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Duncan Sinclair was born in Scotland circa 1787.

He married Margaret (Peggy) McColl, daughter of John McColl and Margaret McColl, in Ardchattan, Argyllshire, on 9 May 1816.²

Duncan died on 20 January 1865 in Baravulin, Ardchattan, Argyllshire, of apoplexy.¹

Francis E Sinclair was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, in 1858.^1,2
The siblings Catherine and Francis were listed in the 1861 census at 10 Jamaica St in Edinburgh, Midlothian, with their mother Jessie Morrey Coutts Muirhead.¹

Peter Sinclair was born in Scotland.¹

He married Mary McLean in Scotland.¹

Evelyn Wentworth Single was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1911.¹

Evelyn died on 16 January 1986 at Como in Perth, Western Australia.² She was buried in January 1986 at the Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium.²

James Wentworth Single was born in Perth, Western Australia, on 20 January 1914.^1,2

He lived in East Fremantle, giving his occupation as 'soldier', from 1937 until at least 1963.³
He served in WWII with the Australian Army, having enlisted in the field on 22 May 1943. He was discharged on 26 Aug 1953 with the rank of gunner in the 3rd Heavy Brigade.²

James died on 2 August 1966 in Western Australia at age 52.⁴ He was cremated at the Fremantle Crematorium in Fremantle in August 1966.⁴

Jean Macgregor Single was born in Erina, New South Wales, on 28 April 1923.¹
She served in WWII with the RAAF (#107727) from 29 October 1942 until discharge on 1 Feb 1944 as a Aircraftswoman, then from 4 Jul 1944 until 30 Jan 1946 with the Australian Army (#NF479724).¹

She married Norman Edward Atkinson in Sunderland, Durham, between April 1950 and June 1950.²

She and her husband Norman left London on the Strathmore on 30 April 1953, bound for Sydney, accompanied by their child Keith.³

Jean died in 2014 in New South Wales.

John Single was born in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, in 1920.²

John died on 8 June 2009 in Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales.^3,4 He was cremated at the Macquarie Park Cemetery in Nth Ryde in June 2009.⁴

Julia Rose Single was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1912.¹

Julia died on 11 July 1925 in Perth, Western Australia.^2,3 She was buried in July 1925 at the Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium.²

Wentworth Single was born in Penrith, New South Wales, circa 1883. He was the son of Charles Walter SINGLE, grazier, and Julia FRASER.^2,3

He married Nazeli Evelyn Skinner in Perth, Western Australia, in 1909.⁴

He may have been working as an itinerant labourer as the Electoral Rolls show him as living in Toodyay in 1910, then later working as a miner in Bullfinch (both in WA).⁵

He enlisted in the 4th Reinforcements, 16th Battalion, Australian Army (#1860) on 18 January 1915 at Perth, Western Australia.⁶
He served at Gallipoli from 2 June 1915 but was hospitalised with varicocele, haemorrhoids and gastritis in Oct-Nov and repatriated to England by December 1915. His records show a string of AWOL offences, and despite electing at enlistment that 4/5 of his pay should go direct to his wife Nazeli and their 3 children, there were periods where his pay was stopped entirely as a result of these episodes. By Oct 1916 he had been posted to Etaples, France and despite further charges of drunkenness and absence, was promoted to Lance-Corporal on 15 Jun 1917. In Sep 1917 he was back in hospital with a shoulder injury, and again in May 1918 with a septic toe. However, he was promoted to Sgt as a result of the death of a Sgt McKinnon on 20 Jun 1918. As a result of a sprained ankle playing cricket in Aug 1918 he ended up in Weymouth on leave and must have been in England at the end of the war.⁶ He was discharged on 29 March 1919 at London, Middlesex, It is unclear how and when he eventually returned to Australia.⁶

Wentworth's second marriage was to Alison Macgregor Fergusson, daughter of Alexander Macgregor Fergusson and Jessie Amy Baller, on 18 June 1921 at the Registrar's Office in Newtown, New South Wales. His conjugal status was given as 'Divorced respondent', although 'respondent' was then crossed out.²

From 1930 the Electoral Rolls track an unsettled lifestyle, being in Dapto, Moss Vale and Ryde with Wentworth either a labourer or farmer until 1933. However, from 1937 until 1943 Wentworth and Alison were in Hornsby, then later farming in Gosford. By 1949 he was unemployed, and they were living in Gulgong, then moved back to Gosford.⁵

As of 1933, Wentworth Single was also known as Charles Wentworth Single, using his father's first name in addition to his own.⁷
He served in WWII from 19 August 1940 until discharged on 28 Jul 1943 with the rank of Lance-Sergeant (#N78491) having been working in administration for the Cadre Convalescent Homes. He appears to have considerably lowered his age for this service, claiming a birthdate of 7 Apr 1890.⁸

Wentworth died on 19 July 1955 in Gosford, New South Wales.^9,10,11 He was buried in July 1955 at the Wamberal Cemetery, The Entrance Rd in Wamberal.¹²

Nazeli Evelyn Skinner was born in Cairo in 1888. She was the daughter of Colonel James Tierney Skinner and Jessie Rose Ellen Leake.²
She was listed in the 1891 census at South Camp, HQ and Garrison Staff in Aldershot, Hampshire, with her parents and five siblings.²

She married Wentworth Single in Perth, Western Australia, in 1909.¹

Nazeli died on 18 May 1969 in Mt Henry, Perth, Western Australia.^3,4 She was buried in May 1969 at the Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium.⁴