1. Golf.           'DITTON'S BIG GOLF DOUBLE Wins Country Title and R.Q. Cup'
2. Boxing.       'The Ditton - Swinton Fight'
3. Boxing.       'Ditton Scores at Mareeba / Swinton's Game Fight'
4. Profession.  'Mr. DITTON'S DEPARTURE - Popular Sportsman'
5. Integrity.     'BOXING., Fitzgerald and Hill Signed Up. Ditton's Conditions Embodied.'
6. An acclaim   'MACKAY NATIVE'S SUCCESS'

9. Ethel Johnston married Robert Albert Ditton following his divorce from Florence Christine Wenck in 1944.

Robert and Ethel's children were:

1. Robert Ditton (19?? - 19??)
   
2. Living
   

10. William Edward Norris, son of Gamekeeper Edward Norris and Mary Jane Roberts, was born on 1 Feb 1884 in Petham, Kent England, UK and died in 1958 in Brisbane Queensland Australia. William, a Decorator, migrated to Australia in 1912 departing London on 29 February on the SS Gothic. On 14 September 1915 William enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Queensland. After training in Egypt he joined the 52nd Battallion at Serapeum on 2nd April 1916, departing Alexandria and arriving at Marseilles 12th June 1916.

He served in France and was wounded in action on 3 September 1916 receiving severe gunshot wounds to his neck, shoulder and back. When I was a very young boy I asked him if he was wounded in the war and he said "the German soldiers were underground and waited until our soldiers had passed above before appearing from behind." I now think, knowing the date he was wounded, he was in the battle 'Fighting for Mouquet Farm'.

"On 3 September, the 4th Australian Division attacked again with the 13th Brigade and captured much of the surface remains of the farm and trenches nearby, with hand-to-hand fighting in the ruins and underground. German counter-attacks repulsed the Australians except from a small part of Fabeck Graben, for a loss of 2,049 Australian casualties." extract from When the Barrage Lifts: A Topographical History and Commentary on the Battle of the Somme 1916. Norwich: Gliddon Books. ISBN 978-0-947893-02-6 Gliddon, G. (1987).

During his recovery in Birmingham, England he met Elsie Maud Stagg. He returned to the 52nd Battalion on 5th October 1917. On 16th May 1918 he joined the 49th Battallion until the Armistice. At the end of the war William and Elsie married. On 12 December 1919 they returned to Australia on the SS Orontes where William was discharged medically unfit with impaired hearing. Click to read his War Record. They settled in Nanango, Queensland and raised three daughters and a son Billie, who was killed in a hockey mishap at school. They named their second daughter Hamel after the French village Le Hamel where Australian troops under the command of General Monash fought a decisive battle.

The following obituary is from a 1959 Nanango Daily - "A former and highly respected citizen of Nanango, Mr. William Norris, passed away in Brisbane recently. The deceased who was a First World War digger, had not enjoyed good health for a number of years, but he had often re-visited Nanango, the last occasion being early last month when he met many old friends at the show. The late Bill Norris was a native of England but came to Nanango shortly after the first war and was employed by the Nanango Shire Council. As an employee he was a hard working and conscientious man, and his leisure time was spent on his home and garden. He was a good neighbour and friend and was always willing and happy to assist any movement for the benefit of the town and district. The local RSL and the Church of England were among his main interests. He is survived by his widow and three grown up daughters, and to these we extend our sincere sympathy."

William married Elsie Maud Stagg on 2 Jan 1919 in England UK. William was in Birmingham being treated for his severe war wounds and most likely met Elsie who was probably a nurse or assistant helping the soldiers recover.

William and Elsie's children were:

1. Joyce Mary Norris (born 1919 England UK - died 1991 Bribie Island Qld. Aust. 19??)
   
2. Hamel Elsie Norris (born 8 December 1920 Nanango Qld. - died 1997 in Chermside, Qld. Aust.)
   
3. Clarice (Jacqui) Isabelle Norris (born 1923 Nanango Qld. - died 1992 Brisbane Qld. Aust.)
   
4. William (Billie) Frederick Edward Norris (born 1926 Nanango Qld. - died 1936 Nanango Qld. Aust.)
   

12. George Alfred Bailey station hand, later an engine driver was born near Braidwood in New South Wales, Australia. His parents were Charles Bailey and Mary Ann Sands. He fought in the Boer War at the rank of Trooper in the 1st NSW Citizens' Bushmen unit and 1st Commonwealth Victoria Regiment. George married Nora Frawley on 2nd October 1909 at St. Josephs, Northcote, Melbourne and lived at 6 Mitchell Street, Northcote with their three children. In 1915 when Nora was pregnant with their fourth child he joined the WW1 Australian Imperial Force, fought in France and was severely wounded there. He served for more than three years and was promoted through the ranks to 2nd Lieutenant. He confessed his bigamy to his first wife Sarah Kilby Bailey (nee Bills) who he married on 14th August 1901. While he was in the UK he also married a local woman Amy Webley. He deserted Nora Bailey (nee Frawley) and their four children after the war. It was Nora's belief he went to Western Australia never to be seen again. His WWI record, can be seen via our Links page.

12a. Sarah Kilby Bailey (nee Bills) is buried at Gisborne Cemetery, Victoria. Contact with us by Sarah's descendants would be much appreciated.

13. Nora Frawley , daughter of John Frawley and Margaret Cantwell, was born in 1881 in Flemington Melbourne Victoria and died in 1956 in Preston Melbourne Victoria Australia. Nora married George Alfred Bailey.

13a. Amy Webley, spinster aged 22, daughter of William Webley a Gardener married George Alfred Bailey aged 41 in Thornbury Glouc, UK on the 21 September 1918 and had a child to him.

George and Nora's children were:

1. George Alfred Bailey (1912-)
   
2. Rose Bailey (Alma Rosinia) (1913-)
   
3. Marge Bailey (Margaret Eileen) (1910-)
   
4. Charles Edward Bailey (1915-2005)
   

George and Sarah's children were:

1. George Alfred Bailey (1902-)
   
2. Fanny May Kilby Bailey (1905-)
   
3. John James Leslie Bailey (1907-)
   
4. Martha Myrtle Georgina Bailey (1910-)
   

George and Amy's child was:

1. unknown

14. Ambrose (Charlie) William Gordon Smith (Pop) bootmaker, son of John Joseph Smith and Mary Minnie Wyatt, was born in 1896 in Coburg Melbourne Victoria. Ambrose married Christina Violet Louisa Hamann, daughter of Heinrich Rudolf Hamann and Alice Bridget Fisher on the 25 July 1914 at the Nth Fitzroy Evangelist Church of Christ. Both were 19 years of age and had written consent of both fathers. Ambrose died in Melbourne on 19 July 1988. Pop followed his forebears into the bootmaking industry and was a co-founder of WindsorSmith Shoes. Smith family lore says that the Windsor part of the name was the maiden name of co-founder Clarence Mance's wife Gladys. Perusal of the marriage records confirms the lore.

15. Christina (Tina) Violet Louisa Hamann, daughter of Heinrich Rudolph Hamann and Alice Bridget Fisher. Christina married Ambrose (Charlie) William Gordon Smith.

Ambrose and Christina's children were:

1. Mavis Sheila Smith (born 1916 Nth Fitzroy Victoria - died 1982 West Preston Victoria Australia.)
   
2. Dorothy Myrtle Smith (1915 - 1982)