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There is a record of a death of a Private David Victor Oakley who died in Greece 1941 aged 31 in the Aukland War Memorial Museum.....can't be sure that it is your grandfather's halfbrother but age would be correct..... I know it's a bit of a long shot but have you tried New Zealand?

Also a death for a David Victor in Swansea Wales but no age.

Charles senior re-married to Jane Fry 1909 and had 2 further sons in Perth.... David Victor 1910 and James Fry 1912.

Jane died 1912 as did James....James died in the Poorhouse aged 1 month

For information if you don't already know this


1901 England Census about Harriet Hazel
Name: Harriet Hazel
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Scotland
Civil parish: Portsmouth
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Registration district: Portsmouth
Sub-registration district: Portsea and Landport
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 56
Piece: 993
Folio: 73
Page Number: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane Clements 38
Archie Clements 15
Gertrude Clements 4
Winifred Clements 1
Charles Oakley 28.......born Enfield Middlesex
Harriet Hazel 28

Harriet was born Perth Scotland 1880 and died there 1906

This may be a coincidence but there is an Electoral Role entry for a Charles Allen Oakley together with a Harriet Emma Oakley 1954 Victoria his occupation is given as Marine Engineer.

Edit......think it is just a coincidence....there was a Charles Allen Oakley on the 1911 English census.

Had a look at birth record and Charles parents were....Charles Arthur(Stoker, Royal Navy) and Harriet Rachel Tunbull Oakley ms Hazel....they married in Portsmouth England 29/10/1901

The marriage Ginny found was actually in 1941 (same reg - 2705)

Oakley Charles A Perth 2705 M 1941 Vallance Hazel G

No death found in WA or Vic.

First wife Dorothy Grace (nee HALL) also remarried, in 1940; assume you have that info. (Their decree nisi was not granted until 1939).

I'm not sure this is the same Chas who remarried Hazel (she was born in 1921). I believe he was Chas Alexander George OAKLEY, born in Perth in 1919 to Geo & Annie. Because according to a 1945 birth notice for Oakley (nee Hazel Vallance), he was known as George and they were living in Bassendean (links to these other Oakleys in same suburb). Let me know if you would like details or check yourself in West Australian family notices at NLA Trove Newspaper site...very confusing!

I am trying to find any information regarding my grandfather who left England and came to Fremantle Western Australia in 1924. He married my grandmother in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1927 but the marriage ended in 1931. He lived in Sale, Victoria in 1924.

I would really like to know what happened to him after 1931 and where and when he died. Any help would be greatly appreciated in my search for my grandfather.

Estelle Barnes