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    Leake, Shaw,Canham family

    Thanks Janice, MWS, and Lyn, this is all helpful information. Janice, the images you posted are from his AIF service record, and it is this same record, on the forty-third page, that records his DOB as 19 May 88. It is on the first of two pages in a report signed (and likely filled in) by...
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    Leake, Shaw,Canham family

    Thanks Janice and Lyn, I've managed to establish Harry's date of birth from his AIF/RFC/RAF service record, which is held by the National Archives of Australia, and it is recorded as being in Birmingham on 19 May 1888. However, given the relatively common surname, it is proving difficult to...
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    Leake, Shaw,Canham family

    Thank you very much MWS and Janice; I appreciate your quick turnaround. May I ask if Henry/Harry appears in the 1901 census, too, please? Thanks in advance from 'Orstralia' :) Steve
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    Leake, Shaw,Canham family

    Thanks for these posts, which I found quite helpful. I am interested in Harry (Henry) Taylor as he served on 41 Squadron RFC in 1917. I am the Historian for Squadron and am currently researching their WWI pilots. I note that the family also appears on the FamilySearch site at...
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