South Australia.⁴

Max died on 1 March 1962 in South Australia at age 86.⁵