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Andrew, Hi, this is a long shot, but have found that he later remarried in 1969 to a Bernadette Hayes, and that he died in 1996. we are trying to find out if he had any children to Daphne, as he had none to the third wife.
Christine :-D

Andrew, thank you for the details that you have just given, this is my husbands side that he is trying to trace, Melville married Betty Jean Case in Sydney 1947, he was supposed to have been divorced from Daphane.
My husband was around 7 when they divorced, he was born the year they married.
My husband Peter was interested in seeing if his father was still alive when we listed this message,
If you are able to trace back on me Marks side, this will be great.
Thanks for all the help you have provided so far.
regards
Christine

Christine,
Further to the information in this post I have found some more. The death in NSW is not the correct Daphne as she would have been 11 when she died so she would have to have been married under 11 years old and Melville would have been 13. There is a record of his wife's service during WW2 which gives her birth details as 25JUN 1922 Wallaroo Mines, Checking the records in SA Births 3 Daphne's were born in 1922, only one on the date and at the location. So I believe that Daphne was born Daphne May Haynes 25 Jun 1922 Wallaroo Mines SA to Frederick John Howard Haynes and Ethel May Huddy. Register book 98A page 180.

Frederick and Ethel married at Moonta Registry Office on 25 OCT 1916 and their fathers were John Haynes and Henry Huddy. Their ages were Frederick 27 and Ethel 17. Let me know if you want to track back on this line and I will keep digging.
Andrew

Andrew, Cheryl, Valerie. Wow what can I say but a huge thanks, for all this info.
Andrew a huge thanks for finding the info about his date of birth, his siblings and his parents.
Cheryl, also a huge thanks for his war records, his job description, and about his first wife.
Valerie, thank you for looking in the electroal rolls, it is like my grandfather Herbert Crawley he was here in Australia until 1919 in Townsville, he orig came from England, and cannot find any more info about him either.
Okay, thank you all for your great help, if you find out any more, that would be helpful as well,
Sorry for rambling, as this is just so great of you doing this.
Christine

.... the 'NSW State Library' (and/or other State Libraries) will check the electoral rolls for you from 1947........ ..(they have an 'Ask a Librarian' service on-line) ...I couldn't see his death in NSW or SA to 2008) ........Valerie (W Aus)

His enlistment from http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx

MARKS MELVILLE LAWRENCE : Service Number - 122757 : Date of birth - 16 Oct 1920 : Place of birth - WALLAROO MINES SA : Place of enlistment - ADELAIDE SA : Next of Kin - MARKS DAPHNE

Looks like he married in SA to Daphne previously?

His occupation was dry cleaner and presser, wife shown as Daphne May Marks. His religion was Salvation Army. He was 5' 6" with brown hair and blue eyes and was a leading aircraftman on discharge.

Looks like Daphne died in 1933 in Liverpool NSW, dau of Alfred & Martha (reg 12358).

In 1947 he was living at 13 Done St Arncliffe NSW and reapplied for RAAF service.

Christine,
I do not know where he could be now, but I can give you his birth details:

Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Melville Lawrence
Date: 16 OCT 1920
Sex: M
Father: Ernest Eustice MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Wallaroo Mines
District: Daly
Book: 64A
Page: 190

His siblings were:
Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Ernest Wilton
Date: 1915-04-13
Sex: M
Father: Ernest Eustace MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Kadina
District Code: Dal
Book: 957
Page: 314

Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Arthur Thomas
Date: 1917-03-12
Sex: M
Father: Ernest Eustice MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Kadina
District Code: Dal
Book: 995
Page: 8

Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Eunice Grace
Date: 1918-09-24
Sex: F
Father: Ernest Eustice MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Kadina
District Code: Dal
Book: 25A
Page: 120

Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Valda Pearl
Date: 1922-08-29
Sex: F
Father: Ernest Eustice MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Portland
District Code: PtA
Book: 101A
Page: 265

Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Douglas Kevin
Date: 1924-11-18
Sex: M
Father: Ernest Eustice MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Portland
District Code: PtA
Book: 144A
Page: 258

Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Garnet Wilfred
Date: 1926-09-15
Sex: M
Father: Ernest Eustice MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Rosewater Gardens
District Code: PtA
Book: 179A
Page: 249

Surname: MARKS
Given Names: Kenneth Maxwell
Date: 1928-06-19
Sex: M
Father: Earnest Eustice MARKS
Mother: Edith Alice PARKS
Birth Place/Residence: Rosewater Gardens
District Code: PtA
Book: 213A
Page: 423

Please let me know if you need anything more and I will see what I can find.
Andrew

I am trying to find a Melville Lawrence Marks, who could have been born around 1920 and came from South Australia, he married a Betty Jean Case around 1947 in Sydney, NSW, He may have dropped the Melville and just gone by the name of Lawrence Marks.
Any help about his parents, etc as he divorced Betty Jean a few years later, and we have no idea where he went or where he is.
thanks
Christine