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Groom: William Henry LOCHLAND.
Birth place given as Talbot. (Talbot County)

Bride: Hannah KEARNS.
Birth place: Given as Daylesford. (Talbot County)

Year married: 1912.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

William was born 1873 in Amherst, (Talbot County) Victoria.
Parents named as Thomas LOCHLAND and Fanny SWAN.

William died 1921 in Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 48 years.
Parents named as Thomas LOCHLAND and Fanny UREN.
See Post: LOCHLAND Thomas married Fanny UREN 1859 South Australia

Was this William LOCHLAND, recorded as William LOCKLAND, the same William having children with Clara VENN?
See Post: LOCKLAND William and Clara VENN

Buried: Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Roman Catholic.
Section: E.
Grave number: 346.
Service date: 18 October 1921.

Hannah was born 1869 in Egan's Town, (near Daylesford) Victoria.
Birth: Recorded as Honorah RYAN.
Parents named as William RYAN and Mary HEEHAN.

Hannah died 1916 in Hotham East, Victoria.
Death: Recorded as Norah LOCKLAND.
Age: 44 years.
Parents named as William RYAN and Mary HEEHAN.

Buried: Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Roman Catholic.
Section: E.
Grave number: 346.
Service date: 14 March 1916.

First World War Nominal Roll Australia.
Name: William LOCHLAND.
Service Number: 3164.
Rank: Private.
Unit: 8th Australian Infantry Battalion.
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Enlistment Date: 19 July 1915.
Fate: Returned to Australia.
Fate: Date: 31 August 1916.

First Wold War Embarkation Roll Australia.
Name: William LOCHLAND.
Service Number: 3164.
Rank: Private.
Roll Title: 24th Infantry Battalion.
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Date of Embarkation: 26 November 1915.
Place of Embarkation: Melbourne.
Ship Embarked On: HMAT Commonwealth.
Ship Number: A73.

First World War Service Record Australia.
Name: William LOCHLAND.
Service Number: 3164.
Place of Birth: Talbot.
Age: 43 years.
Occupation: Timber Worker.
Residence: 6 Bowater Place, North Melbourne.
Place of Enlistment: Melbourne, Victoria.
Next of Kin: (Wife) Nora LOCHLAND.
Residence: 6 Bowater Place, North Melbourne, Victoria.

Notes for William.
William was also recorded as William Henry LOCHLAND in his service record but only signed up as William LOCHLAND when he joined the Army.
William appears to have spent a lot of time in Military Hospitals with Hepatitis and was discharged from duty in London in August 1916 and sent back to Australia in September 1916.

A son named Albert E LACKLAND and a daughter named Maggie LOCHLAND, of 6 Bowater Place, North Melbourne were mentioned in his service record. There was an Albert Edward LOCHLAND died 1937 in Caulfield, Victoria aged 35 years, but no parents were named. No birth has been located for Albert.

In a letter dated 22 September 1916, Mrs Nora LOCHLAND of 6 Bowater Place, North Melbourne, was advised that William would be returning to Australia on the New Zealand hospital ship Marama about the 15 October 1916. Nora died several months before this letter arrived meaning the Army and William were never advised of Nora's death.

Notes for Nora.
Nora, recorded as Hanorah RYAN, married Richard KEARNS in 1892.
Richard was born 1866 in Castlemaine, Victoria, and died 1911 in Clifton Hill, Victoria, aged 43 years. His parents were James KEARNS and Ellen GREEN.

Nora and Richard had two children together and Nora had a few more registered under the surname of KEARNS and RYAN, with the father unnamed. One daughter, Margaret Mary was born 1906 in Hotham West. The birth was registered under KEARNS and then RYAN. The father was not named in both registrations. The Maggie mentioned in William's service record may be the Margaret Mary born in 1906.

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
First World War Nominal Roll, Australia
First World War Embarkation Roll, Australia
First World War Service Record, Australia.

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