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     Walter Henry Oliver Petch was born on 2 July 1871 at Greenwich, Kent, England^G.¹ He was the son of Henry Petch and Annie Wheeler.¹ He married, firstly, Elizabeth Maud Young, daughter of William Mayhew Young and Margaret Christian, in 1897 at Rarotonga, Cook Islands.² He married, secondly, Esther Godfrey Coffin, daughter of Philip Cook Coffin and Mary Jane Florence Warren, on 24 May 1905 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He died on 8 August 1942 at age 71 at Petersham, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹
     He was a storeman.¹ He had the title 'Secretary to the Governor' while living on Pitcairn Island.¹

     William John Ward married Esther Godfrey Coffin, daughter of Philip Cook Coffin and Mary Jane Florence Warren, in 1942 at Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹

     Henry Oliver Petch was born on 10 June 1906 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Walter Henry Oliver Petch and Esther Godfrey Coffin.¹ He married Mary Loftus in July 1926 at Burwood, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ He died on 19 July 1973 at age 67.¹ He was buried at Leppington, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹

     Mary Loftus was born at Lancashire, England^G.¹ She married Henry Oliver Petch, son of Walter Henry Oliver Petch and Esther Godfrey Coffin, in July 1926 at Burwood, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹
     Her married name became Petch.¹

     Shirley Petch was born on 26 March 1929 at New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ She is the daughter of Henry Oliver Petch and Mary Loftus.¹

     Henry Malcolm Petch was born on 2 December 1931 at New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ He is the son of Henry Oliver Petch and Mary Loftus.¹

     Mervyn Richard Petch was born on 27 December 1933 at New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ He is the son of Henry Oliver Petch and Mary Loftus.¹

     Jeanette Agnes Lillian Naureen Petch was born on 2 June 1908 at Nauru, Marshall Islands.¹ She was the daughter of Walter Henry Oliver Petch and Esther Godfrey Coffin.¹ She and Roger Dudley Moyle were divorced.¹ She married Roger Dudley Moyle at Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ She married Lindsay James Halliday on 24 December 1938.¹ She died on 21 January 1979 at age 70.¹ She was buried at Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹
     Her married name became Moyle.¹ From 24 December 1938, her married name became Halliday.¹

     Roger Dudley Moyle married Jeanette Agnes Lillian Naureen Petch, daughter of Walter Henry Oliver Petch and Esther Godfrey Coffin, at Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ He and Jeanette Agnes Lillian Naureen Petch were divorced.¹

     Lindsay James Halliday was born circa 1911.¹ He married Jeanette Agnes Lillian Naureen Petch, daughter of Walter Henry Oliver Petch and Esther Godfrey Coffin, on 24 December 1938.¹ He died on 4 September 1992.¹