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I thought I'd posted this afternoon! maybe I was about to when I had to crash my browser ...

I think Carol posted that last before reading my PM ... hopefully that extra info and what she then found with it will lead to contact :-)

Thank you everyone that has responded to my message. The spelling Delai is correct as the family are listed with the cemetery for when the grave sites expire but unfortunately they will not give out the address of them although it has been a long time since any contact was made with them.

Yes Joonie you have it correct William & Louisa Manning were the parent of George Thomas Manning (they were also my grandparents. George Thomas & Lillian had Dianne & Peter. It certainly looks like they had a son Michael Patrick. I will try to ring all the Delai that are listed in case there is any connection. Unfortunately the time difference between the UK & Australia I have to get the timing right. Will let you know how I get on.

Carol

sending Carol info by pm

Georges service records are free and avaliable for download from Australian Archives,,,,,interesting reading all 44 pages including hand written correspondence from L May Manning.(wife)

as it turns out the spelling is correct, there is a newspaper birth notice for a child of Dianne (Manning) and Pat Delai in 1972

the child's initials are MP ... there is an 'M' listing here ...

http://www.whitepages.com.au/searchRes.action?name=delai&location=&initial=

probably the newspaper birth notices for children of M Delai in 2004 and 2008 are that child's children

just search here

https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html

for surname Delai and you will see the entries ... the mother's name does not match the other initial for that telephone listing


Dianne's daughter-in-law's married name is (almost?) unique ... google it

this is the GTM who died in 1918

marriage

1913 254/986
MANNING George Thomas
OLEARY Lily May
Port Adelaide


wait it is me who is confused :-S

George married to Eileen is the son of George married to Lily

George married to Eileen is Dianne's father, George married to Lily is Dianne's grandfather

(my excuse is that I have been awake too long after the cat woke me in the early morning by throwing up on my chest, so now I will go have another coffee ...)


GTM Jr's birth

1915
MANNING George Thomas
George Thomas MANNING
Lily May OLEARY
Port Adelaide 958/227

http://billiongraves.com

search here for headstone image of,,,

Eileen V Manning 1987 & George Thomas Manning 1970,,,,both on the same spot,in Cheltenham Cem S.Australia.

edit because I was confused

this is the death of grandfather George

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/21686/MANNING,%20GEORGE%20THOMAS

Son of William and Louise Manning; husband of
>> Mrs. L. M. Manning, of Spring Street, Queenstown,
South Australia. Native of England.


this is the death of his son, Dianne's father George

1970 82A/936
MANNING George Thomas
Eileen Violet MANNING [W]
Hindmarsh

Are you sure of spelling of the surname? There are very few showing on the electoral register and no Pats or Diannes.

Rose

I am searching for a relative in the Adelaide area. Her father was George Thomas Manning and her mother was Eileen. Dianne had a brother Peter and unfortunately has no information on his sister. I believe Dianne was probably born around 1943 +/- 5 years. She was married to a Pat I believe and had a daughter Carolyn. This is the only information I have. I would love to have contact with any of her relatives as I believe that she knows nothing of her Grandfather George Thomas Manning who died at the Somme in 1918 and had emigrated to Australia. Dianne has a lot of family in England.