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     Margery Metford Falkiner was born in 1910 at Armadale, Victoria, Australia^G.¹ She was the daughter of Norman Fraser Falkiner and Mary Louisa Smithwick.² She married John Hamilton Fitts in 1932.¹ She died in 1973.¹
     Margery Metford Falkiner also went by the nick-name of Marnie. From 1932, her married name became Fitts.

     John Hamilton Fitts was born on 25 September 1902 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^G.¹ He married Margery Metford Falkiner, daughter of Norman Fraser Falkiner and Mary Louisa Smithwick, in 1932.²
     Military service, ustralian Army, Second World War:

Name      FITTS, JOHN HAMILTON
Service      Australian Army
Service Number      VX24989
Date of Birth      25 Sep 1902
Place of Birth      FITZROY
Date of Enlistment      11 Jun 1940
Locality on Enlistment      TOORAK, VIC
Place of Enlistment      CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin      FITTS, M
Date of Discharge      25 Sep 1959
Rank      Lieutenant Colonel
Posting at Discharge      CANTEEN SERVICES
WW2 Honours and Gallantry      None for display
Prisoner of War      No.¹

     Franc Norman Falkiner was born on 14 May 1917 at Armadale, Victoria, Australia^G.^1,2 He was the son of Norman Fraser Falkiner and Mary Louisa Smithwick.³ He died on 21 March 2004 at age 86 at Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^G.^2,4
     Australian military service, Second World War:

Name      FALKINER, FRANC NORMAN
Service      Australian Army
Service Number      VX102703
Date of Birth      14 May 1917
Place of Birth      MELBOURNE, VIC
Date of Enlistment      Unknown
Locality on Enlistment      TOORAK, VIC
Place of Enlistment      SOUTH MELBOURNE, VIC
Next of Kin      FALKINER, GLADYS
Date of Discharge      2 Nov 1945
Rank      Captain
Posting at Discharge      TS 118 TPT PL
WW2 Honours and Gallantry      None for display
Prisoner of War      No.¹

     Helen McCausland was born in April 1903.² She is the daughter of Rt. Hon. Maurice Marcus McCausland and Eileen Leslie Ogilby.^1,2 She married Lucius Perronet Thompson, son of Sir John Perronet Thompson and Ada Lucia Tyrrell.²

     Lucius Perronet Thompson was born in 1904.¹ He was the son of Sir John Perronet Thompson and Ada Lucia Tyrrell.¹ He married Helen McCausland, daughter of Rt. Hon. Maurice Marcus McCausland and Eileen Leslie Ogilby.¹ He died in 1984.¹

     Phyllis Stuart-Smith married Ronald Maule Ramsay in 1945 at Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G. She and Ronald Maule Ramsay were divorced.
     From 1945, her married name became Ramsay.

     Sir John Perronet Thompson was born in 1873.² He married Ada Lucia Tyrrell, daughter of Robert Yelverton Tyrrell and Ada Shaw.¹ He died in 1935.²
     He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Star of India (K.C.S.I.)² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (K.C.I.E.)² He held the office of Chief Commissioner of Delhi between 1928 and 1932.²

     Ada Lucia Tyrrell is the daughter of Robert Yelverton Tyrrell and Ada Shaw.^3,4 She married Sir John Perronet Thompson.¹
     Her married name became Perronet Thompson.¹

     Eileen Leslie Ogilby was born in 1879 at Aldershot, Hampshire, England^G.¹ She married Rt. Hon. Maurice Marcus McCausland, son of Conolly Thomas McCausland and Hon. Laura St. John, in 1902 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England^G.¹ She died in August 1955.²
     From 1902, her married name became McCausland.²

     Elizabeth Gartside Tyrrell was born in 1833.¹ She was the daughter of Reverend Henry Tyrrell and Elizabeth (?)^1,2 She married Reverend James Adamson Bell, son of Reverend Alan Bell and unknown daughter Nichols, on 28 June 1856 at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.² She died on 4 January 1911 at Kensal, Salford, Lancashire, England.²
     From 28 June 1856, her married name became Bell.¹