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     Anthony Leith Minchin was born on 5 April 1970.¹ He is the son of Thomas Bruce Minchin and Jennifer Gray Pritchard.²

     Alec Randolph Minchin was born on 4 April 1914.¹ He was the son of Frederick Minchin and Lily May Johnstone.² He married Mabel Alice Stone, daughter of Joseph Henry Stone, in February 1941.¹ He died on 15 September 1944 at age 30, whilst a prisoner-of-war on a Japanese ship torpedoed when proceeding from Singapore to Korea.^1,3
     He gained the rank of Corporal in the 2/4 MG Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.³ He fought in the Second World War, where he became a Japanese POW.¹

     Mabel Alice Stone is the daughter of Joseph Henry Stone.¹ She married Alec Randolph Minchin, son of Frederick Minchin and Lily May Johnstone, in February 1941.¹
     From February 1941, her married name became Minchin. She lived in 1976 at 25 Surburban Road, Quairading, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹

     Ronald Alexander Minchin was born on 2 April 1942.¹ He is the son of Alec Randolph Minchin and Mabel Alice Stone.² He married Mary Fay Handscombe, daughter of William G. Handscombe, on 20 January 1968.¹
     He was a farmer.¹ He lived in 1976 at Avonlea, Dangin, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹

     William G. Handscombe lived at Quairading, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹

     Mary Fay Handscombe is the daughter of William G. Handscombe.² She married Ronald Alexander Minchin, son of Alec Randolph Minchin and Mabel Alice Stone, on 20 January 1968.¹
     From 20 January 1968, her married name became Minchin.

     Alfred Edward Minchin was born on 1 August 1916.¹ He was the son of Frederick Minchin and Lily May Johnstone.² He died on 23 February 1974 at age 57, unmarried.¹

     Mervyn Minchin was born on 7 May 1918.¹ He was the son of Frederick Minchin and Lily May Johnstone.² He died on 15 May 1945 at age 27 at Tarakan, Borneo^G, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the Second World War, in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force.¹

     Ella May Minchin was born on 7 May 1905.¹ She is the daughter of Frederick Minchin and Lily May Johnstone.² She married Francis William Crichton Fowles on 24 December 1936.¹
     From 24 December 1936, her married name became Fowles.¹

     Francis William Crichton Fowles married Ella May Minchin, daughter of Frederick Minchin and Lily May Johnstone, on 24 December 1936.¹
     He had two daughters.¹ He lived in 1976 at Unit 15, Osborne Gardens, 23 Osborne Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹