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| 2. Alice Dorothea Mary Hobbs, born on 7 November 1898. In 1921, she married William Hamilton Gibson Robinson.((Queensland marriages, B28841)) It is hoped she was happy, as she had had to live with survivor's guilt from the time she was around 15 years old. In 1913, Alice and friends had been swept out while swimming, and three young men drowned trying to rescue them.((Ruth M-P to Rosa Praed, M-P papers, NLA MS 7801, Box 4?, folder 25.)) Alice and William Robinson had a daughter (Meta Jean Robinson, married surname Sinclair, 1925-82) and two sons (Arthur West (Polo) Robinson 1922-98, and William Barton Robinson, 1927-71).((https://www.geni.com/people/Meta-Jean/6000000036245543718)) \\ | 2. Alice Dorothea Mary Hobbs, born on 7 November 1898. In 1921, she married William Hamilton Gibson Robinson.((Queensland marriages, B28841)) It is hoped she was happy, as she had had to live with survivor's guilt from the time she was around 15 years old. In 1913, Alice and friends had been swept out while swimming, and three young men drowned trying to rescue them.((Ruth M-P to Rosa Praed, M-P papers, NLA MS 7801, Box 4?, folder 25.)) Alice and William Robinson had a daughter (Meta Jean Robinson, married surname Sinclair, 1925-82) and two sons (Arthur West (Polo) Robinson 1922-98, and William Barton Robinson, 1927-71).((https://www.geni.com/people/Meta-Jean/6000000036245543718)) \\ |
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| | ====== Alienora (Eileen) and Rowan Hickson's children ====== |
| | 1. Robert (Bob) Rowan Barton Hickson (11 October 1903 - 1994) married Edna Cox and had two sons. He was a Lieutenant Colonel and author of //The Historic Family Tree of Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior//, Sydney: R. Hickson, 1980.\\ |
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| | 2. John Maurice Hamilton Hickson (4 April 1906 - 1993) married September 1929 to Lillian Killen and had 3 sons and 2 daughters.\\ |
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| | 3. Brian Murray-Prior Hickson (11 May 1907 - 7 November 1943). In 1937 he was Manager for Riley Newman & Co. at Warialda.((//Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser//, 25 January 1937, p.2.)) He married Margaret Gaden Day and had a daughter and a son. He enlisted during World War II, becoming a corporal in D Company, 18 Platoon, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion. He died of ulcers and dysentery at Sonkurai when a Prisoner of War on the infamous Thai-Burma railway. He is buried at Thanbyuzayat Cemetery, Grave A13.A.3, Myanmar (Burma). {{:brian_hickson_grave.jpg?400|}}((See [[http://www.230battalion.org.au/Gallery/albums/Upload/0706/070625003.jpg]] and [[http://www.230battalion.org.au/Gallery/displayimage.php?pid=4449/]]))\\ |
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| | 4. George Harvey Foster Hickson (15 March 1909 - ?) He and his wife had no children.\\ |
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| | 5. Rowan Darvall Hickson (28 November 1911 - 3 May 1931) he remained single, and had no children.\\ |
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| References:((Robert M-P, The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors, p.18; Thomas Bertram M-P, Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty, ms, n.d., p.15.)) | References:((Robert M-P, The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors, p.18; Thomas Bertram M-P, Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty, ms, n.d., p.15.)) |