Edward Alfred (Ted) Dorward

  General Notes:

Birth name down as Alfred.

Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Monday 23 February 1931, Page 3.
ECHUCA.
Mr. E. A. Dorward of Moira, has left for Coode Island, where be will join the staff of the Lasco Flying School.

(Wikipedia - Coode Island, an almost uninhabited industrial area, is 4 km. west of Melbourne. It was formed in 1886 when canal was cut through the Sandridge swamp to provide a straightened stream for the Yarra River. The boundaries were the canal on the south, the Maribyrnong River on the west and the Yarra meander on the north and east. Its area was 97 ha. It was named after Sir John Coode, an English harbour engineer who was engaged by the Melbourne Harbor Trust to select the optimum route for the canal as part of the Port of Melbourne.)

Service Record
Name DORWARD, EDWARD ALFRED 
Service Royal Australian Air Force 
Service Number 251607 
Place of Birth Unknown 
Date of Birth 26 Apr 1910
Date of Enlistment Unknown 
Locality on Enlistment Unknown 
Place of Enlistment Unknown 
Next of Kin DORWARD, DINA 
Date of Discharge 7 Mar 1946
Rank Squadron Leader 
Posting at Discharge 37 SQUADRON 
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No 

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. Pamela Margaret Robins' link to me is as follows:

Pamela Robins (1939)
Her father was John Robins (1907) who married Lillian Daniel (1909)
Her father was Ernest Daniel (1863)
His father was Theophilus Daniel (1817) who married Elizabeth Stevens (1832)
Her father was George Stevens (1798) who married Mary Collins (1790) who was firstly married to William Howell
They had John Howell (1810)
He had Caroline Howell (1850) who married James Tully (1850)
They had Caroline Tully (1874) who married John Wallace (c1870)
They had Gloria Nancy Wallace (1914) who married Edward Dorward (1910)
His father was William Dorward (1867) who married Dinah Armstrong (1865)
Her father was Simon Armstrong (1822)
His father was Thomas Armstrong (1791) & he also had Jane Armstrong (1816) who married Christopher Dixon (1812)
They had Janet Dixon (1853) who married Harry Hiscock (c1846)
They had Arthur Hiscock (1907) who married Elsie Stephens (1919)
His father was Frank Hiscock (1873) who married Emily Wallis (1875)
Her father was William Wallis (1849) who married Victorine Groube (1851)
Her father was Rev Horatio Groube (1814) & he also had George Groube (1847)
He had Edith Groube (1880) who married Percy Howe (1866)
His father was Robert Howe (1833)
His father was Frederick Howe (1805)
His father was James Howe (1777)
His father was George Howe (1741) & he also had Sarah Howe (1775)
She had Alexander Moss (1811)
She had James Moss (1846)
He had Laura Kershaw Waldock or Moss (1864)
She had Winthrop Larkinson (1889)
He had Dulcie Larkinson (1926) who married Colin Davies (1925)
She had me- Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)



Pamela Robins' link to Robert is:

Pamela Robins (1939)
Her father was John Robins (1907)
His father was Charles Robins (1869)
His father was Joseph Robins (1812)
His father was Joseph Robins (1778)
His father was Joseph Robins (1754) & he also had Henry Robins (1792)
He had Henry Robins (1819)
He had Edward Robins (1854)
He had Beatrice Robins (1885) who married William Hare (1882)
His father was Thomas Hare (1855)
His father was William Hare (1827)
His father was Thomas Hare (1797)
His father was Ellis Hare (1778) & he also had Elizabeth Hare (1800) who married Thomas Dawson (1801)
They had Rachel Dawson (1835) who married James Bell (1824)
They had Robin Bell (1862)
He had Myra Bell (1892) who married Andrew Menzies (1892)
His father was Daniel Menzies (1865) who married Lavinia Gower (1869)
Her father was Charles Gower (1829) who married Lavinia Pearson (1838)
Her father was Robert Pearson (c1795) & he also had William Pearson (1830) who married Susannah Dawes (1841)
Her father was Edward Bannister Dawes (1843) & he also had James H. Dawes (1843)
He had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Edward married Gloria Nancy (Nan) Wallace, daughter of John Patrick Wallace and Caroline Annie (Gypsy) Tully, in 1946 in Victoria Australia. (Gloria Nancy (Nan) Wallace was born in 1914 in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria Australia, died on 17 Mar 1976 in Carrum, Victoria Australia and was buried on 19 Mar 1976 in Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia.)