Fell over an envelope of photos that were amongst my Mum's stuff (Ella nee Osborn), and found that these three I've never scanned. May be of value to someone...
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| Grandma Osborn (Margaret nee Gray) with her daughter Cora (Redden) and her daughter Cora |
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| The original "Netball Team" of the seven Osborn girls in mid-latter days, L-R Vera, Mavis, Ella, Elsie, Una, Cora, Marj |
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| Fairly certain this is Edward John Edwards of Stockport SA |
This photo has had me stumped for quite a while, couldn't come up with a reason for it to be among my Mum's keepsakes. It's on a post card, and a closer look at the pencil writing on the back found - "Best wishes & fondest love, Andy" (can't shed light on that) but another note says - "Block for Miss Stevens" and "Oval", presuming these are photographer's notes for later presentation. Then I remembered that the first husband of my aunt Elsie (Maddox nee Osborn) was George H Edwards (KIA Tobruk), who came from Stockport in SA's mid north, and had brothers in the district, and were close friends of the Stevens family up there, one of them being engaged to one of the Stevens girls.
The Stockport War Memorial to local men who died in both wars, has two Edwards' on it - GH and EJ. I checked the Aust War Memorial Honour Roll website (Edward John Edwards was KIA in New Guinea in Aug 1942) and found a photo of a soldier outside a tent, and he looks a lot like the above. Also checked the Trove newspaper archive and found an obit for Edward John ("Jack" or "Digger") Edwards, confirming all of the above. Another of our soldiers who gave everything he had. And a mother who lost not one, but two sons.
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